Art, Theaters and Museums

Néo Mouseío Akrópolis (New Acropolis Museum)

Néo Mouseío Akrópolis (New Acropolis Museum) This impressive ultra-modern glass-and-concrete structure showcases priceless ancient statues and artefacts from the Acropolis site. The star exhibit is the marble frieze that once ran around the top of the Parthenon – although almost half the pieces are in London. Greeks hope it will persuade the British Museum in London to return those pieces – the controversial Parthenon Marbles, seized by Lord Elgin in 1799.

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