Richard Owen, then superintendent of natural history collections, persuaded the trustees of the British Museum that a separate building was needed to accommodate their ever-growing catalogue of the ...

Her competition submission for the British Museum said she wanted to “reimagine ... along with looking at reimaging the story of the building’s future through drawing on its past.

including the British Museum’s and Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. BIG has previously worked with Kistefos Museum; its Denmark office built The Twist—a 10,700-square-foot building with three ...

A cultural powerhouse or a celebration of stolen artifacts from colonial times? The British Museum is a fascinating window into global culture—despite the problematic origins of many exhibits.

The Sir Percival David Foundation will permanently donate its £1 billion ($1.27 billion) Chinese ceramics collection to the British Museum, following regulatory approval to amend its governing ...