Efforts at Repatriation
Since September 2020, The NCMM under the leadership of Prof. Abba Isa Tijani has approached many museums and institutions using different methods and has recorded success in most cases. The Netherlands in October 2020 returned a 600 years old Ife Terracotta. In March...
600 Year Old Ife Terracotta Returns Home
The National Commission for Museums & Monuments has received a treasured repatriated Ife terracotta head from the Kingdom of Netherlands. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alh. Lai Mohamed took delivery of the artifact at a brief handing over event in his...
The Museum Magazine 2021
Free Download Free Download Click to Download The Museum Magazine 2021 It gladdens the heart that once again we are seeing the rebirth and resuscitation of this very informative magazine, the production of which has been halted for over six years...
Benin Bronze Antiquities Imminent Homecoming Of Peoples Pride
BENIN BRONZE ANTIQUITIES– IMMINENT HOMECOMING OF A PEOPLE’S PRIDE Preparations for the building of the Edo Museum of West African Art (EMOWAA) in Benin City, Nigeria are in full swing. The museum will show works of art from the former Kingdom of Benin, located...