Surprising incident on the Acropolis Museum in Athens: A customer defecated behind the Athena Niki aid on the museum’s first ground throughout visiting hours.
The incident came about on Sunday morning, October 22, thus a time when the Acropolis Museum is taken into account a mannequin museum and expects to host and show the Parthenon sculptures β if and after they ever return to the land that gave start to them β
Unusual occurrences have been happening on the Acropolis Museum not too long ago, and plenty of questions are being raised concerning the degree of safety of the museum that can obtain the Parthenon sculptures, ought to they ever return to the nation that gave start to them.
In line with unique info obtained by the information web site news247.gran unknown particular person defecated on the primary ground of the museum, within the space of ββthe exhibition of the Athena Niki aid.
The incident occurred between 9:30 and 10:00 a.m. on Sunday morning, October 22, 2023.
This incident occurred throughout the Antiquities Guard’s break – when there was no substitute – and it’s exceptional that the incident was seen by a museum customer who knowledgeable these accountable, news247.gr seen.
This incident was not the primary unusual and it raised questions concerning the safety measures.
“In any case, such incidents have to be investigated to right any errors and errors within the procedures earlier than one thing irreparable occurs,” the web site famous, including: “That’s the reason we requested the museum to remark, nevertheless it by no means answered our questions.”
“The Acropolis Museum is understaffed and on autopilot”
The museum might not have commented, however its workers did.
They complained concerning the museum’s insufficient safety measures in addition to the weak coaching of its safety workers.
- The lack of knowledge from the museum workers is among the principal the explanation why these issues come up.
- Lots of the new guards do not even know the emergency exits
- The workers’s requests for an emergency, evacuation and catastrophe response to the museum’s administration stay unanswered.
“The Acropolis Museum is understaffed and on autopilot,” they complained.
UPDATE
On Tuesday afternoon, the director of the Acropolis Museum, Nikos Stambolidis, hit out on the media’s reporting of the incident, attributing it to “an accident that would occur to any of our aged or sick fellows.”
He careworn that it had nothing to do with the museum’s safety measures.
Speaking to protothema.gr Stambolidis stated “it was an aged international customer who, as a result of incontinence issues, discovered himself on this extraordinarily tough scenario. The incident was handled instantly by the museum workers, but in addition with discretion, to guard the aged particular person from malicious feedback.”
Nevertheless, he couldn’t conceal his anger “on the false manner” by which the incident was offered by an internet site:
“It is a disgrace and a shame! It reveals an absence of respect for our fellow aged, whom now we have an obligation to assist.” he emphasised.
He identified that the museum has 90 guards, a ample quantity to keep up its safety, and that such inaccurate and unverified studies come from some who attempt to level out that it’ll stay on this nation.
PS if news247.gr not mendacity and requested the museum for a remark earlier than the publication of the story, however the museum kept away from answering, it’s apparent why the crap ended up all around the Greek web.