British Museum Archives - Empoword Journalism https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/tag/british-museum/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:58:39 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 A review of the exhibition Hiroshige: artist of the open road https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/features/a-review-of-the-exhibition-hiroshige-artist-of-the-open-road/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/features/a-review-of-the-exhibition-hiroshige-artist-of-the-open-road/#respond Sun, 20 Jul 2025 21:47:25 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=68536 Emily Bird Japan’s cultural wave has washed over us once more, this time in the form of The British Museum’s latest exhibition, Hiroshige: artist of the open road. I was fortunate enough to see the new exhibition featuring some of Utagawa Hiroshige’s most renowned pieces on two occasions since its

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/features/a-review-of-the-exhibition-hiroshige-artist-of-the-open-road/feed/ 0 British Museum Theft Scandal Reignites Argument For Repatriation https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/british-museum-theft-scandal-repatriation/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/british-museum-theft-scandal-repatriation/#respond Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:00:14 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=47756 The latest theft scandal at the British Museum has renewed calls for the repatriation of looted artefacts. 

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/british-museum-theft-scandal-repatriation/feed/ 0 Nigeria Welcomes UK’s Move to Return Stolen Artefacts https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/current-affairs/nigeria-welcomes-uks-move-to-return-stolen-artefacts/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/current-affairs/nigeria-welcomes-uks-move-to-return-stolen-artefacts/#respond Tue, 16 Aug 2022 09:29:17 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=29521 The Horniman Museum and Gardens in London has planned to return 12 Benin Bronze artefacts to Nigeria, where they were originally removed by force by British soldiers. Having been displayed at the museum for research and education, the artefacts contribute to a broader movement of recognising the malpractice of colonialism and imperialism in British art, history, and culture.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/current-affairs/nigeria-welcomes-uks-move-to-return-stolen-artefacts/feed/ 0 Why I Will Never Return To The Victoria And Albert Museum Or The British Museum https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/opinion/why-i-will-never-return-to-the-victoria-and-albert-museum-or-the-british-museum/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/opinion/why-i-will-never-return-to-the-victoria-and-albert-museum-or-the-british-museum/#comments Mon, 23 May 2022 16:40:57 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=24631 Located in South Kensington, the V&A (the Victoria and Albert Museum), is an art and design museum which houses the finest examples of human artistic expression from the last 5,000 years. It takes just a short tube ride to get to Bloomsbury, which is where the British Museum is.

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