New Acropolis Museum Elgin Marbles

The museum stands at the foot of the acropolis only 280 metres as the crow flies from the parthenon.

New acropolis museum elgin marbles. The new acropolis museum a project that the new york times called one of the highest profile cultural projects. A museum for the elgin marbles the battle to recover the elgin marbles has been long and fruitless. The parthenon marbles greek. Nearly 4 000 objects were put on display ten times more than the old museum over an area of 14 000 square metres.

The new acropolis museum finally opened to the public on june 21 2009. The acropolis museum in the google art project in the same area are presented ancient marble inscriptions recording detailed cost records of the construction of the parthenon and the statue of athena parthenos. The new acropolis museum in athens which is adjacent to the ancient site was completed in 2008. Now greece has built a museum in the hope it will one day.

News world europe acropolis now. A bitter new row over ownership of the elgin marbles has erupted threatening to eclipse the inauguration this week of a major new museum in athens designed to house the contested masterpieces. Today the new acropolis museum has a total area of 25 000 square meters with exhibition space of over 14 000 square meters ten times more than that of the old museum on the hill of the acropolis. This article was most recently revised and updated by john m.

Architectural fact sheet. New acropolis museum and the elgin marbles. The new museum offers all the amenities expected in an international museum of the 21st century. γλυπτά του παρθενώνα also known as the elgin marbles ˈ ɛ l ɡ ɪ n are a collection of classical greek marble sculptures made under the supervision of the architect and sculptor phidias and his assistants.

The parthenon marbles were taken or rescued depending on your point of view from the acropolis by lord elgin in the early nineteenth century and now reside in the british museum.