Can I go to a museum? What the tier system means for art lovers
What impact will new restrictions have on galleries and museums in tiers 1, 2, 3 and 4?
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Britain must give the Benin Bronzes back to Africa – it’s our moral duty
The curator of Oxford University’s Pitt Rivers Museum explains why we should return African artefacts to their home continent at long last
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Arctic: Culture and Climate, British Museum, review: an elegiac testament to human ingenuity
Everything you see in this magical show feels like a relic from a lost world. We're not in Narnia anymore
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British Museum won't remove controversial objects but will ‘contextualise them’ instead, following government funding threat
In a leaked letter, the Culture Secretary said Government-funded museums risk losing taxpayer support if they remove artefacts
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Tantra: Enlightenment to Revolution review, British Museum: this serious-minded show proves it's time we stopped tittering
The BM's enlightening exhibition replaces Tantra-related clichés with revolutionaries, female empowerment and proper historical context
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US members of Congress urge Britain to return Elgin Marbles to Greece next year
Eighteen members of the House of Representatives have written to Boris Johnson
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The British Museum won't get away with pandering to wokeness
Until our institutions are willing to stand up for themselves they will always be targets for grievance
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The British Museum's 'loot' was bought and paid for, says director
Hartwig Fischer said it was a 'simplification' to treat the collection as a hoard of stolen goods
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Who in the arts will survive Covid? Not the agenda-driven obsessives
Those in the arts who are willing to experiment are coming up trumps – but no marks for the BBC’s Proms fiasco, nor the Southbank Centre
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The woke war against British history must not be allowed to succeed
Tearing down the heroes of the past risks creating an atomised society that is more divided than ever
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Protest against Sir Hans Sloane statue planned after British Museum moves image of its founder
His statue stands in London's Duke of York Square
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British Museum director Hartwig Fischer: 'We need to tell our visitors more about colonialism and slavery'
As the British Museum reopens, its director explains his plans for the future – and why social distancing could offer new opportunities
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Exclusive: British Museum removes bust of slave-owner founder Sir Hans Sloane
Sloane is now in a display which explains his legacy as a “collector [and] slave owner”
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The UK art galleries open now – and the best exhibitions to see
Museums, galleries and other art spaces have started to reopen. Where can you go, and what can you see?
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British Museum battling pests drawn to dust left by lockdown lack of visitors
Moths and beetles can nibble through historical objects
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'The treasure I spent 15 years looking for in the Thames mud'
After years of searching in all weathers, Lara Maiklem, a licensed mudlark, discovered a medieval pilgrim badge on the banks of the Thames
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If mermaids don't exist, how do you explain this?
The history of our attempts to solve the mysteries of the deep demonstrates our willingness to be wrong
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Hoard of ancient Middle Eastern items seized at Heathrow found to be fakes by British Museum
Many of the cuneiform inscriptions were a jumble of signs, some invented and others upside-down, which made no sense when read
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Long before Easter decorated eggs meant a dangerous hunt, research reveals
Researchers at Durham and Bristol universities have cracked an ancient mystery
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Mary Beard picks bric-a-brac badge as gem of the British Museum
The presenter selected a badge depicting fossil hunter Mary Anning
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Manga beats Rembrandt in the battle of British Museum visitors
The art master's work was on display to mark the 350th anniversary of his death but lost out to Japanese comic books on visitor numbers
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Dust is not just 'mundane nuisance' but can be serious threat to art collections, warns British Museum
From damaging surface material to attracting insects, dust can cause serious harm to museum collections
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What can Britain learn from how Italian culture lovers are coping with isolation?
The Italian lockdown proves that with innovation, resilience and community, culture will go on
