For instance, Russian authorities looted gold Scythian artifacts from a museum in Russian-occupied Melitopol. 12, UNESCO has verified damage to 227 heritage sites, including museums, religious buildings and libraries. The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine has resulted in the theft, damage and destruction of numerous heritage structures and artifacts. (Image credit: NOAH SEELAM/AFP via Getty Images) Intended to carry a Soviet space shuttle, the world's largest plane was destroyed. The Antonov AN-225 Mriya is the longest and heaviest airplane ever built. In another case, the National Museum of Scotland plans to repatriate a looted totem pole to the Nisga'a Nation of British Columbia, Canada, The Art Newspaper reported (opens in new tab). announced in December that it would return 116 of its Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, the BBC reported. However, Germany returned 21 of the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria in December 2022, The Guardian reported (opens in new tab), and the University of Cambridge in the U.K. Many of those bronzes are now in museums around Europe, the United States and New Zealand, according to The Art Newspaper (opens in new tab). For instance, intricate metal sculptures known as the Benin Bronzes were looted from the kingdom of Benin (present-day southwest Nigeria) when the British attacked in 1897.
Museums around the world are going through a reckoning some institutions are accessing their collections and deciding whether certain artifacts should be returned to their culture or country of origin. (Image credit: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post via Getty Images) A set of Benin Bronzes at the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C.
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