A new platform, Digital Benin, brings together over 5000 objects scattered across museums around the world today to provide a transparent database of the Benin Bronzes, which were looted from the West African Kingdom of Benin by British soldiers in 1897.
The database contacted 131 museums across 20 countries to gather information about their Benin holdings, including nine pieces at the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) and four at South Australian (SA) Museum.
