http://www.elginism.com/similar-cases/british-museum-director-tries-to-block-sale-of-artworks-from-aukland-castle/20110420/3668/ Elgin Marbles (Parthenon Marbles or Sculptures) Fri, 17 May 2013 13:02:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.elginism.com/similar-cases/british-museum-director-tries-to-block-sale-of-artworks-from-aukland-castle/20110420/3668/comment-page-1/#comment-7264 DR.KWAME OPOKU Sat, 23 Apr 2011 17:33:43 +0000 http://www.elginism.com/?p=3668#comment-7264 Is anybody really surprised by this attitude? The sheer greed of the so-called “universal museums” of which the British Museum is a good example is by now an established fact. These museums have more objects than they can ever show and yet want more and are prepared to prevent others from acquiring objects of value. According to BBC News, the British Museum has some 8 million objects most of which the venerable museum cannot display for lack of space. http://news.bbc.co.uk Yet the internationalist director, who believes in free circulation of objects, is not prepared to see these objects go to other countries. He is also determined to prevent countries such as Nigeria from recovering looted artefacts. May be there are voices in Great Britain that can persuade the British Museum not to prevent others from acquiring such objects. Kwame Opoku.

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