British Museum

The British Museum Deserves to Be Popular
Jonathan Jones: But its director should remember: the language of populism is crude, and the pleasures of museums subtle

British Museum and Army Team Up in Move to Rescue Iraq's Heritage
Hope is to leave positive legacy by attempting to restore shattered cultural heritage after troops go

British Museum - A Major London Tourist Attraction
British Museum is a major London tourist attraction. In this article, we explore the museum and learn all about its history.

Tajik President Calls for Return of Treasure From British Museum
The president of Tajikistan has demanded that the British Museum give back a unique collection of ancient gold and silver artefacts discovered 130 years ago near the Oxus river.

The Memory of Humankind Preserves Our Global Sanity
The British Museum is running a different kind of foreign policy and challenging the myth of the clash of civilisations. By Madeleine Bunting

Into Africa: British Museum's Reply to Ownership Debate
A circumcision mask from western Kenya and a headdress made from human hair from Uganda are among 140 artefacts from the British Museum that have gone on show in Nairobi - the first time the museum has lent objects to Africa.

British Museum Director Neil Macgregor
Neil MacGregor gives the lie to Richard Sennett's argument in The Fall of Public Man that those in public office nowadays are taken to be honest only if they are prepared to tell everyone their every peccadillo.

British Museum Rescue Pledge
The British Museum has announced a taskforce of conservators and curators, funded by an anonymous private donor, to go to the rescue of Iraq's ravaged museums. The culture secretary, Tessa Jowell, yesterday pledged the government's support and promised that Britain will not become a...