Today I went to see the new Acropolis Museum in Athens which opened 3 weeks ago. It is entirely devoted to the Acropolis and to the Temples on this rocky hill in the Centre of Athens.
I learned a lot today and it made my day. It is very well presented, beautifully displayed and the artifacts are truly unique, some pieces come from the temple prior to the Parthenon we know today. Presented to you on 3 floors is the history of Attica and its people and how they developed a worship of the Goddess Athena some 2800 years ago.
I was in awe just walking through this museum, to see things I had heard about all my life and finally being able to look at them up close. Artistically it is very refined and it also tells you the story of a people through heroic epics, myths and legends. There are also rare objects and some I was surprised still existed, like the dedication tablets of the temple. I also learned how people through the ages until fairly recently vandalized the Parthenon and other temples because they had forgotten their own history and what this site represents for humanity. Ignorance is a terrible thing. Today the Acropolis and the Parthenon are as majestic as ever and the conservation work enhances these treasures.
If you come to Athens and only visit the Museum of the Acropolis, the visit itself will be worth the trip.
well sure is the place for the marbles
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The building is in disagreement with the rest of the area and its content. It should be of neoclassical style full of beauty and character and not this impersonal pointing hostile looking cold construction. It could be a modern gallery but certainly not the place to house antiquities.
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