For registration, please refer to the Information Desk at the Museum entrance on the same day. First-in first-served.

Over forty years of photographs and documentation from the restoration works are grouped around six themes: self-denial, labour, cooperation, zeal, pride and companionship, presenting he human element and the emotions that the workers experience in restoring the monuments. Marble craftsmen dominate the worksite, like forms in flight balancing on towering scaffolds, maneuvering the huge blocks of marble and conservation materials into and out of position. Equally impressive are the images that capture the craftsmen's techniques embodying centuries-old expertise and others showing their use of the state of the art technologies. The exhibition is dedicated to the former President of the Committee for the Restoration of the Acropolis Monuments (1975-2016), the late Charalambos Bouras.

On his return from the war front and throughout the German Occupation, Yannis Pappas lived in his studio in the neighbourhood of Zografou. Confronted with general wretchedness and personal loss, he dedicated himself to work in search of hope and spiritual cohesion, followingan inner silent path.

The exhibition is presented in The Yannis Pappas Studio, in dialogue with the permanent exhibition which remains in situ – true snapshots of a long life focused on the Human.

Guided tours will take place on 19 and 20 October at 11:00 as part of the October 12, 1944. Free Athens art walk in Zografou.

For registration, please refer to the Information Desk at the Museum entrance on the same day. First-in first-served.

Michael Cacoyannis Foundation : 206, Piraeus Str. (near Chamosternas Str.) Tavros, Athens 177 78 Tel.: +30 210 341 8550

The play will be presented with English surtitles

Day and time:

Every Sunday at 11:00 & 14:00 and weekdays for school visits

Duration: 2 hours(with an interval)

Starting date: Sunday 10 November 2019

End Date: Sunday 5 April 2019

Ticket Prices:
General admission: 12€ (children and adults)
Reduced admission: 10€

Presale Ticket Points:

At the MCF Ticket Offices: 206, Piraeus Str. (near Chamosternas Str.) Tavros, Athens 177 78

From Monday to Friday 11:00-14:00 and 1 hour before the beginning of each performance

At the ticket office of Ticket services: 39, Panepistimiou Str. Athens,

(Monday & Friday 09:00 – 20:00, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 09:00 – 21:00, Saturday 09:00 – 15:00).

At PUBLIC stores: (opening hours).

By phone: Ticket services Call Center-0030 210 7234567

(Monday & Friday 09:00 – 20:00, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 09:00 – 21:00, Saturday 09:00 – 15:00)

Online booking:

· www.ticketservices.gr

· tickets.public.gr

The latest, subversive work of the well-known KOPERNIKOS theater group, which impressed the public last year, will take over the Children's Library of the Music Library this year.
"Turn off the light!" promises us a unique adventure with atmosphere, humor and suspense!

for kids 3 - 9 years old
Every Sunday at 11:30

Infants from the age of 10 months (!) Up to 3 years old, will experience an unforgettable sensual experience, in a spectacle where talking seems unnecessary, every Sunday morning at 10:30!

Two interactive books combine the tactile experience of printed illustrations and the infinite possibilities of digital media. Their content focuses on Picasso’s stylistic evolution during a seven-year period (1900–1907) that paved the way for the emergence of cubism.

Printed words are fused with moving images activated by touching specific spots in the books. Visitors can activate images of galleries, studios, restaurants by tapping on areas on a map of Paris, touch the screen to change color palettes in paintings, or display Picasso’s preliminary studies. Brief audio clips complement the moving images in a rich multisensory experience.

Moreover, a film traces in ten different sections the historical context in which Picasso lived and worked. The film traces historical events between 1900 and 1907 and their impact on the artist’s life. Period footage shot in Paris, Barcelona and Gosol immerses viewers into the atmosphere of the times; close-ups of masterpieces trace Picasso’s creative evolution; bilingual captions in English and Greek draw parallels between his life and his art.

This production follows the exhibition The Young Picasso, held at the Fondation Beyeler in Switzerland with the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).

Concept & realization of the books and film: iart in collaboration with Fondation Beyeler
 

Opening hours:

03/02 – 12/04
Monday – Friday 13.00 – 22.00
Saturday – Sunday 9.00 – 22.00

13/04 – 26/04
Monday – Sunday 9.00 – 22.00

27/04 – 31/05
Monday – Friday 13.00 – 22.00
Saturday – Sunday 9.00 – 22.00

Up to 10 participants per 30 minutes

Free admission by online pre-registration

Pre-registration for 06/02-13/02 will be available from Tuesday 04/02 
Pre-registration for 14/02-21/02 will be available from Tuesday 11/02 at 12.00
Pre-registration for 22/02-29/02 will be available from Tuesday 18/02 at 12.00

Photo Credits: © Succession Picasso 2020
- Autoportrait, 1901
- Famille de saltimbanques avec un singe, 1905

A historical documentary by Maria Iliou and a photographic exhibition.

In the course of the screenings of the documentary Smyrna, the Destruction of a Cosmopolitan City that was presented at the Benaki Museum in 2012, Angelos Delivorrias and Maria Iliou frequently discussed Maria’s new project which comprised five historical documentaries on the history of modern Athens from 1821 to our days.

At that time Angelos Delivorrias suggested the titles as well as valuable ideas. The result is indeed five documentary films of which the first Athens from East to West, 1821-1896 will be presented this year from 12th February to 26 April 2020 at the main Benaki Museum in conjunction with a photographic exhibition.

Athens from East to West, 1821-1896 presents the history of 19th century Athens using visual material from archives in Greece, Europe, America, Canada and Australia but also with sounds and music of that era.

The narrators are Alexander Kitroeff, the archaeologist Jim Wright, the journalist Nikos Vatopoulos as well as the historians Leonidas Embiricos, Christina Koulouri, Sir Michael Llewellyn Smith and Eleni Bastea. The music is by Nikos Platyrachos, Aliki Panagi did the editing and Buddy Squires the cinematography.

Alexander Kitroeff is the historical consultant and Maria Iliou the director of the film and curator of the exhibition.

The public will have the opportunity to see the documentary at daily screenings at the amphitheater at the same building, with the exhibition, 1 Koumbari street, from February 12th to April 26th 2020.

In the years to come the next four documentary films and exhibitions on the history of modern Athens will be presented.

Athens and the Great Idea, 1896-1922
Athens Caught in Conflicts, 1922-1950
Athens Spreading Out, 1950-1974
Athens, a European capital, 1974-2021

The project is dedicated to the memory of Angelos Delivorrias.

The public will have the opportunity to see the documentary at daily screenings at the amphitheater at the same building, with the exhibition from February 12th to April 26th 2020.

A historical documentary by Maria Iliou and a photographic exhibition.

In the course of the screenings of the documentary Smyrna, the Destruction of a Cosmopolitan City that was presented at the Benaki Museum in 2012, Angelos Delivorrias and Maria Iliou frequently discussed Maria’s new project which comprised five historical documentaries on the history of modern Athens from 1821 to our days.

At that time Angelos Delivorrias suggested the titles as well as valuable ideas. The result is indeed five documentary films of which the first Athens from East to West, 1821-1896 will be presented this year from 12th February to 26 April 2020 at the main Benaki Museum in conjunction with a photographic exhibition.

Athens from East to West, 1821-1896 presents the history of 19th century Athens using visual material from archives in Greece, Europe, America, Canada and Australia but also with sounds and music of that era.

The narrators are Alexander Kitroeff, the archaeologist Jim Wright, the journalist Nikos Vatopoulos as well as the historians Leonidas Embiricos, Christina Koulouri, Sir Michael Llewellyn Smith and Eleni Bastea. The music is by Nikos Platyrachos, Aliki Panagi did the editing and Buddy Squires the cinematography.

Alexander Kitroeff is the historical consultant and Maria Iliou the director of the film and curator of the exhibition.

The public will have the opportunity to see the documentary at daily screenings at the amphitheater at the same building, with the exhibition, 1 Koumbari street, from February 12th to April 26th 2020.

In the years to come the next four documentary films and exhibitions on the history of modern Athens will be presented.

Athens and the Great Idea, 1896-1922

Athens Caught in Conflicts, 1922-1950

Athens Spreading Out, 1950-1974

Athens, a European capital, 1974-2021

The project is dedicated to the memory of Angelos Delivorrias.

Watchtower

Go to the top floor of the New Watergas building and enjoy a breathtaking 360° view to the city!

A Tour for the Senses

Come to the IGM and find out what’s in the yellow boxes! Learn the history of the old gasworks through the magical world of the senses.

Guided tours

In English and French for groups of 10-30 persons (upon request)

Industrial Gas Museum Shop

Unique gifts, souvenirs, jewellery and books for children and grown-ups, inspired by the old gasworks.
*Special offers for groups.

Café

Discover the new menu and enjoy a coffee, drink or a snack in a unique industrial space in the city centre, at Technopolis City of Athens café.
*Special offers for groups.

Sky Walk

Climb, balance and… sharpen your wits on Sky Walk, an ultramodern action park, in complete safety.

Rafael’s fresco “The School of Athens” is an ambition; a utopian vision of a free, open, informal, and common space for learning. It is an in-between space. Neither inside nor outside, not quite a room, but also not simply a space for circulation. It is not a classroom, and yet we see scholars and students debating, teaching, and studying.

Although we typically think of learning taking place in the classroom, educators and architects have recognized for thousands of years that learning also takes place in the space between; in the hallways, on the stairs, at the café, in the quad – the spaces we call the academic commons. Socrates taught in the Agora. Plato founded his Academy in the olive grove outside of Athens and often taught while walking. Medieval colleges were organized around a communal courtyard and 20th century universities are filled with generous circulation corridors that double as informal learning spaces.

The School of Athens exhibition showcases physical models of seventy different academic common spaces from across history and around the world, both realized and unrealized. All models are printed at the same scale - 1:200 - and show only the portion of the university that we have identified as the academic commons, excluding all of the other closed spaces like classrooms and offices. By no means canonical or complete, this work is an ongoing and evolving research project – an ever expanding spatial atlas of the architecture of the academic commons.

Curated by NEIHEISER ARGYROS, The School of Athens at the Benaki Museum continues and expands the research exhibited at the Greek National Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale and forms a collaboration between students of the National Technical University in Athens (NTUA) and the Architectural Association (AA) in London.

Prodanou’s paintings show passion, figures with other figures, strengths and weaknesses, all part of the human condition.

During his architectural school years and practice, Michael Prodanou dealt with proportion, volume, and space, as well as technical issues relating to building construction. When he started drawing figures, the technical issues became less important and he dealt with composition, movement, and emotion, issues not usually related to architecture. He also decided that he wasn’t just drawing the figure in front of him, but more importantly, he was drawing what the figure was doing. Prodanou was less interested in academic skill, but more in showing the dynamics of the pose and responding to it on a personal level. Expressing that energy with different levels of marks and tools, charcoal and water, cloth and sponge, became his main goal. Add paint and colour, and that is the ignition that elevates the drawing to a different level of interest and emotion.

Registrations: Information Desk.