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The new Acropolis Museum is an excellent museum, I enjoy going there, and I wish it well. But I'd say that the problem is one of access. The old museum was on the Acropolis and next to the Parthenon. You could go to the Acropolis and the old museum in one visit. I have never been from the Parthenon to the new Acropolis Museum, but I have recently been to Anafiotiki on the lower slopes of the Acropolis and don't remember seeing signs showing the way to the new Acropolis Mueum. I've been to the new Acropolis Museum several times, and reach it by walking from Plaka. There is a metro station near the new Acropolis Museum, but that's no use to you if you are on the Acropolis. There are interesting things to see walking from the Acropolis to the new Acropolis Museum (e.g. the University Museum and Anafiotiki) but you don't want to arrive at the new acropolis Museum so foot-weary that you can't enjoy the museum.
So for many visitors the choice may be either / or. Either go to the acroplis or to the new Acropolis Museum. I bet most people, if on a first time visit, would choose the Acropolis.
"Unfortunately, however, it has become painfully clear that the Museum has failed to attract anywhere near the numbers of visitors that were confidently predicted in the run-up to its inauguration."
The new Acropolis Museum is an excellent museum, I enjoy going there, and I wish it well. But I'd say that the problem is one of access. The old museum was on the Acropolis and next to the Parthenon. You could go to the Acropolis and the old museum in one visit. I have never been from the Parthenon to the new Acropolis Museum, but I have recently been to Anafiotiki on the lower slopes of the Acropolis and don't remember seeing signs showing the way to the new Acropolis Mueum. I've been to the new Acropolis Museum several times, and reach it by walking from Plaka. There is a metro station near the new Acropolis Museum, but that's no use to you if you are on the Acropolis. There are interesting things to see walking from the Acropolis to the new Acropolis Museum (e.g. the University Museum and Anafiotiki) but you don't want to arrive at the new acropolis Museum so foot-weary that you can't enjoy the museum.
So for many visitors the choice may be either / or. Either go to the acroplis or to the new Acropolis Museum. I bet most people, if on a first time visit, would choose the Acropolis.
