Wednesday, May 23, 2018

The Parthenon Marbles: Yearning For Aegean Light

It is often said that if the Parthenon Marbles return to Athens would harm the British Museum's identity as a universal museum or as an encyclopedic museum.

On the contrary, it would be one of the greatest universal gestures the British Museum would make to return these objects. The British Museum could thus emerge as a generous Museum, as a truly universal Museum.

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