FOIA Documents: British Museum 'Palestine' display records
The British Museum's 18 September 2026 response to FOI_26115, with the disclosed Board of Deputies correspondence.
This page hosts the primary documents behind Urgent Matter's reporting on the British Museum's removal of the term "Palestine" from its ancient Egypt and Ancient Levant displays.
The British Museum disclosed the records on September 18, 2026, in response to a Freedom of Information request Urgent Matter filed in July.
Read the story: British Museum releases lobbying letters over ‘Palestine,’ withholds its own records
British Museum releases lobbying letters over ‘Palestine’
The museum confirmed it holds no records of the “audience testing” it cited to justify the changes.
Adam Schrader
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