The British Museum is not willing to give back the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece, stated Neil Macgregor, the Museum’s director. But, Greece can rent them if it wants.
A two page tribute and an interview with Neil Macgregor is included in the Spectrum insert of The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper. The museum’s director will offer the speech that he is going to give at the Art Gallery in Sydney, for the presentation of his new book.
Mr. Macgregor referring to the Parthenon sculptures issue stated: “The exhibition of the sculptures is meaningful when the sculptures are gathered all together…it is necessary that the best way is for everybody to be able to visit them as they cannot be embodied to the Parthenon.”
Even if the British Museum is willing to give Greece priority for the Sculptures’ rental, the Greeks will strongly deny their rental.
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