New data on the Parthenon sculptures are created in an article by the new president of the British Museum, George Osborne, in the Times of London.
Mr. Osborne, who had served as finance minister under Prime Minister David Cameron, is proposing to lend the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece with the appropriate guarantees for their safe preservation and return.
In his article entitled “It is right to be proud of the British Museum” George Osborne writes about the history of this cultural organization, “whose artifacts depict war and love and reflect the truth that people are capable of action of great kindness and horrible barbarism between them, over two million years. That’s why they help us better understand ourselves. This was the founding purpose when it was founded as the first national public museum in the world in 1753, and this purpose remains to this day. It was a product less of the British Empire and more of the European Enlightenment. “
“We are just a museum. Surely, there are those who question the right of our existence. They did it in 1753 and they do it again in 2021 “writes Osborne, who at this point also refers to the” Elgin Marbles “, as he calls them:” Of course, there are those who demand the return of objects that they think we have no right to keep. This is not new. “Lord Byron thought that the Elgin marbles should be returned to the Parthenon.” And he continues with his proposal: “Our answer is not in the negative. “We are open to lending our artifacts to anyone who can take care of them and ensure their safe return, something we do every year, including Greece.”
“We are neither ashamed nor in a position of defense. “Almost three centuries later, we remain one of the very few places on Earth where you can see the great civilizations of the world side by side.”
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