July 3, 2007
Acropolis antiquities packed for move
Preparations for moving items from the existing museum on the Acropolis, to the New Acropolis Museum, are now well underway.
From:
Kathimerini (English Edition)
Acropolis antiquities packed for move,Monday July 2, 2007
Museum on Acropolis closes for big moveThe Acropolis Museum next to the Parthenon will close today so that preparations can get under way for the transfer of some 300 ancient artifacts to the new museum that is being built just 400 meters away, the Culture Ministry said on Saturday.
Three giant lifting cranes will be used to help move 5th century BC antiquities from the Parthenon to the New Acropolis Museum at the foot of the hill.
It is expected that all the exhibits, including sections of the Parthenon frieze, will be transferred by the end of the year so the new museum can open to the public early next year.The antiquities will be wrapped in protective packaging and put into crates. They are to be transferred in three stages. The cranes will be placed some 100 meters apart and the crates will be relayed between them.
- Crane relay to transfer artefacts to New Acropolis Museum : June 1, 2007
- First Caryatid moves to the New Acropolis Museum : December 12, 2007
- The big move to the New Acropolis Museum : May 31, 2007
- Hundreds of antiquities will make move to New Acropolis Museum : October 12, 2007
- Acropolis statues are ready for the move to the new museum : October 3, 2007
- Acropolis sculpture move marred by controversy : October 15, 2007
- Trial for New Acropolis Museum sculpture move completed successfully : October 10, 2007
- Dry run for transfer of artefacts to New Acropolis Museum next week : October 4, 2007