Greece’s Council of Museums has unanimously approved the preliminary architectural and structural plans for the much-anticipated Museum of Underwater Antiquities in Piraeus.
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The case for returning the Parthenon Marbles to Greece has become “compelling,” The Times has said, in what marks a shift in the British newspaper’s editorial position.
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The Athens Concert Hall presents the first-ever European appearance by a New York-based Stefanos Chytiris (drums), Ingrid Laubrock (saxophone) and Elias Stemeseder (piano).
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A fragment of the Parthenon frieze sent to Greece on an eight-year loan from Italy, will go on display at the Acropolis Museum on Monday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview with Britain’s Telegraph newspaper last week.
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In what can be seen as a symbolic act supporting the campaign for the return of the Parthenon sculptures, fragments were transferred from the National Archaeological Museum to the Acropolis Museum on Monday, following a request made by the Acropolis Museum General Director.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (front) and Culture Minister Lina Mendoni (right), listen to Acropolis Museum Director Nikolaos Stampolidis (left), as the chairman of its board, Dimitris Pantermalis (2nd right), looks on, during an event marking the museum’s acquisition of 10 Parthenon Sculpture fragments from the National Archaeological Museum, on Monday.
The National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) in Athens has teamed up with a nongovernmental organization called The Happy Act to make its institution more friendly to visitors with autism.
Ten fragments of the sculptural decoration of the Parthenon will be transferred to the Acropolis Museum from the warehouse of the National Archaeological Museum, where they have been kept until now, after the approval of the Central Archaeological Council (KAS).
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The obligation that the UK return the Parthenon Marbles to Athens was raised by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis Friday as he spoke at an event in Paris celebrating UNESCO’s 75th anniversary.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis raised the issue of the return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece in his speech at the event celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Friday.
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The house of legendary 18th century Souliote chief Lambros Tzavelas reopens as a museum in Souli and his descendents ‘smoke’ the chimney to break the curse.
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Mikis Theodorakis wished that his central Athens home and belongings become a museum in his memory, under the management of the state, according to his will.
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Greece’s National Archaeological Museum will be opening an hour later this Tuesday, the Culture Ministry has announced. Doors will open at 2 p.m. instead of 1 p.m. but will close at 8 p.m. as usual.
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Entrance to state-run archeological sites, museums and monuments will be free of charge this weekend (September 25-26) to mark European Heritage Days.
The emblematic building of the former Xenia hotel in the northern Greek town of Kastoria, abandoned for almost three decades, will be transformed into a museum space to meet the needs of the nearby Byzantine Museum.
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Annie Lawrence, 8, was looking excited Sunday afternoon. She was about to see Tottenham Hotspur, the soccer team she supports, play its first game of the English Premier League season – but her exhilaration wasn’t entirely because of the impending game.
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