The British Museum, the world’s oldest national public museum, has come under mounting pressure following the theft of more than 2,000 items earlier this month. With police investigations under ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Martin Bailey of The Art Newspaper about thefts at the British Museum that led to the director's resignation. The director of the British Museum is out. Hartwig ...

Mr. Felch is a co-author of “Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World’s Richest Museum.” The news that roughly 2,000 objects, dating from antiquity to the 19th century ...

The British Museum released its annual tally of archaeological items found by the public — and the newest list is record-setting, the museum said this week. Overall, 53,490 archaeological ...

When the British Museum opened its doors to the public in 1759, it was a new thing in the world. Scholars of museology have since given it a name: an “encyclopedic museum,” an institution that ...

London wouldn’t be complete without the British Museum. Whether it’s memories of school trips spent running through artefacts from ancient Egypt, or you’ve already nabbed tickets in ...