Why are the elgin marbles so controversial and everything else you need to know the british museum has lent one of the elgin marbles to russia.
British museum elgin marbles russia.
A headless depiction of the river god ilissos has been sent to russia to go on display in st petersburg s state hermitage museum until mid january.
Fears are growing for the safety of part of the elgin marbles loaned to russia as british museum trustees admitted they were worried the sculpture might not come back.
Media caption bbc news takes a look at the history behind the elgin marbles.
As the united kingdom continues to enforce sanctions on russia over its actions in ukraine the british museum has announced it is lending one of the controversial elgin marbles to a st.
The trustees of the british museum believe that there s a great public benefit to seeing the sculptures within the context of the world collection of the british museum in order to deepen our understanding of their significance within world cultural history.
The british museum has lent one of the elgin marbles to the hermitage museum in russia the first time one of the disputed greek relics has gone on loan.
When the marbles were shipped to england they were an instant success among many who admired the sculptures and supported their arrival but both the sculptures and elgin also received criticism from detractors.
On december 5 the british museum announced that it would loan a piece of the elgin marbles to the state hermitage museum in st.
Petersburg to memorialize its 250thbirthday.
The matter could be solved by the british museum setting up an outpost in athens.
Lord elgin began negotiations for the sale of the collection to the british museum in 1811 but negotiations failed despite the support of british artists after the government.
The british museum has loaned part of the elgin marbles to russia s hermitage gallery in st petersburg.
It is one of a number of relics acquired by lord elgin in athens in the.
Greece has reacted with outrage to the british museum s surprise move to loan one of the disputed parthenon marbles to russia.