April 3, 2005
Progress on the construction of the New Acropolis Museum
Despite earlier delays, construction on the site of the New Acropolis Museum is now progressing once more:
From:
Kathimerini
A bulldozer yesterday…
THANASSIS STAVRAKIS/APA bulldozer yesterday demolished buildings expropriated by the state on the central Athens plot destined to host the new Acropolis Museum. The museum — where Greece hopes to eventually exhibit the Elgin Collection of sculptures from the Parthenon, should the British Museum ever agree to return the fifth-century-BC works — is scheduled for completion by the end of next year, according to the latest government estimates. Initially, the building, in the Makriyianni area at the foot of the Acropolis, was supposed to have been ready in time for the August 2004 Olympic Games. However, it is still at the stage of pouring the foundations.
- Acropolis Museum rising : October 26, 2005
- Legal issues surround New Acropolis Museum construction : May 23, 2003
- Greek courts rule against New Acropolis Museum : May 20, 2003
- Demolition of old building for New Acropolis Museum opposed : July 22, 2007
- Will the New Acropolis Museum win back the Elgin Marbles? : March 5, 2008
- New Acropolis Museum will aid the return of the Elgin Marbles : April 7, 2008
- Construction firm apointed for New Acropolis Museum : September 7, 2003
- Eighty One percent of Britains support loan of the Elgin Marbles : January 15, 2004