UK government’s acquisition of the Marbles

The assertion by the British Museum on its website that the Parthenon Marbles were legally obtained is unproven and unsafe. The BCRPM therefore states on its own website in the name of balance and objectivity that the legality of the UK government’s acquisition of the Marbles remains entirely unproven.

For 200 years the Greeks have been yearning for the return of their marble sculptures taken by England from the Parthenon.

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The British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles

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Leading Quotes

Supportive Views

"The British Museum could become a truly moral, world Museum of the 21st century, recognising that Athens, having built a home for the Parthenon sculptures, is worthy of exhibiting the surviving fragmented pieces in the Acropolis Museum."
- Dame Janet Suzman

"It would be a good thing if the British Museum gave the 2,500-year-old sculptures back to Greece. Even in England the polling is in favour of returning the marbles."
- George Clooney

"Recognising that what you did in the past isn't always the right thing for the present. You can't justify something now with what took place 200 years ago."
- Victoria Hislop

"If Lord Elgin decided he wanted to put those marbles in Edinburgh at the museums they would have been back years ago. I have no reservations about what's happening and how it is wrong. And it is theft. And those Elgin Marbles should go back to Greece."
- Brian Cox

Case for Return

The Case for the Return

The Parthenon Gallery in the Acropolis Museum, is the one place on earth where it is possible to experience simultaneously the Parthenon and its missing sculptures.

History of Marbles

The History of the Marbles

For 200 years the Greeks have been yearning for the return of their marble sculptures taken by England from the Parthenon.

International Museum Day 2021 at the Acropolis Museum

International Museum Day 2021 at the Acropolis Museum

: 15 May 2021

International Museum Day 2021 at the Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece.

The Acropolis Museum - Μουσείο Ακρόπολης will celebrate international museum day digitally. Organized by the International Council of Museums - ICOM, this year's celebrations are dedicated to the theme "The Future of Museums: Reflection and Restart".

Online visitors can watch the digital application "Virtual Tour of the Acropolis Museum", a 360ᵒ global video that offers a unique experience: stand as though you're located right inside the Museum's exhibition spaces, navigating all the way around each floor! https://theacropolismuseum.gr/eikoniki-periigisi-sto...

The museum after many months, re-open to the public this Saturday 15 May.

On the day of the celebration for International Museum's Day, Tuesday, 18 May 2021, the entrance to the halls of the permanent exhibition of the Acropolis Museum will be free, which will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

In the archaeological excavation the archaeologists will answer the questions of the visitors.

Acropolis Museum , Athens , International Museum Day 2021 , free entrance , Tuesday,18 May 2021

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