Townley's Venus statue at the British Museum. A waiter hired for an event broke the thumb from the statue's right hand. Townley's Venus statue at the British Museum. A waiter hired for an event ...

The Rapa Nui people, the indigenous population of Easter Island, have enlisted the help of the Chilean government to petition the return of a monumental Moai statue from the British Museum.

A delegation from the British Museum has traveled to Easter Island to discuss calls for the return of its famous artifacts – including the towering Hoa Hakananai’a statue. Easter Island ...

The British Museum is facing renewed calls to return a huge moai statue to Easter Island, sparked by a social media campaign by Chilean activists. Easter Island, known as Rapa Nui in the local ...

Critics swarmed the Instagram account of the British Museum over the weekend, calling for the return of Hoa Hakananai’a, a statue from Easter Island. The campaign led the institution to censor ...

but several have been transferred to museums around the world - including the Hoa Hakananai'a in the British Museum's collection. The statue, along with a second, smaller moai known as Hava ...