The Return of Benin Artifacts to Nigeria

Glasgow Museum's is currently holding 19 pieces that we have identified as coming from Benin probably taken during the punitive expedition of 1897 by Britain. But the ownership has effectively been transferred to Nigeria. The Glasgow Museum's also announced the return of seven antiquities to India and more than two dozen artifacts to the Lakota tribe of Native Americans. Consider this yet another reminder that many artifacts in the world's great museums were plundered when plunder was the norm.