I don't think you're ready to see what the Roman curse tablets look like.

Cooper Hewitt’s new permanent collection exhibition is meant to be a conversation starter. From the pillow that determines ...

There can be little doubt that the most notorious of them is the Duveen scouring scandal, so-named after Joseph Duveen, an ultra-rich art dealer of dubious ethics and benefactor of the British Museum.

The goal of the museum is not to expand its collection but to gradually empty itself as the missing objects are eventually recovered. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...

Last year, the Thai government sent a letter to the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco requesting the return of four ancient bronze statues depicting Buddhist spiritual figures — buddhas and ...

A piece of Roman jewelry, worth $60,000, was found listed for $48 on eBay. Ollie Croker, Project Curator, and Sara Aly, Art Market Expert, from the British Museum's Recovery Program. Photo: Sara Aly.

VINEYARD HAVEN, MASSACHUSETTS—The Vineyard Gazette reports that objects held at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum will be returned to Hui Iwi Kuamo’o, a repatriation organization in Hawaii. The objects ...

The Mohegan Tribe has welcomed home several artifacts that are centuries old and culturally significant. They were in a ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art announces it has entered a partnership with the Republic of Yemen Government to provide safe storage and care for 77 objects that the United States ...

The 3D scan of a mask fragment matches up with the scan of a different well-preserved mask. Carlo Rindi Nuzzolo Today the world of Egyptology faces a silent crisis – not of looting, although that ...

Since mid-August, the British Museum has been mired in a controversy over the theft of up to 2,000 objects from its collections. The theft is suspected to be an inside job that took place over a ...