The 1,700 pieces of world-renowned Chinese ceramics constitute the largest donation in the British Museum’s nearly 300-year ...

Sir Percival David’s collection, amassed in the early 1900s, includes prized vases and wine cups. “You simply couldn’t build ...

The British Museum is to receive what is believed to be the highest-value gift ever received by a UK museum with the ...

The official donation of the entire Sir Percival David Foundation is worth an estimated £1 billion. View on euronews ...

The British Museum is both an architectural beauty and a trove of some of the world's most noted antiquities. In fact, many travelers say it's the best museum in all of London. What's more ...

The British Museum has received a donation of Chinese treasures worth more than $1 billion from the Sir Percival David ...

The British Museum has come under pressure after it sacked a member of staff over around 2,000 treasures reported "missing, stolen or damaged". The discovery at the museum, one of the nation's ...

File picture of ancient glass vessels damaged during the 2020 Beirut port explosion, and displayed at the British Museum in London News that artefacts were stolen from the British Museum has led ...

Locke, who over a 30-year career has explored the cultural baggage of Britain’s colonial history, here turns curator, to delve into the British Museum’s collections and unearth stories that ...

Hew Locke’s voice arrives like a whisper out of nowhere, emanating from speakers suspended throughout his new show at the British Museum in London. The invitation is generous, assuring visitors ...

Simply sign up to the Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In Silk Roads, the British Museum’s epic journey of a show, a sumptuous 7th-century wall painting portrays a courtly ...