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Economy
Tsipras Unveils His Optimistic Vision for Greece 2021
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, with the Parthenon in the background, presented the government's plan for change, in a speech titled "Greece 2021" at the Acropolis Museum. Government Spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili prologued the speech, with greetings from other deputies.
The government...
Ancient Greece
Dodona Fortune-Telling Heads to Acropolis Museum
The second exhibition in a series of temporary exhibitions at the Acropolis Museum, titled "Oracle of Dodona," kicks off on June 20 and runs through to January 20. The display casts light on the oldest Greek oracle, that of...
Greece
Acropolis Museum Celebrating 7 Years and 9.5 Million Visitors
The outward-looking policy of the Acropolis Museum which has been its main focus since its opening seven years ago, has led to a steady increase in visitors, museum president Dimitris Pandermalis said on Wednesday, during a press conference to...
Economy
Greek PM to Unveil Strategy for Equitable Growth on Thursday
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras chaired a government meeting with his close aides to discuss the government's planning for equitable growth in the aftermath of concluding the Greek program review. The new plan will be unveiled at an event at...
Greece
The Acropolis Museum Amongst TripAdvisor's Top 25 Museums in the World
The Acropolis Museum is once again amongst TripAdvisor's list of the 25 Best Museums in the world.
"The brand new building is as stunning as the treasures it houses. A clear glass walkway reveals the ruins and current excavations below,”...
events
Acropolis Museum Celebrates International Museum Day 2016 With Free Entry to Museum and Special Events
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...
Archaeology
Europe Day: Culture Minister 'Dumps' 100 Refugees at Acropolis (Pictures)
Greek Culture Minister Aristidis Baltas took a hundred refugees to the Parthenon, welcoming them as his guests in the framework of events celebrating Europe Day (May 9), an annual EU event of peace and unity to acknowledge the establishment...
Archaeology
Europe Day: 100 Refugees Tour Acropolis With Greek Minister
Greek Culture Minister Aristidis Baltas will guide a hundred refugees around the ancient site of the Acropolis. The refugees - mainly families from hospitality centers of Eleonas, Athens center, and Schistos, Piraeus - will be the minister's guests in...
Culture
Admiration for the Archaic Kore in Russia
The Archaic Kore 670 from the Acropolis Museum was treated as a unique and emblematic work of art by the Russian audience, which is being presented in the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
The exceptionally preserved Kore, which dates...
Archaeology
Greece, Russia Launch Cultural Cooperation with Exhibition at Acropolis Museum
Greece and Russia launched their one-year cultural cooperation with the opening on Friday of a small exhibition of three selected golden objects from the Scythian collection of St. Petersburg's Hermitage Museum.
The presentation of these objects is a precursor to...