The New Acropolis Musem, Holding the Marbles

The new Acropolis Museum is now officially open and was the reason for my visit to Athens. The building designed by New York based architect Bernard Tschumi and is ultra modern with the building lending itself to light and space. Most interesting however were the columns that allow the archeological remains below to be seen yet protected.

The Museum also brings up the point of the Elgin Marbles that are in the British Museum. Many believe that after 207 years they should be returned to Greece and placed in the new museum. The basis of them not being returned were lack of a suitable viewing space. That argument is now finished