Making Monuments on Rapa Nui: Statues from Easter Island

Making Monuments on Rapa Nui The Statues from Easter Island 1 April-6 September 2015 Manchester Museum Free entry The monumental stone statues of Rapa Nui (named Easter Island by European explorers) in the Pacific are some of the most widely recognised archaeological objects in the world. Based on fieldwork on the island by Professor Colin Richards, an archaeologist at The University of Manchester, the exhibition will take a fresh look at these impressive statues, or ‘moai’. Making Monuments will look at how the statues were made, the role they played in the lives of the islanders, how they were quarried and transported across the island, and what they mean. It will also deconstruct some of the myths about the island, and discuss current theories about the decline of this astonishing culture. As part of the exhibition, Manchester Museum will show one of the statues, Moai Hava, which was collected from Rapa Nui in 1868, and is on loan from the British Museum.

Suitable for
Any age


Website
http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/whatson/exhibitions/rapanui/

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//nw000145?id=EVENT519104