Visiting Athens this March? Plan your visit to Athens to include a Thursday afternoon at the Acropolis Museum and you’ll find yourself being serenaded as you view the galleries. I’m having a little amused moment thinking about all those korai standing … Read More
Visiting Athens this February? Plan your stay to include a Thursday afternoon at the Acropolis Museum and you’ll find yourself being serenaded. Every Thursday afternoon in February, the Acropolis Museum, in collaboration with the city of Athens’ Technolopolis organization, will … Read More
I’m not really sure where this post belongs, or if it even belongs on my Athens Travel blog, (although perhaps since it highlights such an important cultural difference, it does fit) but it underscored something I have long noticed about … Read More
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The presidents of Greece and Italy officially opened a new exhibit at the New Acropolis Museum today. The exhibition ‘Νόστοι – Nostoi’ presents 74 pieces that were returned to Italy from various American museums A significant part of the exhibition … Read More
Visitors to Athens cannot help but notice the large cranes perched next to the Acropolis, and you’ll be hard pressed for the next several months to capture a photo of the Acropolis without the crane somewhere in your photograph. Fret … Read More
The doors of the long awaited new Acropolis Museum, located at the base of the Acropolis in the Makrigianni neighborhood of Athens, opened today! Currently only the first floor of the museum, with an exhibition entitled “The Museum and the … Read More
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This past weekend in Athens, three cranes began the work of moving antiquities to their new home in the long awaited new Acropolis Museum. The process will take months, but began on Sunday, with crews moving a 2.3-ton section of … Read More