Exterior view of the of the New Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece, designed by Bernard Tschumi, showing preserved 4th century A.D. ruins beneath the building.

The ground floor is mostly glass and is raised on concrete stilts to showcase the archaeological work ... The New Acropolis Museum will display some of the remaining original frieze along with ...

The Parthenon, the centrepiece of Athens' Acropolis temple complex, was rebuilt in the heyday of the Athenian state in the 440s BC, following its earlier destruction by the Persians. It was only ...

It has taken four architecture competitions and 33 years for the Greeksto settle on a design for the New Acropolis Museum and build the thing.The winning vision -- that of New York architect ...

Each crate will take up to 2 1/2 hours to reach the new museum, traveling just a few meters above ground level, according to Zambas. Up to four crates will make the trip every day.

With 150,000 square feet of exhibition space, 10 times that of its predecessor, the museum presents layer upon layer of Acropolis history, from about 1000 BC to AD 700.

The new Acropolis Museum opened its gates Sunday to hundreds of visitors eager to explore its vast collection of sculptures and artifacts from ancient Greece. IE 11 is not supported.

The new Acropolis Museum is a stunning rebuttal. Designed by Swiss-American architect Bernard Tschumi, the five-story building has an area of 226,000 square feet.

ATHENS, Greece — Gods, heroes and long-dead mortals stepped off their plinths into the evening sky of Athens on Saturday during the lavish launch of the new Acropolis Museum, a decades-old dream ...

Greece opens the gates of the long-awaited Acropolis Museum on Saturday, hoping the modern glass and concrete building will help bring back the Classical Parthenon sculptures from Britain.