Organised on and around May 18 each year International Museum Day is celebrated because “Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual ...

Museum is a vital component of cultural resource management (CRM). By this token, CRM is a much larger human engagement primarily concerned with the conservation and preservation of the heritage ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Protesters in Nigeria disrupted the soft launch of a new, state-backed museum in the country’s south ahead of its scheduled opening this week, saying it was a violation of Benin ...

More than a century after British soldiers looted a collection of priceless artifacts from the Kingdom of Benin, some the Benin bronzes are heading back to Nigeria - with strings attached. A deal was ...

The Smithsonian Museum of African Art is reportedly planning to return around 12 Benin bronzes that it currently claims ownership of in an agreement that has yet to be signed, in order to repatriate ...

The opening of a contested museum in Nigeria, meant to display west African art, has been postponed after protesters disrupted a private visit on Sunday, officials said. The Museum of West African ...

LAGOS, Feb 26 (Reuters) - (This Feb. 26 story has been corrected to make clear that the royal museum will house some of, not all, the artefacts, in paragraph 6) Nigeria's national museum commission ...