The exhibits of the Acropolis Museum often travel in other parts of Greece and the rest of the world. Their presence in temporary exhibitions organized by the Museum or other bodies contributes in the promotion of values and ideas of Greek culture and its artistic and social achievements. Furthermore it contributes in creating relations of mutual understanding, dialogue and collaboration between different people.
Toronto, Canada, Royal Ontario Museum
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The Acropolis Museum participates in the presentation “From Athens to Toronto: A Greek Masterpiece Revealed”, with the Kore statue Acr. 670. The exhibition is organized by the Acropolis Museum and the Royal Ontario Museum as part of cultural exchanges between the two museums.
Palermo, Sicily, Archaeological Museum Antonino Salinas
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The statue of the goddess Athena Acr. 3027 is presented at the Archaeological Museum of Antonino Salinas in Palermo, where it will remain for four years. Afterwards it will be replaced for four more years by a clay amphora. This presentation takes place as a result of the close bonds of cultural relations between the two museums, especially after the deposit of the fragment from Block VI of the Parthenon's east frieze to the Acropolis Museum for at least eight years. Read more.
Athens, Museum of Cycladic Art
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The Acropolis Museum is participating in the exhibition “KALLOS. The Ultimate Beauty”, with five of its artefacts: the fragment of a marble metope with an erotic inscription Acr. 7530; the statue of Kore Acr. 675 ("Chiotissa"); the portrait of the Alexander the Great Acr. 1331; the head of the Kore statue Acr. 643 and the red-figure lekythos Acr. 6471.
Vilnius, Lithuania, Palace of the Grand Dukes
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The Acropolis Museum participated in the exhibition “The Aristotle of the Acropolis Museum”, with its marble portrait bust of Aristotle, ΝΜΑ 5053. The event was organized by the Acropolis Museum, the National Museum of Lithuania and the Embassy of Greece in Vilnius.
Shanghai, China, Shanghai Museum
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The Acropolis Museum participated in the exhibition “Treasures of the Acropolis Museum”, with two of its artefacts: Kore statue, Acr. 670 and the cover of a red-figure lekanis, ΝΑ 1956 ΝΑΚ 232. The exhibition was organized by the Acropolis Museum and the Shanghai Museum.
New York, NY, USA, Alexander S. Onassis Cultural Foundation
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The Acropolis Museum participated in the exhibition “A World of Emotions: Ancient Greece, 700 BC-200 AD”, with three of its artefacts: Kore statue, Acr. 670; the “Relief of the Cart Driver”, EAM 1341; and the Ceramic Antefix with a Gorgon Head, Αcr. 78.
Moscow, Russia, State Historical Museum
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The Acropolis Museum participated in the exhibition “Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece”, with four of its artefacts: “The Relief of Pensive Athena”, Acr. 695; the bronze figurine of Athena Promachos, ΕΑΜ Χ 6447; the relief plaque depicting Athena mounting a chariot, Αcr. 12981; and the cover of a red-figure lekanis, ΝΑ 1956 ΝΑΚ 232.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum
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The Acropolis Museum participated in the exhibition “Odysseys”, with three of its artefacts: the bronze lamp in the form of a warship, ΕΑΜ X 7038; the “Boy with a Dolphin” figurine from the decoration of a bronze vessel, EAM X 6626; and the inscribed stele with decrees for the temple of Athena Nike, ΕΜ 8116.
Japan
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Tokyo, National Museum, 21 June-19 September, 2016
Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefectural Museum of Art, 8 October-4 December, 2016
Kobe, Kobe City Museum, 17 December, 2016-20 March, 2017
The Acropolis Museum participated in the exhibition “A Journey to the Lands of Immortals”, with four of its artefacts: the relief sculpture depicting the state trireme Paralos, Acr. 1339; Kore statue, Acr. 678; and the busts of Aristotle, ΝΜΑ 5053, and Alexander the Great, Acr. 1331.
St Petersburg, Russia, The State Hermitage Museum
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The Acropolis Museum participated in the presentation “Exhibition of a Masterpiece from the Acropolis Museum”, with its Kore statue, Acr. 670. The exhibition was organized by the Acropolis Museum and the State Hermitage Museum, within the framework of the Greek-Russian Year 2016”.
Canada and USA
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Montreal, Pointe-à-Callière Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History Complex, 12 December, 2014-26 April, 2015
Ottawa, Canadian Museum of History, 5 June, 2015-12 October, 2015
Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 26 November,2015-10 April, 2016
Washington DC, National Geographic Museum, 1 June-10 October, 2016
The Acropolis Museum participated in the exhibition “The Greeks: From Agamemnon to Alexander the Great”, with seven of its artefacts: the marble head of an athlete, Acr. 699; Kore statue, Acr. 673; a portion of a relief-carved stele for an honorary decree, Acr. 6787; part of the marble capital from the inscribed base of a dedication, Acr. 3761; the head of a female statue, Acr. 1309; the head of a male statue, Acr. 7243; a portion of an honorary stele for Asklepiodoros, ΕΜ 2811 and 7180.
Brussels, Belgium BOZAR – Centre of Fine Arts
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The Acropolis Museum participated in the exhibition “Nautilus: Navigating Greece”, with four of its artefacts: the bronze figurine of Athena Promachos, EAM X 6454; the relief sculpture depicting the state trireme Paralos, Acr. 1339; the “Boy with a Dolphin” figurine from the decoration of a bronze vessel, EAM X 6626; and the bronze lamp in the form of a warship, ΕΑΜ X 7038.
USA
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Washington DC, National Gallery of Art
6 October, 2013-2 March, 2014
Malibu, California, The Getty
9 April - 25 August, 2014
The Acropolis Museum participated in the exhibition “Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections”, with a relief plaque depicting one of the Dioskouroi, M 2516.
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