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August’s Full Moon Events At Athens’ Acropolis Museum
August's Full Moon will be celebrated at the Acropolis Museum with moonlit dinners at the restaurant to mark the annual spectacle.
Archaeology
Acropolis Museum Celebrates 12th Birthday With New Presentation
The Acropolis Museum, located in the center of Athens, celebrated its twelfth year of operation on Sunday following a long six month closure.
Ancient Greece
Athens’ Acropolis Museum Reopens to the World
The director of Athens' Acropolis Museum said that the Museum is looking forward to reopening its gates to the public on Friday, May 14.
Ancient Greece
Unique Virtual Tour of Acropolis Museum Sponsored by the Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce
The Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the first virtual tour of the Acropolis Museum, to take place on April 10 at 11 AM EST.
Archaeology
Acropolis Museum Has Gone Entirely Digital
The Acropolis Museum launched a new website on Monday that brings the museum's collection to life through digital exhibitions and an extensive virtual catalogue of its ancient artifacts.
The new website includes not just information about the museum's history, future...
Greece
A Summer Day in Athens in the Midst of the Coronavirus Pandemic
The summer of 2020 is unlike any other summer in the whole world in many, many years. The coronavirus pandemic has changed everything, and seemingly nothing is as it was before. And Athens, like every major city across the...
Archaeology
Greece Urges Britain Again to Return Parthenon Sculptures
The Greek government has once again called on Britain to return the Parthenon Sculptures as the Acropolis Museum marks its 11th anniversary, The Guardian reports.
Greece's Culture Minister Lina Mendoni told newspaper Ta Nea that Greek authorities will never give...
Archaeology
Athens' Acropolis Museum Prepares to Celebrate Eleventh Birthday
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By Paula Tsoni
The new Acropolis Museum in Athens celebrates 11 years of operation on Saturday, June 20, with reduced entry for everyone at 5 euros ($5.6) to all exhibition areas for that day only.
The immense museum, which reopened for...
Diplomacy
President Xi Declares China's Support for Reunification of Parthenon Sculptures
During the third -- and last -- day of his official visit to Greece, Xi Jinping, the President of the People's Republic of China visited the Acropolis Museum in Athens.
There, at this state-of-the-art museum, in front of the caryatids,...
Australia
The Story Behind Queen Elizabeth’s Response to Philhellene’s Plea for Return of Parthenon Sculptures
In August 2019, an Australian campaigner wrote a letter to Buckingham Palace, asking for Queen Elizabeth's intervention so that the Parthenon Sculptures could one day return to their home in Athens.
Mary Drost, who has been awarded the Medal (OAM)...