This restitution contributes to redressing a historical injustice that is still being felt today,” a Dutch minister said.

On 19 February 2025, a significant moment in history unfolded in Leiden, Netherlands. A signing ceremony confirmed the ...

The Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, has reaffirmed her commitment to promoting ...

At a ceremony at the Wereldmuseum (World Museum) in Leiden, the Dutch minister of culture, Eppo Bruins ... with the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) [in Benin City], the National Commission ...

These artefacts were not merely art pieces ... In March 2002, the Benin Royal Palace and Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Information and Culture formally requested that “all the cultural ...

Employees open a glass case containing some of the 113 Benin Bronzes that are being returned ... The transfer agreement was signed on February 19 by Dutch culture minister Eppo Bruins and Olugbile ...

"With this return, we are contributing to the redress of a historical injustice that is still felt today," said Dutch Minister of Culture ... of West African Art in Benin City in 2026, designed ...

It’s been described as the single largest return to date of the famous Benin antiquities looted by ... that the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture, and Science Eppo Bruins should move forward ...

The Netherlands is on Wednesday returning 113 stolen works of art known as the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, culture minister Eppo Bruins has confirmed. The bronzes were stolen by British soldiers from ...

When Eyamba Dafinone finally received the news on December 27, 2024, that her packages had arrived in Lagos, she had already been ...