Still many within the international museum community believe that such a gesture would lead to a disintegration of the purpose of a museum collection in the first place. It would unleash a flood of demands for other treasures to be returned. If anything such a gesture will change how museums share their information and remain accountable. This could change how historians to take in account such factors and eliminate such debates for the future classify artifacts. There have been talks of loaning the Marbles to the Acropolis Museum but to no avail. As of today, one must travel to London to see one of the most incredible displays of Greek culture and history. It is estimated five million people visit the British Museum each year. Still think of what an increase in tourism and spectacle having five million people travel to Athens would mean for Greece? It seems unfair.
Conclusion
This paper focused on the Elgin Marbles better known as part of the Parthenon Frieze and why this artifact should be returned to the people of Greece. This paper briefly...
This also detailed the Marbles historical, cultural and religious significance for Greece and its people as part of the argument for its return. This paper looked at the reasons behind the British Museum's failure to return the artifact. Another argument for the return of the Marbles is not only so it can complete the Parthenon Frieze for everyone to see in its correct and complete context but to also to maintain its preservation on Greek soil. Also as much as there is opposition among the museum community, there has been recent public outcry by the British people for this wrong to be righted. Museum curators are concerned that by returning the Marbles to Greece will ignite a trend where all artifacts should be returned to their rightful cultures. I do not believe this will happen but returning the marbles will act as a catalyst for returning items of wrongful procurement that will continue to shape and define the future of those particular cultures.
