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The Acropolis Museum will celebrate International Museum Day on May 18 and European Museum Night on May 20 with free entrance and a series of events for visitors. Entrance to the museum will be free throughout the day on Thursday,...

May 18 is International Museum Day. On this day, the Acropolis Museum celebrates with free entry to events and activities from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. In honor of this year’s International Museum Day, the Acropolis Museum produced, in...

International Museum Day represents a unique moment for the international museum community, aiming to highlight the importance of museums as a means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples. The International...

The theme of this year’s International Museum Day, which is on May 18, 2014, is “Museum collections make connections.” The Athens Organization of Culture Youth and Sports will participate in the celebration with various events at the city's most important...

The Secretariat General of Culture of the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs in cooperation with the International Council of Museums branch in Greece presented the program of celebrating events on the occasion of the International Museum Day...

There will be concerts and free entrance for everyone at the Acropolis Museum to celebrate the International Museum Day and the European Night of Museums. Friday, May 18 at 11 pm, on the second floor of the Museum, Marios Strofalis...

In honor of International Museum Day 2012, the Municipality of Thessaloniki has organized several events along Aristotelous Street from May 18-20. Museologists, archaeologists and architects invite everyone of Thessaloniki to tour four key-archaeological sites in a 90-minute-walk - the ancient Roman...

Admission to all Greek museums and archaeological sites will be free of charge on May 18th, the anniversary of International Museum Day. The day will also be celebrated with numerous events and activities, such as exhibitions, seminars, lectures, tours, and...

The Acropolis Museum located only 330 meters (1,000 feet) from the famed hill of the same name hosts some of the world's most important antiquities

Apart from its history and its museums, Athens is expected to become the focus of international press in late September because of a series of exhibitions and conferences taking place in the city. Various Athens sites, including the famous Benaki...

August's Full Moon will be celebrated at the Acropolis Museum with moonlit dinners at the restaurant to mark the annual spectacle.

Santorini sculptor Gregory Kouskouris has made a name not only for his exquisite creations but also for his sculpture courses.

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.

Cities around the world turned Greek on March 25, 2021, on the occasion of the bicentennial of the start of the Greek War of Independence.

In an official statement released on Friday, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) condemned Turkey's July 13 decision to convert the Hagia Sophia from a museum into a mosque. PACE's Committee on Culture, Science, Education & Media...