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The Museum in 1893. The first national archaeological museum in Greece was established by the governor of Greece Ioannis Kapodistrias in Aigina in 1829. Subsequently, the archaeological collection was relocated to a number of exhibition places until 1858, when an international architectural competition was announced for the location and the architectural design of the new museum.
The museum includes numerous personal objects, operatic costumes [6] and personal haute couture garments, some created by Elvira Leonardi Bouyeure (Biki). According to the museum's co-designer, architect and museologist Erato Koutsoudaki, the museum's collection is not its "strong card"; instead, its exhibitions were designed around Callas' personality and include her singing voice and interviews.
The Acropolis Museum (Greek: Μουσείο Ακρόπολης, Mouseio Akropolis) is an archaeological museum focused on the findings of the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens. The museum was built to house every artifact found on the rock and on the surrounding slopes, from the Greek Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine Greece .
Sir Keir Starmer ruled out discussing a return of the Elgin Marbles to Greece in his meeting with his Greek counterpart on Tuesday despite claims from Athens that progress had been made on the issue.
Museum of Anthropology, University of Athens; Museum of Criminology (Athens) [3] Museum of Geology and Paleontology of the Athens University; Zoological Museum of the University of Athens; Children, Education, Special Interests, Sports, University. Athens University Museum; Hellenic Children's Museum; Postal & Philatelic Museum of Greece ...
The Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum is a museum of antiquities in Athens, Greece. It is situated in the north slope of Acropolis, in the district of Plaka (12 Theorias street). Founded in 1976, it houses the collection of Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos, [1] which started being formed in 1923 and was donated to the Greek state in 1972. [2]
More than 25,000 people marched through central Athens on Friday to mark the 50th anniversary of a pro-democracy student uprising that was violently put down by the military dictatorship ruling ...
The museum is housed directly in the area of Kerameikos among the famous archaeological site. The Boehringer brothers funded the expansion of the museum. It is a small, open-air museum with only four rooms on a single floor, but it houses many important funerary works as well as larger sculptures.