UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham Reverses Call for British Museum to Return Parthenon Marbles
01-09-2026 23:42 via artnews.com

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham Reverses Call for British Museum to Return Parthenon Marbles

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who took office in July, has reversed his previous calls for the British Museum in London to return the Parthenon marbles to Greece, the Financial Times reports.Burnham had as early as 2002 said he supported the Parthenon marbles’ return to Greece, reupping that statement as recently as 2023. At the time, he added that their return should be “no strings attached.”However, when asked by the FT in an interview last month about his current stance on
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