United States Returns 23 Looted Items Back To Benin, Nigeria with Plans To Open an International Exhibition.
Through the National Gallery of Art, the Rhode Island School of Design, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, the United States has given back 23 stolen Benin Bronzes to Nigeria.
It was declared that as soon as the items are returned, he will begin an international traveling exhibition. During the British Empire’s invasion of Benin in 1897, the Benin Bronzes were stolen.
In November 2019, the Campaign for the Return and Restitution of Nigeria’s Looted from Around the World was launched. He said that the release of the Benin Bronzes discovered in the U.S. Was evidence of the campaign’s effectiveness.
As well as these countries and others, Alhaji Mohammed stated, “We have also received or are in the process of receiving repatriated antiquities from The Netherlands, the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, Mexico, the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, and Germany.” There are 21 Smithsonian artifacts in total, plus one from each of the National Gallery of Arts and Rhode Island School of Design.