British Museum

Innovative Performance for Return of Parthenon Marbles

An innovative demonstration in the form of a performance took place at the British Museum the previous weekend, entertaining many visitors who happened to be there. The internationally famous soprano Sonia Theodoridou together with six more Greek women entered...

Clooney's Monuments Men Want Parthenon Marbles Back In Greece

Actor-director-activist George Clooney, who has taken on worldwide causes such as the Sudan tragedy, now has unwittingly stepped into an age-old fight between Greece and England over the stolen Parthenon Marbles being housed in the British Museum. He said they...

Clooney’s Statement on Return of Greek Marbles Causes Intense Reactions

During a press conference for his recent film "The Monuments Men," at the Berlin Film Festival, George Clooney replying to a Greek journalist, supported the return of the Parthenon marbles to Greece. "I think you have a very good...

Sydney Morning Herald Writes about Parthenon Marbles

The President of the International Organization for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles –David Hill- spoke of the UK’s implacability on the matter of the Parthenon Sculptures’ return to Greece, in his article for the Australian newspaper The Sydney...

Australians Doubt Parthenon Marbles Return

Australians for the Return of the Parthenon Sculptures, the Australian Association with the aim to promote, facilitate and support, nationally and internationally the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece, published a media release entitled The Parthenon Sculptures at...

UNESCO Mediates Parthenon Marbles Fight

On October 6 in Athens the International Conference of committees will be held, which is a very important moment for the effort to return the Parthenon Marbles. After the meeting of the Greek Minister of Culture and Sports with the...

Bendigo Art Gallery to Host Discobolus

Bendigo Art Gallery will host another major yet rare international exhibition on Ancient Greece. A collection of 100 pieces from The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece exhibition from the internationally renowned British Museum will open in Bendigo in 2014 and...

Kotsiras Wants Parthenon Marbles Returned

The Greek community of Australia is keeping alive the issue of the return of the Parthenon Marbles, stolen property housed in the British Museum, which refuses to give them back and claims they belong now to England. Minister of Energy...

Prespeia 2013 Tribute To Mercouri

The Cultural Organization of Prespes, the Melina Mercouri Foundation and ADaM Productions of Badminton Theater are presenting the performance, Melina - Wherever I Travel To, Greece, on Aug. 23-24 a tribute to the late actress and former Culture Minister...

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...