The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum, is for first time displaying haute couture gowns and accessories from fashion houses, including Chanel, Saint Laurent and Dior, next to decorative arts from Ancient Greece to France’s Second Empire.
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The Greek Ministry of Culture has unveiled a draft omnibus bill designed to reform and update the governance of the National Gallery-Alexandros Soutsos Museum in Athens. The bill was released for public consultation on Friday and will remain open until February 2.
Archaeologists have unearthed a lavish private bath complex in Pompeii, highlighting the wealth and grandeur of the ancient Roman city before it was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, the site has said.
Greece and the British Museum are reportedly nearing a crucial agreement for the reunification of the Parthenon Marbles, with a potential resolution anticipated as soon as 2025.
Explore Athens’ heritage, from Monastiraki Square to Areos Street, where museums meet history in fascinating ways.
Beyond her broad smile, it is a delight to listen to Teti Hadjinicolaou narrate stories about the forgotten human side of Athens – the city where she was born, raised and still resides in the same neighborhood.
Having completed its first year of operation, the Maria Callas Museum in Athens has been shortlisted for the prestigious European Museum of the Year Awards (EMYA) 2025, marking its emergence as a contemporary cultural institution with a global perspective.
The Maria Callas Museum (44 Mitropoleos, mariacallasmuseum.gr) in Athens will host its second annual street party on December 7, celebrating the iconic opera singer’s legacy.
The Underwater Archaeology Museum, set to be housed in Piraeus’ iconic waterside 1930s silo and a newly constructed modern building, promises to be a landmark.
The “Kore of Thera,” a nearly 2-meter-tall statue crafted from Naxian marble, discovered during excavations at the necropolis of ancient Thera, Santorini.
The mysterious “Desmotes” or “Shackled Skeletons” of Faliro, unearthed in 2016 in southern Athens, are set to make their public debut at the Archaeological Museum of Iraklio on the island of Crete as part of the exhibition “Ekatompoli,” which opens on November 30.
A recent study by the Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development has highlighted key challenges facing Greek museums and archaeological sites
The transformation of the house of Greek poet Yannis Ritsos (1909-1990), located within the castle town of Monemvasia in Laconia, into a municipal museum is nearing completion, with its opening anticipated by mid-2025.
Leon Saltiel joins Thanos Davelis to break down what the building of Thessaloniki’s Holocaust museum means for the Jewish community of the city and of Greece, why it has taken so long, and what role this museum can play in combating worrying trends across Europe of anti-semitism, Holocaust denial, and the rise of the far-right.
The Odysseus Elytis Museum honoring the late Greek Nobel Prize-winning poet was inaugurated by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday evening, in the presence of Culture Minister Lina Mendoni.
An exhibition of etchings and watercolors by Francisco Goya, a retrospective marking the centenary of the birth of painter Panagiotis Tetsis and an exhibition of Russian avant-garde works collected by Georgios Kostakis will be among the highlights of the 2025 program at the National Gallery in Athens, its director has announced.
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