THE MUSEUM ABROAD

 

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.

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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, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Gennadius Library, Ioannis Makriyannis Wing

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The Acropolis Museum participates in the exhibition "Hippos - The Horse in Ancient Athens", with two of its artefacts: the votive relief Acr. 4688+EAM 2970 and the base of a dedication Acr. 2993.

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.

Indianapolis, USA, Children’s Museum

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The Acropolis Museum is participating in the exhibition “Ancient Greece. Life, Myth and Heroes”,with seven of its artefacts: Kore statue, Αcr. 678; bust of Plato, Μ 163; and copies of Blocks VII,VIII, IX, X, XI of the Parthenon’s west frieze.

Seoul, South Korea, Hangaram Art Museum

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The Acropolis Museum participated in the exhibition “The Greeks. Agamemnon to Alexander the Great”, with two of its artefacts: Kore statue, Acr. 673 and a portion of an honorary stele for Asklepiodoros, ΕΜ 2811 and 7180.

Athens, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Gennadius Library, Ioannis Makriyannis Wing

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The Acropolis Museum participated in the exhibition “Acropolis Redux: Caryatid /Frieze”, with its fragment of the Parthenon’s frieze, S 1776.

Beijing, China, National Museum of China

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The Acropolis Museum participated in the exhibition “The Joint Exhibition of Asian Civilization”,with its portrait of Alexander the Great, Acr. 1331.

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.

Münster, Germany, Archaeological Museum of the University of Münster

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The Acropolis Museum participated in the exhibition “Peace. From Antiquity to the Present Day”, with its inscribed stele bearing official decrees for the Samians, Acr. 1333.

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.

Athens Museum of Cycladic Art

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The Acropolis Museum participated in the exhibition “Money. Tangible Symbols in Ancient Greece”, with two of its artefacts: the relief sculpture depicting the state trireme Paralos, Acr. 1339; and the bronze lamp in the form of a warship, ΕΑΜ X 7038.

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.

Athens, Technopolis, City of Athens

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The Acropolis Museum participated in the exhibition “GR80s. Greece of the 1980s”, with its copy of the Parthenon’s west frieze (1:20 scale).

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”.

Rome, Italy, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Altemps

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The Acropolis Museum participated in the exhibition “La Forza delle Rovine”, with its Kore statue, Acr. 602.

Athens, Numismatic Museum

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The Acropolis Museum participated in the exhibition “Whence Silver was Born. The Ancient Coinage of Athens. Mines, Metals and Coins”, with its Acropolis Treasure, a hoard of 62 silver Athenian coins of the Archaic era.

Rome, Italy, Capitoline Museums

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The Acropolis Museum participated in the exhibition “The Age of Anxiety”, with the marble portrait of a priest, Αcr. 1353.

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.

Athens, Exhibition hall Metropolitan Expo

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The Acropolis Museum took part in the international exhibition “Greek Tourism” with its own pavilion. There exact copies of original exhibits as well as digital representations of the Parthenon’s frieze were exhibited.

Athens, Museum of Cycladic Art

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The Acropolis Museum participated in the exhibition “Hygieia: Health, Illness, Treatment from Homer to Galen”, with the relief depicting a healing deity, possibly Heracles-Pankrates, Acr. 7232.

Athens, National Archaeological Museum

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The Acropolis Museum participated in the exhibition “Classicita ed Europa. The Common Destiny of Greece and Italy”, with two of its artefacts: “The Relief of Pensive Athena”, Acr. 695; and Kore statue, Acr. 673.

Rome, Italy, Presidential Palace

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The Acropolis Museum participated in the exhibition “Classicita ed Europa. The Common Destiny of Greece and Italy”, with two of its artefacts: “The Relief of Pensive Athena”, Acr. 695; and Kore statue, Acr. 673.

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.

Athens, Museum of Cycladic Art

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The Acropolis Museum participated in the exhibition “Figures loved and idealised… Illustrating poems by C.P. Cavafy”, with the bust of a ruler, EAM 419.

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.

Ioannina, Archaeological Museum

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The Acropolis Museum participated in the exhibition “Pyrrhus Leader King”, with a bust of Alexander the Great, Acr. 1331.

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