Education, entertainment, inspiration. These are just a few of the words we can use to describe the general meaning of a museum.
A short journey between art and culture. A place – a landmark of social change, a reflection environment, a hotbed of critical thinking development and a patchwork of emotions. A different world is being born inside the museum. A world away from the “robotic” everyday life, a world where yesterday, today and tomorrow are skillfully combined.
If you want to wander in this special world, then see below the museums / galleries that you can put on your list this weekend.
Museum of Cycladic Art
The Museum of Cycladic Art started its operation in 1986 with the aim of housing the private collection of antiquities of Dollis and Nikolaos Goulandris. Since then, it has expanded significantly and today houses one of the most complete private collections of Cycladic Art in the world, with representative specimens of world-famous Cycladic marble figurines. Focusing on the promotion of the ancient civilizations of the Aegean and Cyprus, with particular emphasis on Cycladic art of the 3rd century BC. millennium, the Museum of Cycladic Art is an important attraction with emblematic collections. It is located in the center of Athens and is waiting for you.
National Gallery
The National Gallery – Museum of Alexandros Soutsos, was founded in 1900. It is located in Athens and its collections include more than 20,000 works of painting, sculpture, engraving and other art forms. Being a treasury of modern Greek artistic creation, it covers a period from the post-Byzantine years to the present day, while it also has a remarkable collection of Western European paintings. In 1954, it merged with the legacy of Alexandros Soutsos.
Benaki Museum
The Benaki Museum is an emblematic cultural center. With its primary goal to protect diverse collections, to support scientific research in the multiple fields of art and to educate the public, it is without a doubt a unique field of knowledge. Prehistoric, ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic art, historical relics, painting collections and much more are waiting for you at the Benaki Museum. A journey of 120,000 works of art begins.
SOS: Do not miss to visit the Benaki Museum of Islamic Art, which is housed in the neoclassical complex located in the historic center of Athens, near the archaeological site of Kerameikos.
National Museum of Modern Art
The National Museum of Contemporary Art started its operation in 2000. It is a center of collection, preservation, preservation, documentation, research and an exhibition of works of contemporary Greek and international art production. Offering the public opportunities to interact with contemporary art, EMST hosts works by Greek and foreign artists, as well as a plethora of collections of all forms of art that deal with current and contemporary issues.
Vassilis and Elizas Goulandris Foundation
The Vassilis & Elizas Goulandris Foundation is a non-profit non-profit organization founded in 1979, with the aim of operating its two museums in Andros and Athens, as well as promoting the visual arts nationally and internationally. The collection of the Vassilis & Elizas Goulandris Foundation is one of the most important private collections created during the second half of the 20th century, while its primary purpose is to house this collection and make it accessible to the public. The Vassilis & Elizas Goulandris Foundation in the center of Athens, hosts periodic exhibitions, educational programs and cultural events, utilizing contemporary museum applications in the field of modern and contemporary art.
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