Will the new Labour government help Greece secure the return of the Parthenon marbles, held at the British Museum since 1816?
The statues came from the 2,500-year-old Parthenon and have been displayed at the museum, in central London, for more than ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...