The Acropolis Museum celebrates its 14th birthday on Tuesday 20 June and will honor its late president by offering its visitors a free tribute to Greek poetry set to music.
The museum, one of the ten best in the world according to Trip Advisor, was designed by architects Bernard Tschumi and Michael Photiadis, in a way that offers a striking panoramic view of the archaeological sites from which its exhibits came.
The much-awarded museum is now home to more than three thousand exhibits from the ancient Athenian citadel known as the Acropolis.
Acropolis Museum honors its late President on its 14th birthday
The Acropolis Museum will honor the passing of Professor Dimitrios Pandermalis last September.
The career of Pandermalis is full of top achievements in the science of archeology. He was a pioneer, directing the excavations at Dion, where he developed an innovative archeological and natural park.
His love and connection to people of Dion was deep while he also supported in various ways the cultural events of the area, including the Olympus Festival and the Center of Arts and Culture of Dion.
“However, his great work, his life’s vision, was the Acropolis Museum, which he served from the first moment, with all his strength,” Greek Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni had said at the time of his passing. “He was the soul of the Museum when it was still only on paper. He was there at every stage of its creation and until his last moments.”
In honor of its late president, the Museum has invited the Youth Orchestra of Dion to perform on Tuesday at the entrance courtyard at 9 pm.
The multi-member orchestra performing on the day consists of young children, mainly schoolchildren and students, all sharing an impeccable artistic skill, passion and inexhaustible talent.
The performance will be led by conductor Nikos Patris. Soloists will be Vassilis Lekkas, Gerasimos Andreatos, Zoe Papadopoulou and Babis Velissarios.
The evening will be presented by Alexis Kostalas. Entrance to the concert is free.
All Acropolis Museum exhibition areas will be open from 9 am until 12 midnight on the day with a regular general admission ticket.
During the same hours, the restaurant on the second floor will be open with beautiful night views to the Acropolis.
Divided into three sections, the lowest level consists of columns that hold a glass floor from which one can look down on an archaeological excavation site of the ancient city of Athens.
The middle level of the museum houses galleries from Greece’s Archaic period to the Roman Empire.
The third level is a rectangular court that depicts the marble sculptures just as they would have been arranged approximately 2,500 years ago in the Parthenon.
Related: Ten of the Acropolis Museum’s Most Beautiful Exhibits
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