US EditionAn Ancient Bronze Griffin Head Is Returned to Greece From New York in a Major Repatriation Move
- The bronze griffin head was repatriated from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to Greece and is now displayed at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia, marking a significant return of cultural artifacts.
- Greece's culture minister, Lina Mendoni, described the return of the griffin as a significant moment and praised the collaboration between the Culture Ministry and the Met.
- The griffin head will be displayed alongside another griffin head already at the Olympia Museum and will be loaned back to the Met for future exhibitions.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art aims to increase reviews of its collection’s origins, indicating a shift towards the repatriation of artifacts.
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n1info.rsAncient bronze statue returned to Greece from museum in New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago to a museum in southern Greece, the latest repatriation to mark a broader shift in the museum world to return suspiciously acquired artifacts.
Stolen Bronze Griffin's Head Returns Home to Ancient Olympia
The cast-bronze piece was discovered in Olympia in the Peloponnese in 1914 and was acquired by the Joseph Brummer Gallery in 1936 from an Athens dealer. Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture An ancient bronze griffin’s head was returned to the same museum in ancient Olympia from where it was stolen in the 1930s, today, March 21, almost a month after The Metropolitan Museum of Art repatriated it to Greece. The 7th-century BC artifact was handed back …
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