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The British Museum received £47.8 million ($61m) in revenue and a £20 million ($25m) capital grant in aid from the governmental Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport during the 2022/ ...
British Museum sacks employee over ‘missing, stolen or damaged’ items. Items included gold jewellery and gems of semi-precious stones and glass dating from 15th century BCE to the 19th century.
London’s British Museum has recovered some of the 2,000 treasures stolen from its storerooms after a bungled internal probe that led to the resignation of its embattled director.
The British Museum said Wednesday it fired a staff member who stole gold and jewelry from the museum. The pieces dated as far back as the 15th century BC and have yet to be retrieved, per the AP.
The British Museum is also entangled in a debate with Greek authorities over ownership of the famous Pantheon Sculptures, which were taken from the Pantheon between 1801 and 1805.
The British Museum says it has recovered some more artefacts that went missing from its collection The British Museum said it has found hundreds of missing and stolen objects, bringing the total ...
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