Talk:Acropolis Museum

"the concept"

This section of the article reads like a design proposal, not an encyclopedic article. I'd just put the tag on myself, but i forget how. Archtemplar (talk) 23:08, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

You 're absolutely right. I will try to reduce this section and add more information about the exhibits. Dimboukas (talk) 12:31, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

article structure

I don't like the balance of introduction to article. If no one minds too much, I might shorten the first to expand the latter. --5telios 17:41, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Currently there is a page about the old museum and one for the new. The first is centered mainly around the exhibits and the second on the architecture of the new structure. Wouldn't be better if there was only one page combining the info? LucretiusC (talk) 19:41, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Is this museum open yet?

I can't find a source that says it's open now; I find plenty of information about delays in construction, and an article from 2006 that says the museum was on schedule to open in 2007. But I can't figure out whether it's opened yet. --Akhilleus (talk) 15:49, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

As far as I know, it is not. There would have been a whole lot of fanfare for the opening. --5telios 20:47, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

I've just been to Athens; the Museum isn't open yet, but the old one up on the Acropolis is closed and they've started moving the artifacts out of it down to the new Museum. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.69.239.92 (talk) 10:21, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

I was in Greece last week and either Wednesday or Thursday ws the official opening day. Ferrymansdaughter (talk) 11:22, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

It is opening to the public this Sunday. It will cost you one (1) euro to enter. Politis (talk) 12:06, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Official Site

Here is the link of the museum's official site. Could someone include it in the article? LucretiusC (talk) 20:53, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Done. Thanks for supplying the link! --Akhilleus (talk) 08:09, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

First of the Elgin Marbles returned

In September 2008, a foot of the sculpture of Artemis -- one of the Elgin Marbles -- was returned to Greece for display in the New Acropolis Museum. Badagnani (talk) 23:00, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Pelasgians

The ancient population of acropolis and Greece  :

Lots of publications by amateur historians are revitalising the Pelasgic theory. Books popularising these ideas are widely read and commented, not only among scholars and specialists.Finally, these ideas are also making their way into academic work..Paper presented at the international conference “Europe at, across and beyond the Borders”, Panteion University, Athens, 27-29 November 2008 (Panel: “Rethinking‘Europe’ from the borders of the European Union”) LOOKING FOR EUROPE ON THE BORDERS OF ALBANIA Gilles de Rapper http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/34/34/36/PDF/de_Rapper_2008_-_Looking_for_Europe_on_the_margins_of_Alba_.pdf —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.60.25.106 (talk) 10:41, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Pic of Acropolis and museum together.

I have taken this picture showing both the Acropolis and Museum together. Is it worth including as it shows the top of the two are the same dimensions and orientation. (it might want trimming vertically).Martin451 (talk) 21:03, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Why no mention of the contents of the museum

The article is too focused on the building and not mentioning the contents - it's a museum, the article should reflect that.--5telios (talk) 11:44, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Some remarks concerning the new museum

• It's not allowed to take pictures inside of the museum, although the artists are long dead and there is no copyright on the works. But the museography must be copyrighted... Pictures, it's Oχι !!
• There is (yet ?) no real catalogue and no postcards on sale.
• Ceilings/Floors are made of glass. Ladies, avoid skirts when visiting the museum.

O Kolymbitès (talk) 15:06, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

When I was at the museum very shortly after it opened, there were no apparent restrictions on photography. Both myself and others openly took photos in front of the museum staff and no comments were made. Secondly, although the floors are glass, they are sufficiently opaque that ladies need not worry about their modesty. Martin451 (talk) 21:01, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

At the end of August, it was no longer the case. Employees were very strict. And, no, you can really see through the floor especially between the second (Caryatides) and the third (Parthenon). That must be the reason why pictures are no longer allowed :-) --O Kolymbitès (talk)

What!? What kind of a museum is this that doesn't let you take pictures? Lame! It's like hey! I went to the Acropolis Museum, but I got no pictures to prove it. It's not like its the Pentagon. Do they prohibit even exterior pictures of the museum? _{El Greco}^(talk) 20:55, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

No, you can take pictures of the museum from outside, which is ridiculous really, as the museum is the only work of art copyrighted !! But, that makes some great pictures : I have the museum building, with the Parthenon reflected on the windows. Nice. You can also take pictures of the garden and of the ruins on wich the museum is built, but not of the objects that have been stored and unseen for ages : vases, offerings, everyday objects, etc. from the slopes of the Acropolis, on the first floor. I mean, all the marbles (shown in the old museum) have been photographed already, but not those. Too bad. But, I'll go back in a few years, and maybe then I'll be able to take pictures. --O Kolymbitès (talk) 21:24, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Article about the museum

I think it would be useful to add, in the section "External links", a link to the page http://mostreemusei.sns.it/index.php?page=default&id=443&lang=it&ser=Uno%20sguardo%20all%27Europa where it is possible to download the article by Eva Falaschi "Moderno e al tempo stesso antico: il nuovo Museo dell'Acropoli di Atene" which offers, even if only in Italian, a useful analysis of the new museum. Thanks, Fabrizio —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.13.19.85 (talk) 14:43, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

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==Location problems== One key aspect that is missing from the article is the controversy that surrounded the choice of location, the destruction of antiquities thereon and the choice of the design. This went to court and raised serious objections from ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites). Politis 13:05, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

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