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University of Iowa Museum Repatriates Benin Artifacts to Nigeria


Iowa Museum Makes Historic Repatriation of Benin Bronzes

The Stanley Museum of Art at the University of Iowa has made a historic repatriation of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria.

Iowa museum becomes first in US to return looted Benin bronzes to ...

The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art has returned two Benin bronzes to the Oba of Benin, the first time a US museum has handed back works to the head ...

Stanley Museum of Art_Press Release_Benin Restitution.pdf

Benin City, Nigeria– In a historic ceremony held today at the Benin Palace, the University of. Iowa Stanley Museum of Art returned two ...

University of Iowa Museum Repatriates Benin Artifacts to Nigeria

The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art has made history by returning looted Benin Bronzes to the Oba of Benin, marking the first such ...

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In 2020, the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art began researching the provenance of pieces in its collection that might have ...

University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art returns Benin Bronzes

In 2023, the government declared the Oba of Benin the lawful custodian of the antiquities, making the Stanley Museum's repatriation—at a ceremony in Nigeria—the ...

Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria - TheCollector

The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art is the first U.S. institution to restitute looted objects to the Oba of Benin.

Stanley Art Museum returns Benin Bronzes to Nigerian royals

The museum on the University of Iowa campus presented two works of art from its collection to the royal family of Nigeria in a special ceremony held at the ...

Iowa Museum First in US to Return Benin Bronzes - Artforum

The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art repatriates Benin Bronzes. Amenaghawon Idawu, Josephine Abbe, Dr. Peju Layiwola, Prince ...

UI Stanley Museum of Art Returns Sacred African Objects

The University of Iowa stands at the forefront of the restitution movement as the Stanley becomes the first U.S. museum to restore items to ...

Iowa Paves Path for Museums With Landmark Restitution of Benin ...

The University of Iowa's Stanley Museum of Art is the first North American museum to formally return the Benin Bronzes in its holdings ...

Iowa's Stanley Museum of Art First in the US to Return Benin Bronzes

The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art has become the first in the United States to repatriate its holdings of Benin Bronzes.

Stanley Museum Becomes First American Museum To Return Benin ...

In a ceremony held on July 15 at the Benin Palace in Nigeria, members of the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art returned two Benin Bronzes ...

UI museum returning art pillaged from today's Nigeria in 1897

... University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art has arranged an audience with the Oba of Benin this fall in hopes of repatriating two pieces “to ...

US Museum Returns Looted Artifacts, Apologizes to Benin Kingdom

The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art has returned two precious artifacts to the Benin Kingdom in Nigeria, accompanied by an apology made by Cory ...

The Stanley Museum made history this summer with the restitution of ...

The Benin Bronzes were returned to their original owners in a ceremony attended by members of the Stanley Museum and members of the Benin Kingdom royal family.

University of Iowa returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art has become the first US institution to repatriate its Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, per artnews.com.

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Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, on Monday, received two artefacts, a mother hen and a bronze plaque, from the University of Iowa Museum, United States of America.

UI Stanley Museum becomes first in the U.S. to return looted Benin ...

The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art has become the first museum in the United States to return looted Benin Bronzes directly to the ...

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The Stanley Museum of Art at the University of Iowa has made a historic repatriation of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. https://t.co/ggu162Bbce.