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Stories of an Assyrian King and What Became of His Empire

by Sarah E. Bond December 5, 2018August 4, 2021

A new exhibition at the British Museum underscores the material remains associated with the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal, and their display alludes to Britain’s long and fraught history with Iraq.

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Easter Islanders Are Visiting British Museum to Request Repatriation of Ancestral Heritage

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber November 16, 2018

“For us [the statue] is a brother; but for them it is a souvenir or an attraction,” said a member of the Easter Island development commission, Anakena Manutomatoma.

Posted inNews

Anti-BP Protesters Sip Oily Champagne in Satirical Performance at the British Museum

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber November 6, 2018

Performers dressed as BP employees sipped oil-contaminated champagne, and protesters displayed facts about BP’s exploitation of Iraqi resources.

Posted inNews

A BP Oil Protest Spills Through the British Museum’s Protest Exhibition

by Christine Ro October 29, 2018October 30, 2018

BP or not BP? gathered in opposition of oil giant BP’s financial stake at the British Museum, accusing the company of bolstering its political positioning through its arts investments.

Posted inIn Brief

Easter Islanders Ask British Museum to Return Sacred Statue, Offering Replica in Return

by Sarah Rose Sharp October 23, 2018

The Rapa Nui community has offered a basalt replica of the eight-foot, four-ton sculpture called Hoa Hakananai’a, which was stolen in 1868.

Posted inArt

Plumbing the Depths of Rodin’s Classical Influences

Avatar photo by Olivia McEwan July 4, 2018July 3, 2018

Rodin’s work is currently on display at the British Museum, with a number of photographs and sculptures included in the exhibition, the main draw being the Parthenon marbles.

Visitors at the British Museum (photo by Mark Ramsay, via Flickr)
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Museums Should Consider Why They’ve Become Targets of Attack and Protest

Avatar photo by Erin L. Thompson June 11, 2018March 9, 2021

A terror plot targeting the British Museum was recently thwarted, but the reasons why it became a target in the first place go far beyond the current political climate.

Posted inNews

World’s Oldest Figural Tattoos Found on Two Ancient Egyptian Mummies

by Claire Voon March 2, 2018March 2, 2018

The 5,000-year-old mummies, which have been at the British Museum, have tattoos of a wild bull, sheep, and alphabet-like motifs.

Activist theater group BP Or Not BP? drop thousands of paper oil drops in the British Museum in protest of BP's sponsorship of the museum. (photo by Kristian Buus, courtesy BP Or Not BP?)
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New Dossier Shows British Museum Had a Role in Dealings Between BP and Russia

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton January 19, 2018

Newly public emails show correspondence between the museum, Russia’s London embassy, British officials, and BP.

Posted inArt

How a Fake Monster Crept Into our Museums

Avatar photo by Allison Meier January 15, 2018January 18, 2018

The Fiji Mermaid was an object of fantasy but for a long time it was on display as a specimen that many people believed was real.

Posted inIn Brief

British Museum Uploads 3D Model of the Rosetta Stone

by Claire Voon July 24, 2017July 21, 2017

Now you can examine the 196 BCE stone stela in all its textural glory.

Posted inArt

Hokusai’s “Great Wave” Was Only a Drop in the Bucket

Avatar photo by Olivia McEwan July 20, 2017July 20, 2017

Already fully accomplished by his fifties in a range of styles, from his sixties Katsushika Hokusai’s paintings and prints begin to accelerate in ambition and sophistication, leaping between styles and subjects.

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