London’s British Museum has recovered some of the 2,000 treasures stolen from its storerooms after a bungled internal probe that led to the resignation of its embattled director.

The British Museum is seeking the public's help as it works to locate and recover thousands of missing artifacts believed to have been stolen from their collections.. After announcing in August ...

The British Museum, the world’s oldest national public museum, has come under mounting pressure following the theft of more than 2,000 items earlier this month.. With police investigations under ...

The British Museum announced that it assumed around 1,500 artifacts had been stolen or were otherwise missing from its Greek and Roman stores. ... Aaron Chown/Press Association, via Getty Images.

When the British Museum launched its “China’s hidden century” exhibition last month, writer and translator Yilin Wang began getting confusing messages from her peers.

The British Museum was filled with artifacts of “questionable origins,” the newspaper added. (The Chinese Embassy in London did not respond to requests for comment.) ... Dan Kitwood/Getty Images.

The British Museum's professional mousing staff answered to names like Black Jack and Poppet. | Nina Pearman/Moment/Getty Images Among the priceless artifacts and cultural treasures at the British ...

The UK government has warned the British Museum it is illegal to return the Parthenon marbles, after reports it was in talks with Greece. ... Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images.

The museum said police had arrested a former IT contractor who was dismissed last week (Picture: Jeff Overs/BBC News & Current Affairs via Getty Images) The British Museum has been forced to close ...

The British Museum has solicited the public’s help in finding up to 2,000 artifacts that had been stolen over several years. ... George Rose/ Getty Images . By Simmone Shah.

Pictures from the scene of a stabbing near the British Museum show a major emergency services presence. A man was found injured at the junction of Russell Street and Museum Street at around 10am ...