This restitution is the largest return of Benin antiquities directly linked to the 1897 British punitive expedition. Of the 119 objects being returned, 113 come from the Dutch National Collection.

In February 1897, British forces invaded the Kingdom of Benin, located in present-day Nigeria, as part of a punitive expedition aimed at subduing local resistance to British colonial ambitions.

Later still, there would be the great European scramble for Africa, in which the punitive expedition of 1897 was merely one bloody incident. That raid, and the removal of some of Benin's great art ...

Of the looted statues taken during the Benin Expedition of 1897, two hundred were housed in the British Museum with the rest spread across other European institutions. The Netherlands has agreed to ...

The Kingdom of Benin, renowned for its brass and bronze craftsmanship, ornamented its palaces and temples with extraordinary objects. In 1897, the British led a punitive expedition, pillaging ...

marking the single largest return to date of Benin antiquities looted by the British military as part of its 1897 punitive expedition, as announced Wednesday, February 19. Stolen from the Kingdom ...

One Can Only Hope And Wonder is a narrative film inspired by real-life events in connection with the stolen artworks in the Benin expedition of 1897, the ongoing topic of restitution in the art ...

LAGOS - Nigeria's national museum commission will be responsible for retrieving and keeping priceless Benin Bronzes ... what is now southern Nigeria, in 1897. The stolen bronzes are among ...

Nigeria is on a quest to recover the thousands of intricate sculptures and castings that were looted by British soldiers during a raid on the then-separate Kingdom of Benin, located in what is now ...

“The return of 119 objects from the Netherlands will represent the most extensive return of Benin antiquities directly linked to the 1897 British punitive expedition. “We thank the Netherlands ...