Museums worldwide are returning the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. Here's why it matters, who's receiving them, and what it means for restitution policies.

Leaders at the Museum of Fine Arts were in New York Friday to return a pair of disputed artworks looted during a notorious 19th-century British raid on the Benin kingdom, in present-day Nigeria ...

The terracotta and iron “Commemorative Head” from the 16th or 17th century and a 16th-century bronze relief plaque that depicts two officials with swords raised are from the Benin Kingdom.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- The Netherlands on Thursday returned 119 artifacts looted from Nigeria, including human and animal figures, plaques, royal regalia and a bell.

The Netherlands has returned 119 artifacts looted from Nigeria, including human and animal figures, plaques, royal regalia and a bell. The artifacts, known as the Benin Bronzes and mostly housed ...

The Netherlands has returned 119 artifacts looted from Nigeria, including human and animal figures, plaques, royal regalia and a bell.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Netherlands on Thursday returned 119 artifacts looted from Nigeria, including human and animal figures, plaques, royal regalia and a bell. The artifacts, known as the ...

Benin bronzes looted in the past and returned to Nigeria are examined during a handing over ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria, Saturday, June 21, 2025.

Nigeria yesterday officially received its largest single collection of 119 stolen Benin bronzes from the Netherlands government in a handing over ceremony at the National Museum, Onikan Lagos ...