- According to the report, the British Museum requested £48.4m for maintenance over the five years from 2016/17 to 2020/21 and received £21.3m.
- What is happening with the Parthenon sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles and widely lauded as the jewel in the crown of the British Museum?
- The marble fragment will be unveiled at the Acropolis Museum Monday, displayed in a full-size representation of the Parthenon’s frieze.
- 15 metopes, 17 pedimental figures, and 247 feet of the original frieze are at the British Museum. The Parthenon was erected in the 5th century BCE as a...
- Parthenon Marbles, British Museum. My favourite piece has always been the Selene Horse which looks out of his plinth as if to grab and apple.
- The Parthenon Marbles exhibit is one of the highlights of the British Museum Image: David Cliff/NurPhoto/picture alliance.
- "Many of the Parthenon friezes removed by Lord Elgin's agents were found 'in the rubble' around the building, they were not forcibly removed," said Dr.
- Jump to navigation Jump to search. The British Museum, in the Bloomsbury area of London, United Kingdom, is a public institution dedicated to human history, art and culture.
- The museum, custodian of the "Elgin Marbles" which include about half of the 160-metre (525-ft) frieze that adorned the Parthenon, has always ruled out a...