Southwest corner of the Parthenon frieze. © Acropolis Museum. Photo: Nikos Daniilidis The complete synthesis of the Parthenon frieze can now be seen through a new application of the Acropolis Museum in Athens. The Parthenon frieze displays the procession of the greatest festival that took place in ancient Athens, the Panathenaia. It includes 380 human […]
The Fagan fragment at the Acropolis Museum. Photo source: Culture Ministry Greece and Italy recently held talks on the permanent return of a Parthenon frieze fragment, part of the collection of the Archaeological Museum Antonino Salinas in Palermo, to Athens. The fragment depicts the foot of goddess Artemis as she watches the procession of the […]
IVIS 4 Restaurant, Athens IVIS 4 Boutique Hotel in Psyrri, near the center of Athens, has announced the opening of its new restaurant and the launch of a unique menu curated by award-winning Greek Chef Yiannis Lucacos. Located on the hotel’s ground floor and extending into the garden, the new restaurant has been designed by […]
Acropolis Museum Director-General Nikos Stambolidis and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Photo: Paris Tavitian The time has come for the Parthenon Marbles to return to Greece, their natural home, said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday, during a special ceremony at the Acropolis Museum, where he welcomed a fragment of the Parthenon
The Parthenon fragment will be on display at the Acropolis Museum. The Acropolis Museum in Athens, will soon receive a fragment of the Parthenon frieze from the Museo Archeologico Antonio Salinas located in Palermo, Italy, the Culture Ministry announced on Wednesday. It is an excerpt from stone VI of the eastern frieze of the Parthenon, […]
Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Acropolis Museum General Director Nikos Stampolidis. Photo source: Greek Culture Ministry Ten fragments from the Parthenon were handed over by the National Archaeological Museum to the Acropolis Museum as a gesture of good will setting an example Greece hopes the British Museum will follow
Acropolis Museum General Director Nikos Stampolidis (right). Photo source: Acropolis Museum / Paris Tavitian The Acropolis Museum on Monday received ten fragments of the sculptural decoration of the Parthenon, which were granted by the National Archaeological Museum. Kept until now in the storerooms of the National Archaeological Museum, the fragments have a maximum height
Photo: Giorgos Vitsaropoulos The Acropolis Museum in Athens is welcoming the Christmas holiday season with interactive games for children, evening gallery tours for adults, Christmas carols and special gifts for all. Sound stories for divine births The museum invites children and adults to take part in an interactive program dedicated to the birth of gods and […]
Acropolis, Athens. Photo by GTP A fragment of the Parthenon frieze will be returned to Greece from a museum collection in Italy, under a long-term loan agreement, the Greek Culture Ministry announced last week. “Subject to the positive opinion of Greece’s Central Archaeological Council (KAS), the fragment is scheduled to arrive to the Acropolis Museum […]
The Parthenon Sculptures. Photo source: The British Museum The Parthenon Marbles belong to Greece and should be returned to their rightful owners, said 59 percent of UK residents in the latest poll on the thorny issue. Asked “where do you believe the Parthenon Marbles belong,” more than half of those polled said “Greece” in a […]

















