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The 70-metre embroidery will be displayed at the British Museum from September.
The Virtual World of Stonehenge has been released to coincide with the summer solstice.
Many other UK cultural institutions have already ceased entering into agreements with such companies, given the immense damage tobacco products do to public health.
The artist says he chose an English civil war-era coin because ‘it is one of the few British things in the British Museum’.
Many exhibitions of ancient Egyptian art have been held in Australia. Pharaoh, at the National Gallery of Victoria, is outstanding for its scope, scale and presentation.
The marbles are a physical manifestation of what it meant to be Athenian during the 5th century BC.
The British Museum is celebrating recovered items in its new exhibition, but it continues to refuse to return historically looted items in its own collection to countries of origin.
There are some incredible rare finds on show at this exhibition but it fails to depict a more diverse life in and around Rome’s armies.
A loan deal for the Asante artefacts offers an opportunity for these objects to return home.
From ill-thought renovation schemes to the latest row over the repatriation of the Parthenon marbles, this is not the first time the British Museum reckons with a custodianship crisis.
Curators have concentrated on the small and everyday to communicate a sense of life in 19th century China.
Translators work has historically received little acknowledgement.
An international legal expert explains why the Greeks are right to be wary of the British Museum’s offer to loan them the Parthenon marbles.
The British Museum appears close to a decision on returning the Elgin marbles – here’s how it might navigate the legal challenges.
A spear-thrower, a shell, a bowl, a vase, a bucket. Five very different items tell us much about the history of collecting, the role of Indigenous experts and the shadow of colonial violence.
Understanding the different types of visitors and how they navigate museums can help these institutions reopen safely.
The government must respect the arm’s-length principle which ensures institutions like the British Museum are independent from government control.
The power to select, name and decide the meaning of these items makes Europeans the authors of African history.
The indigenous Rapa Nui say the statue is one of their most spiritually important.
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Research Associate Professor (tenured), French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas
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Director, Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Health, University of Bath
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Senior Curator of Australian and First Nations Art, National Gallery of Victoria, The University of Melbourne
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Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor, Monash University. Deputy Director ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, Monash University
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Policy and Knowledge Exchange Lead, Department for Health, University of Bath
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Professor in Archaeology, University of Bristol
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Research Associate, Department for Health, University of Bath
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Professor of International Politics, University of Sheffield
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Honorary Professor, Edith Cowan University
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
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Honorary Research Fellow and Community Archaeology Liaison Officer, University of Nottingham
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Associate professor, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Chinese Politics; Director, Lau China Institute, King's College London
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Senior Lecturer in Aegean Prehistory, University of Kent