The British Museum will tell the 1,000-year story of Japan's samurai in an exhibition set to open in February, 2026.

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 discoveries ...

A gold pendant known as the Tudor Heart is the subject of a high-profile fundraising campaign launched by the British Museum, which involved actor Damian Lewis (famed for his roles in Billions, ...

Hew Locke visits the British Museum in preparation for his exhibition. Richard Cannon “What have we here?” is the fruit of two years of Guyanese-British artist Hew Locke’s research at the British ...

The so-called “Elgin Marbles” are back in the news. Talks between Greece and the UK have resumed over the future of the large pieces of marble frieze taken from the Parthenon in Athens by British peer ...

The first study granted access to artifacts in British museums for radiocarbon dating has examined the transition between the Second Intermediate Period and the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. One of ...

The British Museum, embroiled in a high-profile theft scandal, is fending off restitution demands from several countries, with China most recently joining demands for the London institution to return ...

Few institutions hold as much global prestige and controversy as the British Museum. Behind its grand façade lies a ...

Charles Townley, one of Britain’s first great collectors of antiquities, was born in Lancashire in 1737. A distaff descendant of the aristocratic Howard family, he was educated mostly in France—a ...

The Sandbox metaverse development platform announced on July 27 that it would be partnering with the British Museum to bring it into the metaverse. The blog revealed that the partnership aims to ...