https://padlet.com/walker_g/AHIS90005_wk5_mon515pm BRITISH MUSEUM / CULTURAL REPATRIATION Should the Parthenon Sculptures be returned to Greece? Yes – No en-us 2017-03-19 08:55:55 UTC 2026-01-02 13:19:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/walker_g/AHIS90005_wk5_mon515pm/wish/162717164
- encourage greater repatriation, perhaps signifying the end of the universal museum's 
- it will build Greece's national cultural identity 
- part of the history of Greece, belongs in the context
- important to know their own history
- Greece has not been given the opportunity to do their own research 
- Greece has the technology and scholarship to research 
- Globalisation makes it possible to travel -> British researchers can research in Greece
- Greece has the ability to house and preserve the sculptures, with a view of the Parthenon
- Cannot use the fragile argument as they lent them to The Hermitage in Russia 
- British Museum damaged the sculptures with cleaning products as they used to heat the museum with coal and made them dirty 
-  They will attract more tourists, boost their own economy internally 
-  The return of the Elgin Marbles does not necessarily mean that ALL objects from Universal Museums should be returned 
- Greece may allow England to borrow some of the sculptures, perhaps this would allow more people to see them globally 

]]> 2017-03-27 07:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/walker_g/AHIS90005_wk5_mon515pm/wish/162717164 https://padlet.com/walker_g/AHIS90005_wk5_mon515pm/wish/162717451 REBUTTLE
- financially and logistically this would be difficult
- a loss in the universal museum is a loss in the ability for research
- British history is a  history of colonisation

ARGUMENT
- This is a place for international research
- Collaboration and sharing research
with Greece
- British Museum is a centre for research

REBUTTLE
- Widens discussion by having numerous locations
- Different interpretations
- Greece already has a collection of these marbles
- Can they fund this?

REBUTTLE - LEGALITY
- These sculptures were not stolen illegally
- They were purchased

ARGUMENT
- British Museum has the funds and resources for conservation
- Economically stable

CONSERVATION mishaps
- Difficult to look at modern eyes for these previous cleanings
- This is apart of the history of Conservation history 
- These were not being looked after so difficult to imagine if these works would have still been in the collection and possession of Greece

ARGUMENT
- Should we collapse the Universal Museum
- Source countries and cultures have changed
- Repatriation difficult for several countries worldwide

CULTURAL IDENTITY
- BM has the ability to contextualise the Parthenon Marbles within the European art historical context
- e.g Egyptian, Assyrian, Renaissance



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