May 23, 2008
Athens’s New Acropolis Museum opens briefly
The mostly completed New Acropolis Museum was briefly opened to the public free of charge, as part of International Museum day. The Acropolis itself was also opened for free. I was in Athens once before when this day took place & was surprised that the gates were open on the Acropolis with nobody checking tickets – its great that they can have days like this, but it would be even better if they were publicicised more in advance rather than afterwards.
From:
Athens News Agency
05/22/2008
Acropolis Museum briefly opensCulture Minister Mihalis Liapis toured the new Acropolis Museum on Sunday, on the occasion of the International Museum Day, where he expressed a hope that archaeological sites and museums will become part of citizens’ everyday routine.
According to figures released on Sunday, 4,000 people visited the museum and more than 5,500 entered the Acropolis-related archaeological sites.
Liapis also announced that the ministry will begin a pilot programme to combine cultural heritage with the modern trends.“Our goal is to give a new lease of life to the sites and to breed new cultural cells,” he said.
Visitors toured the almost completed New Acropolis Museum’s courtyard on Sunday, which opened to the public.
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- New Acropolis Museum website launches : June 15, 2009
- David Hill meets new Greek Culture Minister to discuss Parthenon Sculptures : October 4, 2007
- New Acropolis Museum opening scheduled for 2008 : September 25, 2007
- The New Acropolis Museum at Athens Airport : May 30, 2008
- New Acropolis Museum opening to start tomorrow : June 16, 2009
- New Acropolis Museum opening date set : February 21, 2008
- Special events at the New Acropolis Museum for International Museum Day : May 17, 2012