Dorset museum holding British Sign Language tour

Another British Sign Language Tour will take place at the museum on September 19. A DORSET museum is holding a British Sign ...
wnep

Stuart Tank Museum looks to raise $79K to bring rare M37 tank destroyer home to Berwick

BERWICK, Pa. — At the Stuart Tank Museum in Berwick, curator Tom McLaughlin is looking at pictures of an M37 Howitzer Motor Carriage, also known as a tank destroyer that the museum has in its ...
The Guardian

Bayeux tapestry to be insured for £800m for British Museum exhibition

The 70-metre-long cloth about the Norman invasion has not been seen in England since it was created in 11th century The Bayeux tapestry will be insured for an estimated £800m when it returns to the UK ...
The Art Newspaper

UK government insures Bayeux Tapestry for £800m during loan to British Museum

The UK Treasury will insure the Bayeux Tapestry for an estimated £800m when it goes on show at the British Museum (BM) next year. According to the Financial Times, which first reported details of the ...
The Guardian

British Museum’s plan for ‘red, white and blue’ ball sparks row

Exclusive: some staff claim the theme is ‘in poor taste’ following a rise in flag-hoisting across the UK An internal row has broken out within the British Museum over its director’s suggestion of a ...
Hyperallergic

British Museum Launches Farcical “Decolonizing” Loan Program

A fragment of the contested Parthenon sculptures of Ancient Greece on display at the British Museum in London. (photo Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images) Imagine your car is stolen. Overnight, you ...
Artnet

British Museum Launches Long-Term Loan Program to Former Colonies

The British Museum has launched a new scheme that will see it share artifacts in its collection with museums in former British colonies. Loans under the “new model” may last up to three years. They ...
CBS News

Hundreds of British Empire artifacts stolen from U.K. museum, as police release images of men carrying bags

More than 600 items from a collection documenting the links between Britain and countries in the former British Empire were stolen from a U.K. museum in September, police said Thursday. Avon and ...
Artnet

Egyptologists Call on British Museum to Return Rosetta Stone (Again)

The Rosetta Stone was taken from Egypt by British troops in 1801. Detail of the Rosetta Stone, on view at the British Museum in London, 2022. Photo: Amir Makar / AFP via Getty Images. The long-awaited ...
Forbes

London’s New Gala: British Museum Hosts An Inaugural Fundraising Ball

The inaugural British Museum Ball was held on 18 October 2025 with guests including leading creatives, collectors, politicians and cultural visionaries such as Sir Mick Jagger, Janet Jackson and James ...
Town & Country

Greece’s Culture Minister Criticizes British Museum’s Pink Ball as “Offensive”

Over the weekend, the British Museum held their inaugural Pink Ball to fundraise for the institution. The event, held near the Parthenon Marbles, was criticized by the Greek government as discussions ...