According to the Greek Ministry of Culture, the return of a fragment of the Parthenon frieze to Greece and the Acropolis Museum is underway.

This is the fragment of stone VI of the eastern frieze of the Parthenon (N.I. 1546), which is located in the Museo Archeologico Antonino Salinas in Palermo, Italy.

The Museo Archeologico Antonino Salinas intends to lend the above fragment to the Acropolis Museum for 4 plus 4 years. The duration of the loan follows from Italian legislation.

Subject to the positive opinion of the Central Archaeological Council, the fragment is scheduled to arrive at the Acropolis Museum in 2021, through the long-term loan process. As a counter-loan, Greece will provide the Museo Archeologico Antonino Salinas with a headless statuette of Athena, which will then be replaced by a Proto-Geometric vase. The two ancient works on loan from the Acropolis Museum will not be exhibited at the Palermo Museum at the same time, but will be alternated. According to Italian law, the duration of the counter-loan is four plus four years.

Communication between the Regional Government of Sicily and the Minister of Culture and Sports Lina Mendoni, as well as between the two Museums, for the long-term loan of the fragment began in January 2021.