Favorite action «Sundays in Athens » returns in May to the museums and cultural sites of the Municipality of Athens to celebrate International Museum Day (IHM) which is celebrated every year on May 18.
On Sunday, May 22, the museums celebrate and invite families with children to a series of exciting creative learning activities, with free participation in the premises of the Organization of Culture, Sports and Youth of the Municipality of Athens (OPANDA) and the Technopolis Industrial Gas Museum.
Museums can transform the world. By presenting the past, new horizons open up to create a better future. Thus, the theme chosen this year by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) is “The Power of Museums”, in an effort to highlight the power of museums as agents of social change and sustainable development.
In this context, the eight venues that will open their doors on Sunday, May 22 have planned their actions with inspiration for the theme of this year’s International Museum Day and so the participants are invited to take part in incredible educational programs, imaginative art workshops and prototypes. creative games, discovering museum collections in the most fun way.
Our little friends express themselves freely, create, play, explore and discover the power of museums.
On Sunday, May 22, the following venues are participating: Industrial Gas Museum, Central Library, Arts Center, “Eleftherios Venizelos” Museum, “Angeliki Chatzimichali” Museum of Folk Art and Tradition, “Metaxourgeia” Gallery, “Melina” Cultural Center “A Melifa”. Participation in the actions is free, it is necessary to reserve a place per place of interest.
The program follows in detail:
Industrial Gas Museum
The power of man. For families with children from 5 years.
How many stories are hidden in a museum? What did the old gas plant have to do with refugees from Asia Minor? Guided by an original map, the little friends of the Museum will tour and explore the old gas factory that provided light and energy throughout Athens for more than 120 years. They will hear how many stories are hidden in it and will discover through unique games what its “hidden” power is … The educational program is based on the oral testimony exhibition “I remember ’22” held for the 100th anniversary of Asia Minor Catastrophe, in the context of the educational program of the Municipality of Athens “The child, the city and the monuments”.
Hours: 11.00, 11.30, 12.00, 12.30, 13.00
Duration: 60 ‘. Meeting point: Central Chimney
Information: Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens. Piraeus 100, Gazi, 11854
Reservation required: 2130109325 (Mon-Fri 11.00-16.00).
Central Library
The Power of the Library. For children 9-11 years old.
I heard them say that the library hides many secrets … That it is not just a library but also a museum! How those who visit it, travel to another world! What is the mysterious magical power of museums and libraries? Come to the Central Library of the Municipality of Athens and discover it!
Time: 11.00. Duration: 70 ‘.
Information: Domokou 2, St. Larissa, 10440
Reservation required: 2108846011, 2108236635 (Mon-Fri 11.00-16.00)
Arts Center
Retrospect. For families with children 8-12 years old.
The Center for the Arts, through a brief review of works by artists from past periodical exhibitions hosted by Margarita Yoko Nikitaki “Soil”, Aristotelis Roufanis “Alone Together XII”, Dimitris Koilalous “Heterotopia”, Theodoros Zappiros “. Poachers »etc.), invites participants to identify the social and environmental challenges of the time and propose solutions to address them, cultivating the concept of individual responsibility and social cohesion. In the last stage of the program, the group is invited to take on the role of “curator” in an experiential way and, using environmentally friendly materials, to create a virtual exhibition in the “paper” exhibition space of the Arts Center.
Time: 10.30. Duration: 60 ‘.
Information: Vasilissis Sofias, Eleftherias Park, 11521
Reservation required: 210724815 & 210 7232604 (Mon-Fri 10.00-14.00)
First come first served.
Eleftherios Venizelos Museum
Come to the celebration of Museums! For children from 10 years.
Children and parents are invited to get acquainted with the collections of the Museum “Eleftherios Venizelos”, to see how to store and store photos and documents and to become for a while … historians!
Time: 12.00. Duration: 60 ‘.
Information: Vasilissis Sofias, Eleftherias Park, 11521
Reservation required: 2107232604 (Mon-Fri 11.00-14.00)
First come first served.
Museum of Folk Art and Tradition “Angeliki Chatzimichali”
The power of museums. The power of tradition. The custom of the butterfly. For children 5-8 years old.
The Museum of Folk Art and Tradition “Angeliki Chatzimichali” invites children to discover the power of folk tradition through museum objects, fairy tales and songs about water… participating in the custom of the perperona.
Time: 11.00. Duration: 60 ‘.
Information: Ag. Chatzimichali 6, Plaka, 10558.
Reservation required: 2103243987 (Mon-Fri 10.00-15.00)
First come first served.
Gallery of the Municipality of Athens
Be a part of the celebration too! For children 6-12 years old.
As every year, so this year, the Gallery of the Municipality of Athens participates in the celebration of the International Museum Day with a unique celebration.
Time: 12.00. Duration: 60 ‘.
Information: Leonidou & Millerou, Metaxourgio, 104 36
Reservation required: 2105202420 (Mon-Fri 10.00-13.00)
First come first served.
Melina Cultural Center
The room of miracles. For families with children 6-12 years old.
In Renaissance Europe, people used to collect curious and exotic objects and then exhibit them all together, without any particular classification. These collections of obsolete objects of particular interest were exhibited in lockers or “cabinets of curiosités” which are the forerunner of today’s museums.
The Pill Poole creative workshop invites young and old to create a “miracle room” inspired by the objects of the ELIA collection. of the exhibition “Journey to Athens” hosted at the Cultural Center “Melina” of the Municipality of Athens.
Time: 11.00. Duration: 60 ‘.
Information: 66A Iraklidon & Thessaloniki, Thiseio, 11851
Reservation required: 2103452150 (Mon-Fri 10.00-14.00)
First come first served.
Plato’s Digital Museum
Plato and the hunters of words. For children 8-13 years old.
The Digital Museum of Plato’s Academy invites children to search for the words friendship, law, soul and strength that were hidden in its space and to make their definitions with the help of the ancient philosopher…
11.00. Duration: 60 ‘.
Information: Alkmeonos 1, Athens, 10442
Reservation required: 2105142138 (Mon-Fri 10.00-14.00)
First come first served.
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