Efforts to raise £3.5m are under way to give the jewellery a public rather than private home.

The museum announced in 2023 that 1,500 items were missing. More than 600 have since been found, and officials are now hoping ...

More than two years after the British Museum revealed that hundreds of objects had gone missing from its Greek and Roman ...

The museum told ARTnews that the new role will involve a lot of "archival research." (Sorry to disappoint any intrepid, budding Indiana Jones types looking for adventure.) ...

At the entrance to the British Museum’s exciting new exhibition, Hawaiʻi: a kingdom crossing oceans, stands a ghostly guard of feathered garlands, cloaks, capes and helmets. Summoning the Pacific ...

The British Museum has settled a dispute with Canadian writer Yilin Wang, agreeing to reinstate her translations of Chinese-language poems by early-20th-century feminist revolutionary and poet Qiu Jin ...

The British Museum is a flagship cultural institution with 2013 expenditures of £115.4 million (~$186.2 million). It is also, according to a current online listing, seeking free help on its website ...

I first learned about the British Museum’s Out of Hours tours while doing a general sweep of kid-friendly tour options for kids in London. I’ve had great luck in the past with family tours, since it ...

‘Extremely fragile’ Bayeux Tapestry at risk from British Museum ‘vanity project’, expert says - Criticism comes after artist ...

On December 19, the British Museum announced its new Masterplan, laying out how it will “[safeguard] the collection for future generations, in spaces fit for the 21st century.” The plan includes ...

Ben Luke hears about the British Museum’s fresh approach to the stewardship of its collection of Hawaiian objects, discusses ...