MARBLES
REUNITED
Lecture: Wednesday 29 September 2004
£6.50/£4.50 concessions, 19.00
Almost half of the Parthenon Marbles have resided in Britain since Lord Elgin removed the sculptures from the Acropolis in 1801-2 and the argument surrounding their fate has lasted for almost as long. The age-old and at times acrimonious debate has moved on substantially since Greece recently set aside the issue of ownership and is now centred upon the question of where the sculptures are best displayed - half in Greece and half in the British Museum, or together in the context of the building from which they came.
Professor Anthony Snodgrass, the Emeritus Professor of Archaoelogy at
the University of Cambridge and Chairman of BCRPM will give a lecture
on the subject on Wednesday 29 September
This lecture coincides with the Marbles Reunited exhibition, commissioned
by the campaign groups Parthenon 2004 and the British Committee for
the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles. It recreates images of the
Marbles, graphically reuniting through digital photographs those sculptures
which are so starkly divided between Athens and London.
The New Acropolis Museum is currently being built in Athens to an award
winning design, which when completed will provide a spectacular space
to house the Marbles. A computerised 'walk-through' of the new museum
will be on display and there will also be activities on hand, including
a competition, for visitors with children.
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