Over 44,000 residents and visitors of Athens visited the exhibition “Cycladic: Unknown Stories of Women in the Cyclades” from 2025 to May 2025 with the support of Alpha Bank.

The first pancreatic exhibition ever organized was held by the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Cyclades of the Ministry of Culture and the Museum of Cycladic Art.

In the context of the exhibition, Alpha Bank, as the predominantly bank that supports equal access to culture, also provided its support for a variety of accessibility actions.

Thus, lectures were held with simultaneous interpretation in the Greek sign language, guided tours of the Greek sign language for hearing problems, as well as acoustic guided tour of visual impairments.

Special educational and social programs, free educational programs (and transfer) for secondary schools were organized by vulnerable and/or remote areas as well as a circle of workshops for vulnerable groups.

In Santorini until October

The iconic exhibition was now being transferred to Santorini as an inauguration of its renovated archaeological museum in the presence of the Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni.

At the inauguration on Friday, June 20, there were selected guests, including Alpha Bank executives, who had the opportunity to admire 180 unique masterpieces from almost all the Museums of the Cyclades islands, as well as rare works by various museums, such as the Museums, such as the Museums, such as Collections.

A few words about the report

The exhibition aims to approach women’s position in closed island societies, thereby bringing to light unknown roles of women over time and how these roles were influenced by their island environment.

The exhibits of the collection, dating from early prehistory to the birth of the Greek state, highlight the multi -dimensional aspects of female existence in the Cyclades: from its divine existence to the role of mother, her participation in religious and social and social, social and social, social and social.

Thus, the visitor is aware of the position of women in both public life and in the private sphere, in social, political, religious and family life.