British Museum

British Museum starts hunt for new director

Mark Jones's replacement will lead organisation following 'tough year'

Deputy chair quit before British Museum announced £50m BP deal

Board minutes reveal ‘strong personal disagreement’ among trustees and concern over security risks

British Museum announces new £50m BP deal to fund masterplan

Climate campaigners plan to mount legal challenge to ‘indefensible’ 10-year partnership

Review urges tighter security and record-keeping at British Museum

Stolen objects were allegedly sold on eBay for as little as £50

Row between Greece and UK puts Parthenon sculptures deal in doubt

Greek PM ‘annoyed’ as Rishi Sunak cancels Downing Street meeting

‘We failed in our duty’ to look after objects, says Osborne

British Museum must be more open in how it deals with controversy, chair tells trustees

British Museum was ‘victim of inside job’, says Osborne

Records were altered to conceal alleged thefts over as long as 25 years, chair tells MPs

British Museum announces operation to recover missing objects

Institution confirms that it has already retrieved 60 items and identified a further 300

Briefings on collections care launched following British Museum crisis

Collections Trust hosts meetings to review core principles related to inventory, audit and loss

Mark Jones named as interim director of British Museum

Former V&A chief to step in following resignation of Hartwig Fischer

Hartwig Fischer to step down from British Museum

Director says institution is facing situation of the ‘utmost seriousness’ following suspected thefts

Hartwig Fischer to step down from the British Museum

Director will leave in 2024 after launch of 'multigenerational' masterplan