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March 2002 Bernard Tschumi presents a model of his Acropolis museum in his New York Office. (AP Photo/Shawn Baldwin) Keystone

April 1, 2005 A bulldozer demolishes buildings next to the Parthenon temple. Several buildings had to be cleared to make room for the new museum square. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) Keystone

March 21, 2006 A builder in action on the roof of the new Acropolis museum in Athens. (Reuters/John Kolesidis) Reuters

October 3, 2007 Workers remove a section of the Frieze before it is moved 300 metres to the new Acropolis museum at the foot of the hill. (AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki) AFP

July 12, 2007 Statue of a young man from the 5th century B.C. stands ready to be relocated. (AFP/Aris Messinis) AFP

December 8, 2007 The first of five famous female statues is moved by crane from the old to the new museum. (AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki) AFP

Careful unpacking of a frieze panel after transport. (AFP PHOTO/Aris Messinis) AFP

September 16, 2008 Workers placing replica sections of the Parthenon frieze in their new location. (AFP/ Louisa Gouliamaki) AFP

January 10, 2008 A man looks at a replica of the Parthenon's frieze in the new museum. (AP Photo/ Thanassis Stavrakis) Keystone

December 8, 2008 A woman stands on the glass floor of the new Acropolis museum. (AP Photo/ Thanassis Stavrakis) Reuters

October 14, 2007 Inside the new Acropolis museum. (EPA/ Orestis Panagiotou) Keystone

June 16, 2009 The Parthenon temple reflects off the glass covering the southern side of the new Acropolis museum. (EPA/ Orestis Panagiotou) Keystone

Officials and guests view the exhibits during the opening ceremony in Athens on June 20. The museum provides an airy setting for some of the best surviving works of classical sculpture that once adorned the Acropolis. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Keystone

A visitor views a sculpture of a three-headed demon during the official opening. (AP Photo/John Kolesidis) Keystone

Architect Bernard Tschumi stands in front of Moschophoros, a 6th century B.C. statue of a youth carrying a calf. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Keystone

View of the museum with the Parthenon temple in the background. (Epa/Orestis Panagiotou) Keystone

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Athens celebrates Bernard Tschumi's creation.

The new Acropolis museum opens its doors this summer, an event that was postponed time and again since 2004. The architect is Swiss-French dual national Bernard Tschumi, who has offices in New York and Paris.