Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new security pavilions resemble a ‘wine bar’, it is claimed - Studio Weave The British Museum is embroiled in a dispute with ...

Few institutions hold as much global prestige and controversy as the British Museum. Behind its grand façade lies a collection shaped not only by curiosity but also by conquest. Interestingly, many of ...

Conservationists are opposing a plan by the British Museum to overhaul its forecourt, warning it would disrupt its historic symmetry. Studio Weave’s plan adds security pavilions and a ...

The British Museum has launched a new scheme that will see it share artifacts in its collection with museums in former British colonies. Loans under the “new model” may last up to three years. They ...

A cultural powerhouse or a celebration of stolen artifacts from colonial times? The British Museum is a fascinating window into global culture—despite the problematic origins of many exhibits. ByDavid ...

Last August, five architecture offices were shortlisted to redesign sections of London’s British Museum: 6a architects, David Chipperfield Architects, Eric Parry Architects and Jamie Fobert Architects ...

This is an international institution, a great Regency building and a public face of London. It deserves something better.