A visit to the British Museum

[JimW]

Many of the complaints are about the artefacts of empires and royal houses who in their day piled the war trophies high in their own palaces and capitals. Just seems more of the same.

 

[GarveyLives]

Bell Riberio-Addy MP was barred from entering the British Museum grounds this morning to hold a press conference demanding stolen artefacts be returned:

MP barred from British Museum

 

[GarveyLives]

"A visit to the British Museum"

Did you find much there that was "British"?

The 'British' Museum's Instagram, Facebook and YouTube accounts have now been flooded with requests for the return of two moai statues which were taken away rom Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island) in 1868:

(Source: as stated in image)​

British Museum facing social media campaign to return Easter Island statue

 

[danny la rouge]

The 'British' Museum's Instagram, Facebook and YouTube accounts have now been flooded with requests for the return of two moai statues which were taken away rom Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island) in 1868:

(Source: as stated in image)​

British Museum facing social media campaign to return Easter Island statue

“The statue, along with a second, smaller moai known as Hava, were given as gifts to Queen Victoria in 1869 by the captain of HMS Topaze, Commodore Richard Powell. The Queen donated the two statues to the British Museum.”

Yup, stolen by colonising cocks. Return.