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Acropolis Museum Extends Hours for European Night of Museums Celebration

On Saturday, May 13, the Acropolis Museum will celebrate the European Night of Museums by staying open from 9 a.m. to midnight. Visitors to the museum will have an opportunity to appreciate the many antiquities on display during the evening...

Reunify the Marbles! Pressure Piles Up on Acropolis Museum Anniversary

Dozens of protesters gathered on Saturday inside the hall that houses the Parthenon Marbles at the British Museum to demand their reunion with those in Athens. The initiative belonged to the British Commission for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles...

Acropolis Museum World’s 3d Best

The British newspaper The Sunday Times places the Acropolis Museum third in a list of the best 50 museums of the world, despite some criticism when it opened about its cement facade. “The Acropolis Museum, a shiny new home for...

Sofia Hosts New Acropolis Museum Photo Exhibition

A photo exhibition on the New Acropolis Museum will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Center of the Greek Cultural Institution in the Bulgarian capital is going to host the exhibition which starts on Dec. 4, 2012 and ends...

Photo Exhibition on New Acropolis Museum Inaugurated in Odessa

A photographic exhibition on the New Acropolis Museum opened on Saturday at the Hellenic Foundation for Culture branch in Odessa, in the context of celebrations marking the anniversary of the March 25, 1821 Greek revolution against Ottoman rule. The exhibition...

Ukraine: Photo Exhibition Shows the New Acropolis Museum of Athens

The public of Odessa will have the unique opportunity – starting tomorrow – to admire the New Acropolis Museum through a photo exhibition. The exhibition will be held on the occasion of the March 25th National Anniversary in the exhibition rooms of...

New Acropolis Museum Photo Exhibition Hosted in Belgrade

The Belgrade and Bucharest Centre of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture will participate in the events celebrating "Museums Night". The event will be organized in the Serbian and Romanian capital on the 14th of May, with a photo exhibition...

New Acropolis Museum Photo Exhibition Hosted in Belgrade

A photo exhibition for the new Acropolis Museum is hosted at the Centre of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture in Belgrade. With the exhibition, the Centre participates in events which are organized in the Serbian capital for “Museum Nights”...

Acropolis Museum Awarded as “The Best Museum of the World”

The Acropolis Museum was awarded as “The Best Museum of the World” during a competition organized by the Journalists’ Union and Tourist Authors of Great Britain. The State Secretary for Culture and Tourism George Nikitiadis received the prize on...

2 new Airbus aircraft, “Cleisthenes” and “Phidias”, take the New Acropolis Museum and Greece on a journey around the world

Aegean, the largest Greek airline, announced a national cultural initiative, ultimately aiming at boosting the country’s international image, as well as supporting Greek tourism. In particular, the two new Airbus Α320 aircraft bearing the image of the Acropolis Museum’s Kori...

Lecture on Acropolis Museum

The Alliance Francaise in Bern, Switzerland, organised a lecture on the theme of "The New Acropolis Museum - An opportunity for the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece?", in the presence of a large Swiss audience. The speaker...

Parthenon Marbles Off Limits to British Museum Visitors

For those keeping track of the British Museum's treatment of the Parthenon Marbles, the statues and friezes taken by Lord Elgin from atop the Acropolis in 1801, the news is not good. The gallery where they were displayed has now...

Study Suggests British Museum Has Caused More Damage to Parthenon Sculptures than Athens’ Air Pollution

A recent scientific study published in the Academic journal Antiquity claims that the first decades of the Parthenon sculptures' presence in London caused irreparable damage, much worse than what Athens' air pollution would have caused to the ancient artifacts in the...

Greek Artist Sings for Parthenon Marbles’ Return in British Museum Protest

London-based Greek singer and songwriter Hellena performed her latest composition, “The Parthenon Marbles – Bring Them Back” in a protest at the British Museum on Thursday afternoon, the Athens-Macedonia News Agency (ANA-MPA) has reported. The artist performed the song 10...

British Museum to Loan More Parthenon Marbles

The British Museum is discussing to loan more Parthenon sculptures to foreign museums, after loaning the statue of god Ilissos to Russia's State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. British Museum director Neil MacGregor told "The Telegraph" that several museums from across the...