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December 20, 2009

Neil MacGregor turns up to observe Elgin Marbles protest

Posted at 6:33 pm in British Museum, Elgin Marbles

American Mary Phillips made a protest about the Parthenon Marbles a few weeks ago, standing outside the British Museum dressed as a caryatid.

During the protest though, there was an unexpected appearance by British Museum director Neil MacGregor coming over to see what was going on.

Read all the details on Artknows.

Pictures of her protest are on Elginism’s Pinterest page.