February 17, 2011
Late opening on Fridays for New Acropolis Museum
The New Acropolis Museum is now going to be open until 10pm every Friday.
From:
Athens News Agency
01/19/2011
Acropolis Museum open until 10 p.m. on Fridays(ANA-MPA) — Starting on Jan. 28 this year, the New Acropolis Museum will henceforth stay open until 10 p.m. on Friday evenings so that visitors can tour the exhibits while also viewing the floodlit Acropolis — opposite the museum — at night.
At the same time, the museum will also begin a programme for the conservation and restoration of the Caryatid sculptures – structural columns holding up the temple’s porch that were carved to look like young women – from the Erechtheum.
The programme includes using laser tools to clean the sculptures from atmospheric pollution and remove factors causing damage, affix less secure areas of the marble and restore their structure. The museum has chosen not to move them from the gallery during the process, in order to avoid the strain of an additional move. (ANA-MPA) It also hopes to allow visitors to get first-hand experience of procedures that until now took place in inaccessible laboratories. (ANA-MPA)
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- The New Acropolis Museum as an all day experience : November 28, 2011
- Restoration of the Propylaea completed : December 5, 2008
- The New Acropolis Museum at Athens Airport : May 30, 2008
- The New Acropolis Museum’s first birthday : August 28, 2010