Pious arguments about modern collections ignore our curiosity about long-dead bodies and the darker side of history
The V&A’s fight to stop the Met in New York from buying a 12th-century carving reflects how countries try to prevent cultural heritage going abroad
Picking up an object that hasn’t been touched for centuries is like reaching back to shake hands with history
Institutions should play down glitzy parties and tax breaks, instead promoting ideas of civic duty and diversity
Attempts to resolve 200-year dispute were blocked by British Museum, newly released documents show
Funding part of £1bn refurbishment of institution but campaign groups criticise decision to renew partnership
There is no argument for keeping these sculptures in Britain indefinitely — but surely technology can provide a solution to the issue of repatriation
UK prime minister steps up attack on Greek counterpart over Elgin Marbles
Rishi Sunak cancelled a meeting with Kyriakos Mitsotakis due to take place on Tuesday
Mitsotakis expresses ‘displeasure’ that Downing Street meeting called off during London visit
Labour leader and Sunak to separately discuss with Greek PM part of Parthenon sculptures being returned to Athens
Chair George Osborne says institution was ‘victim of inside job’ over decades
The theft of 2,000 items risks undermining the institution’s founding purpose as a custodian of the world’s treasures
The return of a sacred Nisga’a Nation artefact offers lessons for museums worldwide
British Museum chair believes that talks with Greek premier over return of treasures have not been jeopardised
Institution’s chair says up to 2,000 items are missing after it failed to act on warnings
Hartwig Fischer steps down admitting institution faces situation of the ‘utmost seriousness’
Real people and their experiences are at the heart of the gallery, reopening as part of the museum’s £15mn transformation
How George Osborne and Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis put together the outlines of a historic plan
British Museum says object ‘of national importance’ is rare survivor from Henry VIII’s first marriage
Why a digital record of the kingdom’s looted treasures marks a new era in the battle to reclaim its history
Spectacular collections in the London home of the late businessman and philanthropist Sir Joseph Hotung
The politics of restitution are often opaque — but not in the case of the Parthenon Marbles
Government and private funding sought for modernisation of 170-year-old cultural institution
Mitsotakis insists the case for repatriation of antiquities is ‘very strong’ during a visit to London
