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Enjoy the latest news and stories from the British Museum.

A circular high ceilinged room with pillars around it and a statue in the middle

Museum stories / 7 January 2026

CSMVS and the British Museum: a new model of co-curation

Discover how museums in Mumbai and London are re-examining India's place in the ancient world through bold new exhibitions and co-curation.

Illustration of a group of prehistoric humans gathered around an active campfire during the evening.

Museum stories / 10 December 2025

Blazing a trail: the world's oldest known fire-making

Discover how recent excavations have uncovered evidence for one of the most important milestones in human history, the ability to make fire.

Ink and colour picture showing the head and shoulders of an elderly Chinese woman with her hair tied back. She is wearing green earings and a blue jacket decorated with gold leaves around the neck.

Exhibitions and events / 28 February 2023

An introduction to 19th-century China

In a global first, the resilience and innovation of 19th-century China were revealed in a major new exhibition.

View of main entrance and courtyard garden of museum

News / 13 November 2020

Major new archaeology project on site of new museum in Benin

Discover the exciting collaborative project, developed as part of the new Edo Museum of West African Art initiative in Benin City, Nigeria.

Many silver coins, ornaments and ingots laid out around a gold cup or bowl

News / 9 July 2020

Buried treasure: top 10 finds

Marking 1.5 million finds recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme, we look at the top 10 treasures from the last 23 years.

Eight members of Youth Collective standing, one sitting on the steps in the Great Court

News / 26 June 2020

Museums from home across the UK

See how some of our partner venues across the UK responded to COVID-19 – from collecting memories of lockdown to virtual exhibitions.

News / 5 June 2020

A message from Director Hartwig Fischer

‘The British Museum stands in solidarity with the Black community throughout the world. Black Lives Matter.’ From Director Hartwig Fischer.

A ship being carried by a pair of hands emerging from the ocean towards land on which two silhouetted figures can be seen.

News / 3 June 2020

Bonnie Greer: what we have saved from the fire

Following the killing of George Floyd, playwright and former Museum Trustee Bonnie Greer explores the ideas of trauma and reclamation.

Close up of mummy in cartonnage and open wooden coffin

News / 20 May 2020

Ancient Egyptian coffins and mystery of 'black goo'

Explore the science behind the mysterious black goo poured over Ancient Egyptian coffins, revealing ritual beliefs about death and rebirth.

Selection of fake upright figurines, arranged similarly to a family grouping

News / 5 May 2020

Fake antiquities made for unsuspecting collectors

Discover the Museum's role in uncovering fake antiquities and a particular Heathrow consignment that raised suspicions.

Moulded and painted clay head of a female bodhisattva wearing a crown

News / 5 November 2019

Art in crisis: identifying and returning looted objects

Curator St John Simpson explains how the Museum is helping to fight the contemporary trade of looted antiquities across the globe.

Hartwig Fischer and Geoff Woodward standing outside Arbeia South Shields’ Roman Fort

News / 12 July 2019

Creating inspiring national partnerships

Hartwig Fischer on his visit to some of the Museum's National Partners and how the Museum collaborates with institutions around the UK.

An archaeologist carefully removes a magical cone which is embedded in a wall

News / 10 August 2018

British Museum’s Iraq Scheme helps reunite objects from ancient site of Tello

A group of eight historic objects from Tello seized in a Police raid are now going back to Iraq with the help of the British Museum.