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Greek Museums And Sites On New Time Schedule After Easter

The operating hours of Greek museums and archaeological sites that have heavy tourist traffic will soon be adjusted to the convenience of tourists and cruise ship passengers.
Posted On 01 May 2013
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Plato’s Academy To Welcome Digital Museum

The Central Archaeological Council (KAS) recently gave the go-ahead for the creation of a digital museum at the archaeological site of Plato's Academy in Athens.
Posted On 16 Apr 2013
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Open Call For Photography And Video On “Trash” For Exhibition

The Greek Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change is organizing an international exhibition of Photography & Video Art entitled “TRAnSΗformation, Unnecessary – Elaborate.”
Posted On 12 Apr 2013
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Musical Evenings At The Acropolis Museum

The Acropolis Museum, from 15 February to Easter, will present a series of performances with music groups from across the world, giving its visitors the unique opportunity to tour the archaic exhibition while enjoying this diverse music program from the second floor balcony that...
Posted On 15 Feb 2013
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Temple of Apollo Illuminated By Club Hotel Casino Loutraki

After years of being in the dark, the Temple of Apollo in Ancient Corinth will be illuminated as of tomorrow, Saturday, 26 January, thanks to a project sponsored by the Club Hotel Casino Loutraki.
Posted On 25 Jan 2013
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Sculptures Of Color At Hilton Athens

Hilton Athens is currently hosting the sculpture exhibition "Think-Walk" by Dimitra Giannakakou-Razelou. The work "Think-Walk" suggests the idea of thought and movement within its structure which is color and space.
Posted On 24 Jan 2013
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Athens Airport Hosts MEDASSET Poster Exhibition

Athens International Airport and MEDASSET welcome travelers and airport visitors to the “Inspired by the Marine Environment” poster exhibition, celebrating 25 years of the association’s environmental and conservation work.
Posted On 22 Jan 2013
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The selected creations of the young Greek artists are displayed at the airport’s parking area.
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Athens Airport Offers Travelers An Encounter With Modern Applied Arts

Athens International Airport and the Athens School of Fine Arts careers office recently launched an art competition and invited creators to submit ideas for functional outdoors seating proposals, designed to work at the same time as planting installations, for the outside areas...
Posted On 21 Jan 2013
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Museum of Cycladic Art Relaunches Cypriot Antiquities Exhibition

Following the Museum’s renovation and the new thematic displays Scenes of Daily Life in Antiquity and Ancient Greek Art, the MCA re-opened its permanent exhibition Cyprus: Aspects of Ancient Art and Culture, featuring the Thanos N. Zintilis Collection of Cypriot Antiquities, one...
Posted On 29 Nov 2012
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Stolen Antiquities from Olympia Recovered

The artefacts that had been stolen last year from the Olympia Museum of Ancient Olympic Games were recovered on November 24. The valuable antiquities are now safely kept in the Ancient Olympic Games Museum of Olympia and will be put back on display next week, along with the...
Posted On 26 Nov 2012
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Open House Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki will give its citizens and visitors alike their first chance to explore and engage directly with architecture of the city this weekend. 56 buildings will open, ranging from monuments to residential buildings and public edifices and spanning centuries of history, from...
Posted On 23 Nov 2012
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AEGEANALE: Mediterranean Inspiration, Global Participation

Launching in the summer 2013, AEGEANALE is an international annual platform of contemporary art, culture and tourism taking place throughout the Eastern Mediterranean. “For thousands of years, the Aegean has been contemporary,” says Aegeanale’s Founder and General Manager, Nikos...
Posted On 22 Nov 2012
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Inauguration of the Karditsa Archaeological Museum

With a history beginning as early as in the Palaeolithic era, the region of western Thessaly has yielded one of the richest archaeological records in the country. All this wealth of antiquities found its shelter in the brand new Archaeological Museum of Karditsa, which will be...
Posted On 15 Nov 2012
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Contemporary Greek Culture Abroad: Σatellart-Transmitting Greece

Σatellart – transmitting Greece, the only platform for the promotion of contemporary Greek culture in Europe, aims at exporting contemporary Greek art through ongoing partnerships with European theaters and cultural institutions within an annual framework defined through a...
Posted On 09 Nov 2012
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5 Greek Museums on the Google Art Project

Five Greek museums have already joined Google Art Project as partners: the Acropolis Museum, the Museum of Cycladic Art, the Benaki Museum, the Benaki Museum of Islamic Art and the Numismatic Museum, the last two being just recently added.
Posted On 02 Nov 2012
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Acropolis Museum receives the 2012 Keck Award

The award concerns the conservation and restoration of the Caryatids, the Kore from the south porch of the Erechtheion temple, with the use of laser technology.
Posted On 22 Oct 2012
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Dimitsana: The new Geo Routes cultural destination

Dimitsana, which recently joined the network of Geo Routes cultural expeditions under the auspices of the HNC UNESCO, has extended a warm welcome to a significant number of members from the Association of Chief Executive Officers in Greece.
Posted On 19 Oct 2012
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New Archaeological Excavations in Zagora Set to Begin

The University of Sydney and the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens launch a new archaeological project in Zagora, a rocky promontory on the Greek island of Andros, which preserves the ruins of the largest early historic settlement in the Aegean, dating between the...
Posted On 12 Oct 2012
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During Yperia 2011, guests visited sites of Amorgos that included the Panagia Hozoviotissa Monastery, Chora and the UNESCO nominated stone walls of Asfodilitis.
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Amorgos Shines at Yperia 2011

Nearly 60 participants from different countries attended the ninth international conference of culture and tourism Yperia 2011 on Amorgos recently and took part in a four-day program filled with excursions, presentations, film projections and discussions.
Posted On 01 Jun 2011
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The extended hours of the Acropolis site (above) coincide nicely with the opening hours of the new Acropolis Museum (Tuesday-Sunday: 8 am-8 pm and Friday: 8 am-10 pm).
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Acropolis Site Open Until Late All Year Round

The Acropolis site will be open daily, except Mondays, from 8 am-7 pm throughout the year, Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos announced on 18 May, International Museum Day.
Posted On 01 Jun 2011
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