Elgin Marbles, British Museum

Greece has long maintained that the Elgin Marbles were illegally removed from their place high atop Athens’ acropolis during a period of foreign occupation. The Government and the British ...
The row could be raised by the Greek prime minister when he meets Sir Keir Starmer on Tuesday.
The British Museum has loaned one of the Elgin Marbles to Russia – the first time part of the priceless collection has been moved out of Britain since it arrived from Greece. The loan comes ...
Museum of Birmingham Photograph by DEA/Album After spending several years in a temporary facility, the marbles were moved to the Elgin Room in the British Museum in 1832. As the exhibition ...
and hoped the British Museum would find a "reasonable way out" of a predicament which was not its fault. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis likens having some Elgin Marbles in the UK to ...
It so happens that Fischer had, a couple of years earlier, given an interview to Greek media defending the British Museum’s ownership of a collection of sculptures that Lord Elgin’s team of ...
Elgin Marbles 'belong in the British Museum', says Tory frontbencher Mel Stride, the shadow chancellor, has said he doesn't believe the Elgin Marbles should be returned to Greece, claiming ...
The Elgin Marbles are more than 30 ancient stone sculptures from Greece held in the British Museum, dating back more than 2,000 years. They were transported to Britain in the early 1800s by ...
KOYO KOUOH LANDS VENICE BIENNALE TOP JOB. Koyo Kouoh, the 57-year-old Cameroonian Swiss museum director, has been appointed ...