British Museum Wants to Loan Back "Stolen Artefacts" | Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G
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Imagine someone robbing your home, putting your history behind glass, and then offering it back—but only as a 36-month loan. Sounds absurd? Welcome to the British Museum. With 6.5M visitors in 2024 and over $1.2B in earnings, much of its global draw comes from artefacts taken from former colonies—India, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Greece, and beyond. Their new “sharing” loan programme may sound like collaboration, but it’s really a rebrand to silence criticism. Palki Sharma tells you why.
