by the british when they sacked benin in 1897, burning down the city s palace in the process. the bronzes were then sold to institutions around the world. now there s no law in the uk which forces museums or other places to return stolen artefacts, but some institutions are doing it independently, likejesus college, cambridge. they were the first institution in the world to return a benin bronze in 2021. more recently, germany handed back 22 bronzes and agreed to release over 1,000 items from their collections. the horniman in london has also sent pieces back to nigeria, and soon cambridge university s museum of archaeology and anthropology will follow suit.
when they sacked benin in 1897, burning down the city s palace in the process. the bronzes were then sold to institutions around the world. now, there s no law in the uk which forces museums or other places to return stolen artefacts, but some institutions are doing it independently, like jesus college, cambridge. they were the first institution in the world to return a benin bronze, in 2021. more recently, germany handed back 22 bronzes and agreed to release over 1,000 items from their collections. the horniman in london has also sent pieces back to nigeria, and soon cambridge university s museum of archaeology and anthropology will follow suit.
we don t have much access to it because much of them is stolen. ifeel bad, and i m not too happy because this is our treasure. it s what our forefathers laboured to do. it s reckoned around 10,000 pieces were looted by the british when they sacked benin in 1897, burning down the city s palace in the process. the bronzes were then sold to institutions around the world. now, there s no law in the uk which forces museums or other places to return stolen artefacts, but some institutions are doing it independently, likejesus college, cambridge. they were the first institution in the world to return a benin bronze, in 2021.
in the process. the bronzes were then sold to institutions around the world. now, there s no law in the uk which forces museums or other places to return stolen artefacts, but some institutions are doing it independently, like jesus college, cambridge. they were the first institution in the world to return a benin bronze in 2021. more recently, germany handed back 22 bronzes and agreed to release over 1,000 items from their collections. the horniman in london has also sent pieces back to nigeria, and soon cambridge university s museum of archaeology and anthropology will follow suit. we ve identified 116 objects that were taken during the punitive
because much of them is stolen. ifeel bad, and i m not too happy because this is our treasure. it s what our forefathers laboured to do. it s reckoned around 10,000 pieces were looted by the british when they sacked benin in 1897, burning down the city s palace in the process. the bronzes were then sold to institutions around the world. now, there s no law in the uk which forces museums or other places to return stolen artefacts, but some institutions are doing it independently, likejesus college, cambridge. they were the first institution in the world to return a benin bronze in 2021.