Also speaking to ta nea last year british museum director hartwig fischer defended the acquisition of the marbles saying.
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The british museum has consistently refused to return the priceless marbles despite pleas and protest by not only greeks but also by those who view athens as the marbles rightful home.
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Advocates of the british museum s position also point out that the marbles in britain receive about 6 million visitors per year as opposed to 1 5 million visitors to the acropolis museum.
Ian jenkins greek architecture and its sculpture in the british museum british museum press 2006 mary beard the parthenon profile 2002 william st clair lord elgin and the marbles 3rd edition oxford university press.
When you move cultural heritage into a museum you move it out of context.
A group of such protestors gathered at the museum s entrance to bring awareness to the issue and fight for the repatriation of the sculptures to greece.
Julian spalding the former head of glasgow sheffield and manchester museums agreed that the british museum should give the elgin marbles back because they re an intrinsic part of one the.
The elgin marbles are british owned purchased by the crown from lord elgin in 1816 and presented by parliament to the british museum.
The british museum is prevented by uk law from returning the marbles although the labour leader jeremy corbyn has said he would repatriate them if his party were elected.
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