Greece Museums
With more than 4,000 years of history and with past presence on
its lands , some of the greatest civilizations ever, Greece has
much to show and to boast about to the visitor. The museums of
Greece are usually built were excavations took place and where
great civilizations once prospered. Enhance your knowledge by
visiting one of these great museums while you’re on holiday in
Greece.
Following, is a brief account of a few of the most important
museums in Greece.
The Acropolis museum- This museum is considered one of the most
important museums in the world. It’s considered the cradle of
modern civilization. It temporarily houses masterpieces of the
Ancient Greek civilization, dedicated to the most important of
the Athenian sanctuaries, the “temenos” of Athena Parthenos.
Groundwork for the erection of the new Acropolis has already
begun. Many unique works of art that decorated the Acropolis
have been stolen. The most terrible marauding took place in the
beginning of the19th century by Lord Elgin. The museum was
designed by the architect Panages Kalkos and constructed between
1865 and 1874.In the1950’s it was extended towards the east and
the exhibition was rearranged by the archaeologist I.Miliades.
On Vassilissis Sophias Avenue you will find an array of
Museums but the one that stands out is the war museum of Athens,
which explores the history of warfare. It was inaugurated in
1975. This museum covers a period of thousands of years, from
pre-historic times until today and features all sorts of weapons
from stone – axes to heavy artillery. In this museum you will
also find a well organized library.
The Byzantine Museum – It was founded in 1914. From 1930 and on,
it has been housed in the “Ilisia Mansion”, which belonged to
the Duchess of Placentia. It was built in 1848 by the Architect
Stamatis Kleanthos and later it was transformed into a museum by
another architect, Aristotle Zachos.
This Byzantine museum shows the course of Greek art from the 4th
to the 19th century. It compromises sculpture works,
paintings and small works of all sorts.
The National Archaelogical Museum of Athens- This is the most
important of all Archaelogical museums in Greece. It exhibits on
e of the finest collections in the world. The museum displays a
magnificent collection of pre-historic items, sculpture, pottery
and minor art, Bronzes and Egyptian art.
Delphi Museum- The first museum of Delphi was built in 1903on
the plans of the French Architect Tournaire and was later
incorporated in a larger edifiec, constructed in 1980.
The museum contains exclusively finds from the site of Delphi,
mostly offerings and architectural parts.
The Cycladic Art museum- It’s a private collection of Cycladic
Art and considered as the most important one. It’s composed of
more than 350 objects of the central Aegean Area dated between
3,200 and 2,000 B.C. The Cycladic Art is characterized by these
figurines which inspired many contemporary artists.
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