In Athens, Museum Is an Olympian Feat

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Exterior view of the New Acropolis Museum in Athens, which is scheduled to open on Saturday. Its glass-enclosed third-floor gallery has full views of the Parthenon. More Photos >
By ANTHEE CARASSAVA
Published: June 19, 2009
ATHENS — On Monday morning, forklifts nosed through a sprawl of antiquities in the second-floor gallery of the New Acropolis Museum here, bearing marble statues and steles. Technicians tugged at bulky black cables, laborers drilled and welded, and a cleaning crew — many of its members working on hands and knees — scraped mounds of white plaster off the floor. More
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