Ahead of the London Colloquy 19 & 20 June, the Museums Journal poll, join the bebate
http://www.museumsassociation.org
Final poll result 73% for returning the Parthenon sculptures to Greece and 24% against.
For 200 years the Greeks have been yearning for the return of their marble sculptures taken by England from the Parthenon.
Find out about the various ways to get involved with the campaign, or simply learn more about the subject.
"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
"Where is that firman? (the Ottoman document used by Elgin as the basis of proving the supposed legality of the Marbles’ removal) Does it exist? 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
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.
For 200 years the Greeks have been yearning for the return of their marble sculptures taken by England from the Parthenon.
Ahead of the London Colloquy 19 & 20 June, the Museums Journal poll, join the bebate
http://www.museumsassociation.org
Final poll result 73% for returning the Parthenon sculptures to Greece and 24% against.
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