Nigeria to Loan Seven Benin Bronzes to U.S. Museum PremiumTimesng: Nigeria
Nigeria will loan seven Benin Bronzes to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art for the next five years.The Director General of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments , Abba Tijjani, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Washington DC.
"Many museums are responding positively, and it is the right thing to do for any museum of a country because you cannot illegally take artefacts away from their original place, display them in your museums. Mr Tijani also confirmed to NAN that a piece of Benin Bronze called the"Head of a King" which had been in the collection of the Rhode Island Museum for more than 70 years was returned to the Nigerian government on Tuesday.
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