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Protests erupt outside Archaeological Museum in Athens as David Chipperfield revamp announced

Riot police watched over crowds at the media launch, attended by the Greek prime minister

Edwin Heathcote
16 February 2023
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Protestors gather outside Athens's Archaeological Museum; the government's removal of civil service oversight has led to concerns that museums may be privatised Photo: Edwin Heathcote
Restitutionarchive
1 December 2002

Missing Parthenon sculptures “A constant reminder of Britain’s unfulfilled debt to world heritage”?

New Acropolis Museum director Professor Dimitrios Pantermalis is calling on the British Museum to return its sculptures on long-term loan.

Martin Bailey
Private Museumsarchive
1 February 1994

A major private museum of Impressionism and Greek art for Athens

Architect of the Louvre pyramid, I.M. Pei, is its designer

Jason Edward Kaufman