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21
Juni
2025

Netherlands completes return of 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

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📅 21 Juni 2025 📍 Nigeria

The objects were formally handed over at Lagos’s National Museum after the Netherlands recognized that they had been looted in 1897. The return was described as the largest physical return of Benin artifacts to Nigeria to date, and Nigerian authorities retained decision-making over their care and display.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Hannatu Musa Musawa

Dewi van de Weerd

Olugbile Holloway

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Government of Nigeria

Government of the Netherlands

Wereldmuseum