The collection information provided here is not authoritative or complete, but is intended to assist knowledge exchange and discussion about the future of dispersed collections looted from Benin City ...

Although bronze and ivory works from Benin City in Nigeria are admired by visitors to our World Cultures Gallery from around the world, their presence in World Museum has a violent history. Curator of ...

The pieces were looted from Benin City in southern Nigeria during a British military invasion in 1897, according to a statement from the museum’s board of trustees ... issued by the National ...