Among of the new trustees appointed to the British Museum is an academic expert opposed to the return of antiquities taken from their country of origin in colonial contexts, such as the museum’s most contested holding, the Parthenon Marbles. Dr. Tiffany Jenkins, a broadcaster and sociologist, is one of several new trustees with a four-year term for the popular London institution. The four other new trustees are TV broadcaster and writer Claudia Winkleman; journalist and conservative politician Daniel Finkelstein; historian and podcaster Tom Holland; as well as former BBC radio news anchor Martha Kearney. George Osborne has been chairman of the British Museum’s board since 2021. Jenkin notably is the author of the book Keeping Their Marbles: How the Treasures of the Past Ended up in Museums… and Why They Should Stay There, which examines the complex issue of how objects such as the Parthenon Marbles are assimilated into collecting institutions. The topic includes the rise of repatriation claims, to which Jenkin responded..
