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Bayeux Tapestry is safe to travel to UK, insists British Museum director

The director of the British Museum, Nicholas Cullinan, has addressed growing concerns that the Bayeux Tapestry is too fragile ...
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British Museum Lends Ghana Looted Gold Artifacts—Here’s Why It Won’t Fully Return Them

The British Museum and London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) announced on Thursday that 32 gold and silver artifacts from Ghana, which were looted during the Anglo-Ashanti Wars in the 1800s, would ...
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Nicholas Cullinan, director of the British Museum: ‘We can’t give things away, but there is nothing preventing us from sharing the collection’

Nicholas Cullinan, 48, receives EL PAÍS in his office, clad in an impeccable gray suit and a carrying a mug decorated with Rosetta Stone inscriptions. A year has passed since he was named director of ...