In response to the past ten years of calls for British museums in London (V&A, British Museum, British Library) to return the many objects looted during the Maqdala Battle in 1868, the V&A museum has extended an offer of a long term loan to Ethiopia of several objects from the treasure. The government of Ethiopia has been gracious in accepting this offer, but there are still those who are calling for full repatriation of the objects. Also, the other two major museums with objects from the treasure have not yet responded to the Ethiopian government's requests.