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Legal processes may be very creative, and often resolved in very creative ways - sometimes secretive - outside the courtrooms. Very often the cases closed with mediation may be win-win. In the case of the Parthenon Marbles, since this is also a very complex legal case, how about deciding to resolve it with a secret deal between Greece and the British Museum, so that none will loose their prestige in terms of (negotiating) status? Within the deal there will be made exact copies of the statues created and put together with the originals. Then in a secret process, the statues will be divided between the two countries, and shipped half to Greece and the rest remaining in London. At the end, no one would know which original or copy statues ended in Greece and which remained in London. Both collections will be exhibited in both locations - including both originals and copies - and no details will be disclosed. The end result is that both countries will end up with part of originals and part of copies - which is better than having nothing or having only copies or keeping originals that are legally disputed. Further, a whole new 'industry' will be created, trying to resolve - for the next 100 years - the 'Question of the Parthenon Marbles: who has the originals?' This will feed a lot of publicity for both countries and will attract new visitors to both locations (Athens and London) trying to 'resolve' the mystery. The result will be a 'both and' and 'win win' result that will be accepted by both, and also both will benefit from the new publicity and tourism generated for both locations, and the new forms of art and culture that will spring from this process.

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Return the statues to their authentic state in Athens. Simultaneously open a branch of the British Museum on the Acropolis. This way visitors of the BM can visit the statues and the statues return to Athens. Hash the details of the deal so that both sides are satisfied.

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Το Βρετανικό Μουσείο, να αντικαταστήσει τα πρώτοτυπα γλυπτά με αντίγραφά τους και να παρουσιάσει το έργο του για τη συντήρηση και προβολή τους για το διάστημα των υπερδιακοσίων ετών που τα προστάτεψε. Τα μάρμαρα είναι παγκόσμια κληρονομιά και η φυσική τους θέση είναι εκεί που εξορύχθηκε το μαρμαρα και στο φως που αρχικά τα φώτισε.
Translation: The British Museum, to replace the original sculptures with copies and to present the work for their preservation and display for the period of over two hundred years that protected them. Marbles are a world heritage site and their natural place is where the marble was mined and in the light that first illuminated them.

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Την μόνιμη επιστροφή των μαρμάρων στο μουσείο της Ακρόπολης, όπου θα είναι σε άμεση σχέση, τόσο γεωγραφικά όσο και ιδεολογικά με τον ναό του Παρθενώνα. Αυτό θα μπορούσε να σημαίνει ωστόσο την ''ενοικίαση'' τους από το ΒΜ.
Παράλληλα, θα μπορούσε να δημιουργηθεί μια αίθουσα στο μουσείο της Ακρόπολης στην οποία οι επισκέπτες θα μπορούν να βλέπουν με διαδραστικό τρόπο - Virtual Reality - την μεταφορά των μαρμάρων από την Αθήνα στο Λονδίνο, και πως οι Άγγλοι κατάφεραν να τα προστατέψουν και να τα αναδείξουν τα μάρμαρα όλα αυτά τα χρόνια.
Επίσης, η απώλεια αυτή μπορεί να αντικατασταθεί από τέλεια αντίγραφα, ωστόσο η αξία ενός αντιγράφου απέχει πολύ από το πρωτότυπο, και για τον λόγο αυτό προτίνω μια πιο πρωτοπόρα λύση.
Ένας καλλιτεχνικός διαγωνισμός, τα αποτελέσματα του οποίου θα διακοσμήσουν τις αίθουσες του ΒΜ, έτσι ώστε η αλλαγή να φέρει μια σύγχρονη και δημιουργική νότα στο μουσείο. Θεωρώ ότι το θέμα των γλυπτών του παρθενώνα έχει τεράστια δυναμική και μπορεί να εμπνεύσει καλλιτέχνες της εποχής μας ώστε να δημιουργήσουν έργα διαφόρων μορφών, και τα οποία θα συνδέουν το παρελθόν με το παρόν.
Translation: The permanent return of the marbles to the Acropolis Museum, where it will be in direct relation, both geographically and ideologically with the temple of the Parthenon. However, this could mean their "rental" from BM.
At the same time, a room could be created in the Acropolis Museum where visitors can see in an interactive way - Virtual Reality - the transfer of the marbles from Athens to London, and how the English managed to protect and highlight them. marbles all these years.
Also, this loss can be replaced by perfect copies, however the value of a copy is far from the original, and for this reason I prefer a more innovative solution.
An art competition, the results of which will decorate the halls of BM, so that the change brings a modern and creative note to the museum. I believe that the subject of Parthenon sculptures has enormous potential and can inspire artists of our time to create works of various forms, which will connect the past with the present.

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Negotiation. work with the Greek government to continue discussions with the British Museum / government. The British committee for the return of the marbles is in the best position to negotiate the return. Perhaps exchange items

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In order to move forward we must always look back and acknowledge the mistakes of the past. Acknowledging injustice allows for healing and creates the opportunity to form meaningful working relations that benefit both the Acropolis Museum and the British Museum. The marbles should be returned to Athens with an agreement that the Acropolis Museum provides a rotation of exhibitions exclusively for the British Museum. The British Museum, in conjunction with the Acropolis Museum, could create a virtual experience in the Parthenon Galleries that allows the visitor to experience the Acropolis as it once was and what it now is. Further educational aspects could be explored (including educational applications being developed for school tours) to allow future generations and visitors to the British Museum to learn about the Parthenon and its international significance.

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A scheme where the Greek archaeological museums loan archaeological material, primarily new finds not yet on permanent display, to the British Museum as a series of themed exhibits, rotating every 4 or 5 years. This would create an incentive to regularly visit the BM for any individual with an interest in Greek art and archaeology.

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I would suggest the permanent repatriation to the Acropolis Museum in Athens so that the dismembered art can be reconstituted - this is of the utmost importance; concurrently, British recognition of Greek ownership - this is simply the just course of action. the current situation is a travesty.

However, this needs to be offset by the creation of a new "institution" - the permanent "spiritual union" of the Acropolis and British Museums with the necessary infrastructure - perhaps a named annex / gallery of the British l Museum ( i.e the Angelopoulos Gallery) that would display permanently rotating special loans to the British Museum from the Greeks, thus offsetting the material loss to the British ( despite the revenue of the theft of the Sculptures being proceeds of crime). This idea is not new, but however needs fiscal and institutional and political oomph. In the end, I see the solution as being a commercial one.

The gallery/ institution would also have its own "educational component" eg you could enroll in an online beginner's course on Greek art ( or conflict resolution, for that matter!).

I think Prince Charles is interested - Gianna, please call me to discuss.

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The British Museum must return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. In return, Greece can create a replica for the British Museum.

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Britain give back marbles to greece. . greece send britain annual artifacts on a rotation.

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An exchange: a long-term "loan" of the marbles to Greece in return for changing exhibits of Greek archaeological treasures in a renovated Duveen gallery at the British Museum.

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The Parthenon marbles belong to the Parthenon, period and should be returned to Athens Greece immediately!

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I suggest the British Museum ‘lend’ the Marbles to the Athens Museum.

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Σταθερή παρουσία των γλυπτών στο Μουσείο Aκρόπολης. Περιοδικές εκθέσεις στο Βρετανικό Μουσείο τόσο αυτών που τώρα βρίσκονται εκεί όσο και εκείνων που τώρα ανήκουν στο Μουσείο της Ακρόπολης.
Translation: Permanent presence of the sculptures in the Acropolis Museum. Periodical exhibitions in the British Museum of both those who are now there and those who now belong to the Acropolis Museum.

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A diplomatic solution, which enables the British Museum not to feel blamed or damned. Allows the British Museum to continue its own narrative (after all the Parthenon Marbles in the Parthenon Galleries of Room 18 are exemplars and as such other exemplars could also continue to allow the British Museum to carry on with its universal narrative, comparable yet different cultures under one roof). In facilitating the reunification of a peerless collection of sculptures that deserve global respect in the superlative Acropolis Museum's Parthenon Gallery would require a magnanimous gesture that reflects the importance of the Parthenon as a symbol of global importance in what is an otherwise challenged world.

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A compromise would be a “loan” from the British Museum to Greece that would be extended ad infinitum.

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Δημιουργια αντιγράφων που θα μπορούσαν να εκτίθενται στο Βρεταννικό Μουσείο, με παράλληλα επιστροφή των Γλυπτών του Παρθενώνα στον φυσικό τους χώρο. Παράλληλα, θα μπορούσε να δημιουργηθεί ένα time lapse, όπου θα αποτυπώνεται ο ρόλος των Βρεταννών κατά την μεταφορά τους από την Ελλάδα στην Μεγ. Βρεταννία και το πως στην ουσία διαφύλαξαν τον πολιτιστικό πλούτο της χώρας μας.
Translation: Creating copies that could be exhibited in the British Museum, while returning the Parthenon Sculptures to their natural space. At the same time, a time lapse could be created, which would capture the role of the British during their transfer from Greece to Great Britain and how in essence they preserved the cultural wealth of our country.

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Perhaps there could be a “sharing” of the marbles , where they are exchanged on a scheduled basis.

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They should be returned to their home in greece. In return, In collaboration with the british museum, there could be an interactive imersive 3D exhibition made for the british museum which could show the marbles in their original place with all the others that are currently exhibited in Athens giving visitors a similar experience as that of visiting the museum in athens. This 3D exhibition would also be able to explore the rest of the Acropolis providing audio and visual stories.

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Exposition permanente des marbres du BM par un dépôt au Musée de l'Acropole (le BM restant officiellement propriétaire).
Translation: Permanent exhibition of BM marbles by deposit at the Acropolis Museum (the British Museum officially remaining the owner).

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Return original marbles to Greece to be shown in original surrounds. Let British museum display copies.

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Return the Originals to Greece and give the English some Copies of the Marbles. Since they were stolen from Greece there is no other
option possible.

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The Acropolis Museum is ready and has been ready to return the Marbles to their rightful place, in an environmentally controlled space. Britain should and should be expected to be responsible in returning them, since they were illegally “stolen”, akin to Nazi stealing of artwork! I am a Greek-American and I resent Britain’s refusal to return to Greece what is rightfully theirs.

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ΣΥΣΤΡΑΤΕΥΣΗ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΕΧΝΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ ΩΣΤΕ ΝΑ ΜΕΤΑΦΕΡΘΟΥΝ ΜΕ ΑΣΦΑΛΕΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΟΣΤΑΣΙΑ ΣΤΟ ΦΥΣΙΚΟ ΤΟΥΣ ΧΩΡΟ.
Translation: COLLABORATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO BE TRANSFERRED SAFELY AND PROTECTED TO THEIR NATURAL AREA.

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Greece may offer Britain to lend to it exceptional museum pieces for temporary exhibitions to be held in Britain / Greece may offer Britain a share of its revenues generated by future visits to the Parthenon Marbles in Greece / Greece may negotiate future trade/tax treaties with Britain on more generous terms.

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Επιστροφή των αγαλμάτων στην Ελλάδα με μηνιαία επιτύριση του βρετανικού μουσείου ως προς την συντήρηση των αγαλμάτων.
Translation: Return of the statues to Greece with a monthly supervision of the British Museum regarding the preservation of the statues.

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I think that it should be moved to a designated section in the Acropolis Museum, as well as the ones that in the Louvre. This section should be dedicated to appreciation of the contribution of the British empire to the preservation of Athens' history. Also, in return, Greece should pay Britain for the "constant landing" of the statues as high as it costed for Lord Byron (without discounting it to the present value), which will be given to a new foundation for the British Museum: "the foundation for acknowledging the British contribution to history preservation".
This way, the statues are on Greek land and mainly available to their needs, they are still a property of Britain (no need for parliamentary act), and the symbolic value of them are given to the British Museum.

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Make realistic copies and periodically exchange the real and copies, only the museums would know which was where.

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The marbles should be returned and British citizens be able to view them in Greece free of charge.

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Would it be possible to start a dialogue with the descendants of Lord Elgin, who may be interested being a voice and advocate in being part of a historic return of the marbles. Sometimes history does not go well, however it is what we do with the lessons learned that make our mark.

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That the British Museum be allowed to make copies of the Marbles in order to continue displaying them in the UK and the originals be returned to Greece.

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Long term loan.

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Να ΕΠΙΣΤΡΑΦΟΥΝ.
Translation: To be RETURNED.

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This question unfortunately presupposes that the British side is amenable to a creative settlement or compromise. I am afraid that history proves otherwise as the conservative UK cultural establishment and the Trustees of the British Museum remain intransigent and continue to obfuscate. For example, Greece through the then Culture Minster Evangelos Venizelos proposed almost 20 years ago to come to an enlightened arrangement with the UK whereby the Parthenon Sculptures would be returned to Athens on a ‘long-term’ reciprocal loan basis and in exchange Greece would ensure that rare Greek antiquities would be sent to the British Museum for exhibition on a recurring basis. The British side flatly rejected that approach then and continues to insist that the Parthenon Sculptures were legally acquired and now tell a different story in the British Museum, which is the self-described museum “of and for the world”. In truth, the British position has not changed at all. The only realistic option in this ongoing diplomatic impasse is to seek through the UN an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on the legal question of the return of looted cultural property during colonial times according to the principles of evolving customary international law. I have written extensively about this and I have been involved in the campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles since 1998. See, for example, my 2020 article for the American Hellenic Institute at http://www.ahifworld.org/uploads/1/1/7/1/117198244/3_final_parthenon_essay_2020.pdf. I am also a fellow of the Acropolis Research Group and other articles that I have written can be accessed through posts on our website at www.targ.org.uk

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Hacer una réplica con artistas ingleses y griegos. Cubrir los gastos con recolecta internacional. Por supuesto, la réplica para los británicos y repatriar los originales.

Translation: Make a replica with English and Greek artists. Cover expenses with international collection. Of course, the replica for the British and repatriate the originals.

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Le British devrait mettre les marbres en dépôt à Athènes tout en restant propriétaires.
Translation: The British should deposit the marbles in Athens while retaining ownership.

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ΝΑ ΓΙΝΕΤΑΙ ΤΑΚΤΙΚΑ ΣΥΝΤΗΡΗΣΗ Η ΝΑ ΕΠΑΛΕΙΦΘΟΥΝ ΜΕ ΚΑΠΟΙΟ ΚΑΤΑΛΛΗΛΟ ΥΛΙΚΟ.
Translation: MAKE REGULAR MAINTENANCE OR COAT WITH SOME SUITABLE MATERIAL.

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I would suggest that the marbles are 3d scanned and exact replicas are created in order to be displayed in the British Museum only. The originals can be returned to Greece to be displayed there.

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The British Museum could use virtual technology to create a totally immersive experience of the Parthenon (including the siting of the marbles) which could be created with cooperation in Greece and with shared funding. The Parthenon marbles could then be returned and both museums would benefit from such collaboration. The British Museum needs to move into the 21st century and this is an ideal opportunity to show that it is a Museum for the 21st Century.