{"id":231678,"date":"2022-11-29T10:51:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T09:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=231678"},"modified":"2022-11-29T10:51:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T09:51:07","slug":"london-museum-returns-looted-benin-artefacts-to-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/11\/29\/london-museum-returns-looted-benin-artefacts-to-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"London museum returns looted Benin artefacts to Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">A small museum in south-east London has begun the official process of returning looted Benin artefacts to Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Horniman Museum, which houses a collection of 72 treasured items that were taken by force from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/09\/08\/doctor-kills-cabman-steals-car-abandons-corpse-in-benin-city\/\">Benin City<\/a> in 1897, officially handed over ownership of the artefacts to the Nigerian government on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Horniman described returning the looted objects as a \u201cmoral and appropriate\u201d response after a request from Nigeria\u2019s National Commission for Museums and Monuments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">There are still questions about whether thousands of items which were held at large institutions globally, including the British Museum, will ever be sent back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">However, the first six objects which were returned included two Benin Bronze plaques from the royal palace which were handed over to Nigerian officials at a ceremony marking the transfer of ownership of 72 looted items.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The items were taken from Benin City by British troops in February 1897.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Nick Merriman, chief executive of the Horniman Museum and Gardens, and prof. Abba Tijani, the NCMM\u2019s director general, were asked by journalists ahead of the official handover if they were frustrated at the British Museum\u2019s apparent reluctance to hand over the 900 objects it had held for more than a century.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Merriman, who said the Horniman had been an \u201cexcellent example\u201d of leadership, stated that, \u201cJournalists who ask me about the Benin return always want to ask me about the British Museum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI would rather talk about what an excellent example the Horniman is rather than answer questions about the British Museum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The six objects selected in consultation with the NCMM as being representative of the collection of 72 items form the first wave of physical repatriation of Benin objects from the Horniman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A new agreement between the NCMM and the Horniman will allow the remainder to stay in Britain on loan for now, with a second phase of physical repatriations to follow in due course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Professor Tijani later explained that about 5,000 Benin bronzes were currently \u201cscattered\u201d around the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He said that he is hoping that talks with various institutions may result in deals that could herald the items being returned from places including Germany and the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A small museum in south-east London has begun the official process of returning looted Benin artefacts to Nigeria. 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