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Marbles Kids Museum is a nonprofit children's museum located in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina in the Moore Square Historic District. Marbles was founded in 2007 as a result of the merger between Exploris, an interactive global learning center, and Playspace, a children's museum aimed at preschool through early elementary age children.
The Elgin Marbles ( / ˈɛlɡɪn /) [1] are a collection of Ancient Greek sculptures from the Parthenon and other structures from the Acropolis of Athens, removed from Ottoman Greece and shipped to Britain by agents of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and now held in the British Museum in London. The majority of the sculptures were created in ...
Lee's Legendary Marbles & Collectables. Lee's Legendary Marbles and Collectables is a museum in York, Nebraska. [1] The museum specializes in displaying, storing and sometimes selling parts of a toy marble collection Lee Batterton amassed over 70 years. [2] In 2023, it was officially recognized as the World's Largest Collection of Marbles.
A former boss of the British Museum has called for the disputed Elgin Marbles to be shared with Greece and said foreign visitors should be charged entry to the London attraction.
Jonathan Frederick stepped into his new role as Marbles’ CEO this summer. He’s tasked with figuring out what a children’s museum looks like in a post-pandemic world.
At the very end of 2023, Mendoni told the Guardian that Greece would be prepared to "fill the void" of the British Museum if the Marbles were returned. "Our position is clear," she said. "Should ...
British Museum. The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. [ 3] It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.
Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine, FSA Scot (/ ˈ ɛ l ɡ ɪ n /; 20 July 1766 – 14 November 1841), often known as Lord Elgin, was a British nobleman, diplomat, and collector, known primarily for the controversial procurement of marble sculptures (known as the Elgin Marbles) from the Parthenon and other structures on the Acropolis of Athens.