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  We had a quick bite to eat and then crossed the road to the wonderful Acropolis Museum. I had taken this picture the night before of the reflection of the Acropolis in the glass of the museum, to show how close the two things are. The beautiful building was designed by architects Bernard Tschume, an American and the Greek Michael Photiadis. It was completed in 2007. There had been a lot of controversy of the siting of the museum as it lies above an archaeological site. Now the museum is elevated above the site and in the summer excavations still continue. After we had finished in the main museum we had a look at the ruins lying underneath. A slope takes you down from the street on to the museum site and we entered the museum into an entrance hall which slopes upwards to mimic the climb up the Acropolis. Unfortunately we had not realised this device and took the lift straight up to the top floor as we thought we would do top down!  The top of the museum has glass sides running all rou