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25th June 2009

The (Greek) Elgin Marbles

Posted 25th June 2009 by hudowen
... British Museum for the world to see. Now the Greeks have built a spacious new Acropolis Museum, and want their precious stones back. The new Acropolis Museum seems to have  ... a spacious new Acropolis Museum, and want their precious stones back. The new Acropolis Museum seems to have been built as a kind of “museum of dreams,” with empty ...
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Has Athens Lost Its Marbles?

Posted 25th June 2009 by Mark Alan Hewitt
... years of delays and much embarrassment, the new Acropolis Museum has opened in Athens, Greece. Strangely, in the years since the Athens  ... their beauty and uniqueness. The crude and brutal Tschumi design for the Acropolis Museum muddies the waters in the controversy, which is perhaps why it has thus far ...
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24th June 2009

New Acropolis Museum opens

Posted 24th June 2009 by ucsbvrc
... years of planning, and decades of debate, The New Acropolis Museum opened its doors on Saturday. The concrete and glass museum, designed by ...
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23rd June 2009

When artifacts are merely stolen loot in museums

Posted 23rd June 2009 by ashleyluthern
... frieze in the British Museum. Photo taken Dec. 2008. Last weekend, the New Acropolis Museum opened in Greece. The centerpiece of this collection is the glass gallery on  ... hold back a laugh when I saw that), but with the opening of the New Acropolis Museum, that argument has lost its potency. The British Museum offered to loan parts ...
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The Acropolis Museum Officially Inaugurated

Posted 23rd June 2009 by grpresspoland
... NEWS AGENDA) The New Acropolis Museum was officially inaugurated on Saturday evening (20.6) during a ceremony that  ... he said “but this looting can be redeemed and repaired today. The Acropolis Museum is a moral force that attracts the marbles back to where they belong.” ...
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21st June 2009

The New Acropolis Museum: Opening Online

Posted 21st June 2009 by grpresspoland
... as Acropolis Museum opens (BBC NEWS) A glamorous ceremony was held as the long-awaited Acropolis  ... Museum opens (BBC NEWS) A glamorous ceremony was held as the long-awaited Acropolis Museum was officially opened in Athens. (VIDEO) The modern glass and concrete ...
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New Acropolis Museum Designed By Bernard Tschumi Architects Opens in Athens

Posted 21st June 2009 by Alexandra Jefferson
... new Acropolis Museum opened today. It is located 300 meters from the famous ruins, and cost $181  ... meters from the famous ruins, and cost $181 million to build. Today, the new Acropolis Museum has a total area of 25,000 square meters, with exhibition space of over 14,000 ...
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The Acropolis Museum in Athens

Posted 21st June 2009 by apetcher
... intact until 1687. In contrast to the antiquity the long-awaited €130m Acropolis Museum is a modern glass and concrete building at the foot of the ancient Acropolis  ... museum in 1817. The battle is now on between this, the new state-of-the-art Acropolis Museum, and the British Museum for the right to permanently exhibit them. I say long ...
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Greece urges return of sculptures

Posted 21st June 2009 by expressyoureself
... removed from the Parthenon in Athens 200 years ago. At the opening of the Acropolis Museum, Mr Papoulias said it was “time to heal the wounds” of the ancient  ... Ottoman Empire. After several adventures, obstructions and criticism, the new Acropolis Museum is ready Antonis Samaras The British Museum long argued that Greece had no ...
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20th June 2009

Greece to unveil Acropolis museum

Posted 20th June 2009 by expressyoureself
... to unveil Acropolis museum The long-awaited Acropolis Museum in Athens is to be unveiled later. The  ... to unveil Acropolis museum The long-awaited Acropolis Museum in Athens is to be unveiled later. The modern glass and concrete building, at ...
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