George Osborne, Chair of Trustees, confirmed that the entire British Museum collection will be digitised to prevent another “inside job” after more than 1,000 artefacts were stolen.

The theft of 2,000 gems at the British Museum began 20 to 25 years ago, according to George Osborne, the chairman of the trustees. This shocking news was revealed yesterday to the House of Commons ...

The museum has already digitized half of its collection as part of a project started back in 2020. Speaking of 2020, the early days of Covid forced many museums to hasten digitization efforts.

Sir Mark Jones outside the British Museum, London Credit: Aaron Chown/PA. The museum was alerted to suspicions of thefts in 2021 by academic and antiquities dealer Dr Ittai Gradel but an initial ...

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 ...

Located in central London, the British Museum, one of the city’s most popular tourist attractions with four million visitors in 2022, offers free admission to its permanent collection. The ...

The British Museum is to receive what is believed to be the highest-value gift ever received by a UK museum with the acquisition of £1bn worth of Chinese ceramics. Trustees of the Sir Percival ...