Dutch Museum Removes 'Priceless' Benin Bronzes for Return to Nigeria
- A Dutch museum is returning the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, which were looted over 120 years ago.
- Museum Director Marieke Van Bommel stated, "They were violently taken, so they need to go back."
- Van Bommel described the collection as a typical example of looted art.
- The Benin Bronzes will be shipped to Lagos in mid-June.
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Benin Bronzes Removed From Display Cases in Leiden for Return Trip to Nigeria
In the Wereldmuseum in Leiden, 113 centuries-old bronze objects have been removed from the display cases and carefully packed. The stolen objects are part of the Benin Bronzes and are returning to Nigeria after almost 130 years. The plaques, pendants and figures have been on display in the Leiden museum for 25 years. "They are beautiful, but not ours," director Marieke van Bommel told Omroep West. British soldiers stole the objects from the king…

Dutch museum removes 'priceless' Benin Bronzes for return to Nigeria
Clad in protective blue surgical gloves, a Dutch museum worker gingerly unhooks a precious decorative artefact before gently laying it down on a pillow and wrapping it in dozens of layers of special paper.
Dutch Museum returns ‘priceless’ Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
Wearing protective gloves, a staff member at the Wereldmuseum in Leiden carefully removes a Benin Bronze from display, puts it on a pillow... The post Dutch Museum returns ‘priceless’ Benin Bronzes to Nigeria appeared first on Archaeology Wiki.
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