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British Museum tops UK attractions list, but the effects of the pandemic still linger on

Official figures have revealed that the British Museum was – for the second year in a row – the UK’s most-visited attraction in 2024. While visitor numbers for cultural attractions are rising, however, the sector remains fragile.

Euronews

4,000-year-old tablets found in Iraq reveal ancient red tape

Archaeologists from the British Museum and Iraq have uncovered over 200 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets at Girsu, shedding light on the earliest known empire's complex bureaucracy.

Euronews

Visitor numbers plunge at London art museums as Tate galleries lose 2.7 million in five years

Visitor numbers at Tate galleries have plunged by over 30 per cent since 2019

Evening Standard

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UK attractions still lagging behind pre-Covid visitor numbers as tourists stay away

Exclusive: All the top 10 sights are in or very close to London

The Independent UK

Ancient stone tablets show government red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists

The administrative tablets give a rare insight into ancient bureaucracy

The Independent UK

‘Spreadsheets of empire’: red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists after Iraq finds

Ancient Mesopotamian stone tablets show extraordinary detail and reach of government in cradle of world civilisations

The Guardian - UK

Ancestral remains should no longer be displayed in UK museums, say MPs

Remains brought to Britain as part of colonialism, such as Egyptian mummies, should be repatriated, a report says

The Guardian - UK

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Big Easter Egg Hunt 2025 returns to London: Where to find the giant eggs

Eggs to be hidden in Chelsea, Canary Wharf, Marble Arch, Battersea Power Station, The Barbican, The British Museum and The Royal Albert Hall

Evening Standard

The true threat of business downtime

As humans we need our down time and deserve it, but that doesn’t mean your security can have some too.

TechRadar

Rare 13th century artefact found in muddy field to fetch more than £15,000 at auction

Experts believe the jewelled medieval bishop’s ring dates back to the late 12th or early 13th century

The Independent UK

‘There’s a poetry to her work’: why Lina Ghotmeh is the right person to remake one-third of the British Museum

The Beirut-born, Paris-based architect has beaten a list of top candidates to redesign the museum’s Western Range. It will be the latest in a series of compelling creations which ‘get all the senses engaged’

The Guardian - UK

Museums defend BP sponsorship despite backlash against cuts to climate change funding

The British Museum’s relationship with BP was decried as ‘untenable’ and ‘indefensible’

The Independent UK

New Utagawa Hiroshige exhibition at British Museum to display rare Japanese prints by renowned artist

Vast majority of prints on display have never been seen before with several being the only surviving examples in the world

The Independent UK

Museums defend BP sponsorship after firm abandons climate targets

British Museum and Science Museum said BP’s decision to grow fossil fuel investment would not alter relationship

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Netherlands agrees to return 119 Benin statues to Nigeria

The Netherlands has agreed to return 119 Benin bronze statues to Nigeria, the Dutch embassy in Abuja announced this week. It becomes the first European nation to do so after Germany. The majority of these 19th-century African sculptures, however, remain in France and the UK.

Evening Standard

Erdem Moralıoğlu: 'Tourist tax is crazy. We have to make London more attractive for shoppers'

Ahead of his London Fashion Week show, the designer talks to Dylan Jones about the capital’s fashion status, the Princess of Wales and why show season is ‘everything’

LiveScience

2,000-year-old spoon from Isle of Man may have been used in blood rituals for fortune telling

A mysterious bronze spoon unearthed on the Isle of Man is rare evidence of ancient ritual in Europe.

The Guardian - UK

Loving the British Museum, pots and all

Letters: Readers respond to Adrian Chiles’s experience of the institution’s treasures

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Evening Standard

I’m blind: from Big Ben to Lime Bikes, this is how London is for me

Navigating London can be chaotic at the best of times. Author Lucy Edwards shares what it’s like as a blind person, from the good (a touch tour of Westminster Abbey) to the bad (guide dog taxi refusals and delivery cyclists on the pavement)

The Guardian - UK

At 57, I went to the British Museum for the first time – and it left me rather cold

I found the history of the world there, told through the medium of pots. The orgy of earthenware was baffling, writes Adrian Chiles

The Independent UK

Greece has a new president. Here’s what it means in the battle for the Elgin Marbles

Greek lawmakers have elected a leading advocate for the return of the disputed sculptures

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7YO Steals From A Museum, Returns The Ancient Artifact 24 Years Later

This woman recently confessed that during a school trip more than 20 years ago, she pocketed an original Egyptian relic and hasn't told a soul about it ever since. The post 7YO Steals From A Museum, Returns The Ancient Artifact 24 Years Later first appeared on Bored Panda.

The Guardian - UK

Emmanuel Macron’s got a point: Why shouldn’t we charge tourists to see our treasures?

The Louvre’s proposed two-tier fees are a better way to fund museums than iffy corporate sponsorship deals

Evening Standard

Dad sets world record visiting 42 London museums in a day

A Londoner has broken a Guinness World Record by visiting 42 museums in a single day after being inspired by his children

TechRadar

British Museum forced to partly close following cyberattack by ex-worker

A cyberattack caused by a former IT contractor forced the Biritsh Museum to close some exhibitions over the weekend.

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