‘Museums uniting a divided world’

Arts and subject buffs are bracing for arguably the biggest International Museum Day ever successful Greece, this Monday, May 18, with various events, special happenings and escaped entranceway for each crossed the country, that aspires to beforehand depository tourism further, successful enactment with planetary practices.

This year’s IMD theme is: “Museums Uniting a Divided World” and adjacent though the planetary time falls connected a Monday, museums will unfastened their doors to observe it.

IMD events are scheduled implicit the weekend and adjacent week, highlighting to each people, young and old, the relation museums bash and tin play successful information, education, amusement and amusive for Greek and overseas visitors alike.

The main lawsuit of this IMD successful Greece is held connected Saturday successful Ancient Olympia, arsenic the Hellenic Department of the International Council of Museums has acceptable the Archaeological Museum of Olympia and the Museum of the Olympic Games of Antiquity arsenic this year’s honored museums.

Highlighting the value of this alternate signifier of tourism, the Olympic Museum of Thessaloniki is hosting connected Monday astatine 12 p.m. a one-day league titled: “Museum Tourism: Social and economical development” with the information of Dr Xavier Greffe, the International Scientific Committees President of the International Council connected Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS).

The aforesaid depository is holding two much events the erstwhile day, arsenic connected Sunday greeting it hosts its “Become a Paralympian for a Day” event, followed successful the evening by its “2nd Museums successful Action – Culture 4 Family” lawsuit astatine the Maritime Museum connected the Thessaloniki Pier.

The Acropolis Museum is hosting connected Sunday an lawsuit titled: “Hidden Stories from the Journey of an International Museum,” with two 120-minute presentations astatine 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

The University of Athens Museums are marking the time with an lawsuit astatine the Zografou Campus astatine 6 p.m. connected Monday, that “Brings Science and Society Together,” to research the relation of university museums arsenic vibrant centers of knowledge, research, civilization and nationalist engagement.

The B&E Goulandris Foundation participates successful IMD solemnisation not lone with escaped admittance to its imperishable postulation successful its Museum successful Athens, but besides with escaped information successful two thematic guided tours successful Greek.

The Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Center is holding connected Sunday, astatine 3 p.m., a special IMD programme entitled: “Interactive Journey done the Ancient Agora of Athens” with the use of VR technology.

The National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens is hosting connected Sunday and Thursday, May 17 and 21, two workshops titled: “Threads of Creation,” a participatory originative enactment that offers a corporate knitting experience.

Hundreds of different activities and events are scheduled to people this IMD crossed the country. The afloat programme is listed here.