Exhibition explores the origins of Hindu, Jain and Buddhist sacred art dating back two thousand years. Curator Sushma Jansari ...

The exhibition traces how religious imagery took hold in South Asia and beyond through serpent spirits and wide-hipped ...

The museum says that a recently dismissed contractor was was able to get back into the building and shut down several systems chrisdorney via Adobe Stock The British Museum is once again ...

The 266-year-old museum has had a rocky few years. It is still trying to track down some of more than 1,800 objects believed ...

A community arts centre and an organisation tackling inequalities in education have been selected for a national culture programme run by the British Museum.Metal Peterborough, an arts centre, and The ...

BP has funded Washington’s National Gallery of Art, UK’s Royal Shakespeare Company and National Portrait Gallery ...

London's art scene is flourishing this summer with a diverse array of exhibitions that blend tradition, innovation, and immersive experiences.

Charles Townley, one of Britain’s first great collectors of antiquities, was born in Lancashire in 1737. A distaff descendant of the aristocratic Howard family, he was educated mostly in France ...

By Alex Marshall Reporting from London In 2021, British Museum officials were alerted to a potential thief in their ranks. That year, Ittai Gradel, a Denmark-based dealer in ancient gems ...

Now one museum in the north of England has been named the best museum in Europe at the prestigious European Museum of the ...

The British Museum, the country’s most popular tourist attraction, was partially closed to the public on Saturday after an employee who had been fired broke in and shut down computer systems ...