The British Museum was "the victim of an inside job" when a string of items were stolen, the chair of trustees George Osborne has said. Around 2,000 treasures are thought to have been taken from ...

A disgruntled insider appears to have been behind a security incident at the British Museum, which forced the 270-year-old institution to partially close its doors over the weekend of 25 and 26 ...

The British Museum is facing an "omni-crisis" as it launches ... difficult finances" and "the discovery of a thief on the inside", the institution is battling to "reframe itself" in the public ...

The artifact had been on view at a table inside the British Museum in London. Mike Kemp / In Pictures via Getty Images On June 18, a Brazilian artist walked into the British Museum, pocketed a ...