{"id":208772,"date":"2022-08-08T07:37:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T06:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=208772"},"modified":"2022-08-08T07:37:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T06:37:30","slug":"uk-museum-to-return-72-looted-benin-bronzes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/08\/uk-museum-to-return-72-looted-benin-bronzes\/","title":{"rendered":"UK museum to return 72 looted Benin Bronzes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Horniman Museum and Gardens in South East London has agreed to return 72 Benin Bronzes looted from the former British colony now known as Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>This comes amid pressure on European institutions to return <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/21\/buhari-demands-return-of-more-nigerias-artefacts-abroad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">artefacts<\/a> stolen during the colonial era.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Nigeria\u2019s National Commission for Museums and Monuments had, earlier this year, asked for the looted items to be returned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOwnership of 72 objects, which were forcibly removed from Benin City during the British military incursion in February 1897, will be transferred to the Nigerian government, following a decision by the Horniman\u2019s Board of Trustees,\u201d a statement on the museum\u2019s website read.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the items included 12 brass plaques, known as Benin Bronzes, a brass cockerel altarpiece, ivory and brass ceremonial objects, brass bells, and a key to the king\u2019s palace.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement by the Chairman of the museum\u2019s board of trustees, Eve Salomon, returning the items is both moral and appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Horniman is pleased to be able to take this step, and we look forward to working with the NCMM to secure longer term care for these precious artefacts,\u201d Salomon said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe evidence is very clear that these objects were acquired through force, and external consultation supported our view that it is both moral and appropriate to return their ownership to Nigeria,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was welcomed by the NCMM Director-General, Prof Abba Tijani.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cWe very much welcome this decision by the Trustees of the Horniman Museum and Gardens. 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