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British Museum Pledges “Net-Zero Carbon” Despite Big Oil Funding

by Rhea Nayyar January 1, 2023December 30, 2022

It’s unclear whether the London institution will renew its contract with the oil and gas giant British Petroleum when it expires in 2023.

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Activists Crash British Museum Opening to Protest Egypt’s Political Prisoners

by Rhea Nayyar October 11, 2022October 12, 2022

The anti-fuel group Culture Unstained criticized the museum’s connections to British Petroleum and its silence on the imprisonment of Egyptian political critic Alaa Abd El-Fattah.

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UK’s New PM Says No to Returning the Parthenon Marbles to Greece

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie October 6, 2022October 6, 2022

But Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who says the UK is “cornered,” plans to insist on the marbles’ return during a visit this year.

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New UK Law Allows Museums to Return Objects For “Moral” Reasons

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu September 27, 2022September 27, 2022

The law will apply only in “rare cases,” one expert says, but nevertheless signals a shift from past legal restrictions.

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The British Museum Takes the Feminism Out of Feminine Power

Avatar photo by Anna Souter August 29, 2022August 30, 2022

The realities of women’s lives are conspicuously absent from the British Museum’s Feminine Power, a show about the feminine.

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Europe’s Extreme Heat Waves Bring Art to a Standstill

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie July 20, 2022July 22, 2022

A floating art project can’t reach Documenta because the Weser River is too low and museums in the UK shutter galleries to keep workers and collections cool.

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Protesters Urge British Museum to Return the Parthenon Marbles

Avatar photo by Naomi Polonsky June 21, 2022June 21, 2022

In an action at the museum this weekend, participants made impassioned speeches calling for the return of the sculptures and sang “Happy Birthday” to the Acropolis Museum.

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Greece and UK Agree to Formal Talks Over Parthenon Marbles

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie May 18, 2022May 18, 2022

The UK has long refused to return the contested sculptures, which were stripped from the Parthenon in the 1800s.

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Hundreds Storm British Museum to Protest Fossil Fuel Sponsorship

Avatar photo by Naomi Polonsky April 25, 2022April 25, 2022

The daylong demonstration culminated in a mass action and occupation of the museum after hours.

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Dripping in “Oil,” Activists Protest BP Sponsorship of Stonehenge Exhibition

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie April 13, 2022April 14, 2022

The protesters also targeted the British government’s controversial plan to build a road near the Stonehenge site.

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British Museum Denies Request to 3D Scan Parthenon Marbles

by Cassie Packard April 11, 2022April 11, 2022

The Institute for Digital Archaeology hoped to scan the marbles and create an exact replica that might help settle the dispute between the London museum and Greece.

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British Museum Drops Sackler Name — But Not Everywhere

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu March 25, 2022March 25, 2022

The disgraced family’s name will remain on the museum’s benefactors’ board and its Great Court donor list.

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