Time

Why the British Museum Is Asking the Public for Help Finding Missing Artifacts

The British Museum has solicited the public’s help in finding an estimated 2,000 artifacts that had been stolen from the institution’s collection over the course of several years. The famed museum ...
CNN

London police investigating alleged theft of gold, artifacts at British Museum

An employee at the British Museum has been dismissed — and the Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation — after a number of items from the museum’s collection were found to be “missing, ...
Hyperallergic

The Sun Is Setting on the British Museum

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The New York Times

To Make Blockbuster Shows, Museums Are Turning to Focus Groups

To shape its new show about life in the Roman Army, the British Museum put questions to members of the public. Other institutions are also using the same technique. By Alex Marshall Reporting from ...
The New York Times

Crisis-Hit British Museum Gets New Leader

Nicholas Cullinan will take over the London institution as it faces the fallout from a theft scandal and calls for the return of objects in its collection. By Alex Marshall Reporting from London The ...
The Art Newspaper

A brief history of the British Museum's central London home

In March 1958, British television viewers were treated to a museal experiment. For the second episode of his new series, Is Art Necessary?, Kenneth Clark, then chair of the Arts Council, took Henry ...