Parthenon Sculptures: The British Museum Lends Them to Germany and Greece Categorically Refuses
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The British Museum preserves a significant portion of the Parthenon's sculptural decoration in its collection, including 15 metopes, 17 figures from the pediments and parts of the frieze. The post Parthenon Sculptures: The British Museum Loans Them to Germany and Greece Firmly Refuses appeared first on in.gr.
Challenge From British Museum: It Lends Fragments of the Parthenon Sculptures to a Museum in Germany
The initial design also included fragments from Athens, a request that was not accepted by the central archaeological council.
Two fragments of the Parthenon Sculptures, which are in the collections of the British Museum, are expected to travel to Germany, in order to participate in a major exhibition in Frankfurt, dedicated to the sculptural decoration of the Parthenon pediments. The two fragments will be exhibited at the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, as part of the exhibition “Athena, the Stage is Yours: The Parthenon Puzzle”, which will open its doors on 18 Novembe…
This is not the first time that the British Museum has loaned parts of the Parthenon's sculptural decoration to other institutions, as the same thing happened in 2014.
The British Museum has confirmed that it has decided to loan two fragments of the Parthenon Sculptures to the Frankfurt Museum.
Two fragments of the Parthenon Sculptures, which are in the British Museum, are to travel to Germany, in order to be presented in a major exhibition dedicated to the sculptural decoration of the pediments… Parthenon Sculptures: The British Museum lends two fragments to Germany - ΙΝΑΦΤΕΜΟΠΟΡΙΚΙ
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