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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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 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.

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Acropolis Museum, adds two events for the Athens City Festival

The Acropolis Museum participates in the 'This is Athens City Festival'

The Acropolis Museum is organizing two special gastronomy and music events, on Thursday 12/5 and on Monday 16/5, to coincide with the Municipality of Athens' 'This is Athens City Festival' .

  

Ancient diet and wine tasting

Wine, the gift of Dionysus. What was the relationship of the ancient Athenians with wine? How did they drink it and what did they accompany it with? But more generally, what did their diet include? Which products were local and which were imported? And what role did they play in the religious life of the city? These and many other questions are answered by the archaeologists of the Acropolis Museum in an out of the ordinary tour of its collections. A unique experience that is completed in the restaurant on the second floor with views of the Acropolis, with a meal prepared especially for the occasion accompanied by wine tasting with the support of the Vivlia Chora Winery.

Date & time: Thursday, 12 May, tour on an ancient diet (7pm-8pm), tasting at the restaurant (8pm-10pm)

 

 

Jazz concert under the light of the Full Moon

The award-winning music trio GoGo Penguin, which has renewed British jazz over the past decade, will give a concert on the terrace of the Museum’s restaurant with night views of the Acropolis, under the light of the Full Moon.

Date & time: Monday,16 May, 21:00

 

 

For more information and bookings about the two events,  visit the Museum by following the links on the event headings and for more about the Athens festival, follow the link here.


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