The Museum of Modern Greek Culture, one of the oldest museums in Greece that was founded in 1918, has recently opened its new exhibition in Monastiraki, the heart of the historical center of Athens, in the city block surrounded by the streets of Adrianou – Areos – Kladou – Vrisakiou, as well as in the Tzisdarakis Mosque.
The building complex is a neighbourhood of modern Athens with buildings dating from the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century, which along with the valuable museum collections that they contain, and the surviving monuments that surround them, form a peculiar monumental and cultural landscape in the wider urban plan.
The permanent exhibition presents aspects of the modern Greek culture from the 19th century until today, through artefacts of the country’s material and intangible cultural heritage.
Around 3.000 museum objects of the permanent exhibition, along with digital exhibits, rich visual material, family exhibits, premises for educational programmes and temporary exhibitions, a conference room and an outdoor theatre, rest areas, a café and a museum shop, make up a contemporary museum with its own special identity.
Info:
10 Areos St., Monastiraki
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Opening days and hours:
Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday: 8:00 – 20:00 (last entry 19:40) | Monday, Thursday, Friday: 8:30 – 15:30 (last entry 15:10)
www.mnep.gr
