Acropolis Museum

The summer of 2020 is unlike any other summer in the whole world in many, many years. The coronavirus pandemic has changed everything, and seemingly nothing is as it was before. And Athens, like every major city across the...

The Greek government has once again called on Britain to return the Parthenon Sculptures as the Acropolis Museum marks its 11th anniversary, The Guardian reports. Greece's Culture Minister Lina Mendoni told newspaper Ta Nea that Greek authorities will never give...

By Paula Tsoni The new Acropolis Museum in Athens celebrates 11 years of operation on Saturday, June 20, with reduced entry for everyone at 5 euros ($5.6) to all exhibition areas for that day only. The immense museum, which reopened for...

During the third -- and last -- day of his official visit to Greece, Xi Jinping, the President of the People's Republic of China visited the Acropolis Museum in Athens. There, at this state-of-the-art museum, in front of the caryatids,...

In August 2019, an Australian campaigner wrote a letter to Buckingham Palace, asking for Queen Elizabeth's intervention so that the Parthenon Sculptures could one day return to their home in Athens. Mary Drost, who has been awarded the Medal (OAM)...

An international conference on the management of underwater cultural and natural heritage sites entitled "Dive in Blue Growth" will be held at the amphitheatre of the Acropolis Museum in Athens on October 16-18. The conference, organised by the project BLUEMED...

A new round of presentations entitled "Walking in the ancient neighborhood of the Acropolis Museum" will start on Tuesday, July 10th at the Acropolis Museum. The visitors, guided by the Museum’s archaeologists, will have the opportunity to wander through the...

The long-standing friendship between Canada and Greece, within a shared value system, and the prospects of deeper collaboration between the two countries were highlighted at a special event hosted by the Canadian Embassy at the Acropolis Museum on July 1st,...

The remains of an ancient neighborhood visible under the feet of visitors approaching the entrance of the Acropolis Museum is now fully open to the public for the first time. The new ''walk-through'' exhibits of the neighborhood were inaugurated on...

On June 20, 2009 the New Acropolis Museum opened its doors to the public. It was strongly implied and believed at the time that the state-of-the-art modern glass and concrete building would help bring back the Parthenon Marbles from Britain. Greece...