The National Museum, Lagos, has been selected as a beneficiary of the Bank of America Arts Conservation Project 2022 grant of US$40,000 to restore and preserve the Igbo-Ukwu bronzes. Mr Abba Tijani, Director-general, National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM),…
London museum returns looted Benin artefacts to Nigeria
A small museum in south-east London has begun the official process of returning looted Benin artefacts to Nigeria. The Horniman Museum, which houses a collection of 72 treasured items that were taken by force from Benin City in 1897, officially…