The world's leading museums have for the first time united to issue a declaration. Their statement on "the importance and value of universal museums" follows increasing concern about the politicization of Greek claims against the British Museum over the Parthenon Marbles.
Although the declaration released in December does not specifically mention the marbles, it points out that the acquisition of classical antiquities from Greece by European and North American museums "marked the significance of Greek sculpture for mankind as a whole and its enduring value for the contemporary world."
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