The Horniman Museum in south London said handing over its collection of looted Benin Bronzes to the Nigerian government was a 'moral and appropriate' step. Do you agree?
The Horniman Museum in Forest Hill is giving back its collection of 72 of the bronzes, which were taken by force from Benin City, in what is today Nigeria, in 1897.
Asked by reporters about the British Museum on Monday, Horniman director Nick Merriman said: "Journalists who ask me about the Benin return always want to ask me about the British Museum. A new agreement between the National Commission for Museums and Monuments and the Horniman will allow the remainder to stay in the UK on loan for now, with a second phase of physical repatriations to follow in due course.
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