Acropolis Birthday | Athens | June 20

The Acropolis Museum celebrates its eighth birthday on Tuesday, June 20. With free admission from 8 p.m. onwards, the museum will screen a film about recent findings from the caves around the Acropolis, sites that were first inhabited in prehistoric times, and developed into important places of worship in antiquity. At 9 p.m., the Orchestra of the Center of Arts & Culture of Dion will perform popular Greek songs in the entrance courtyard, with soloists Vassilis Lekkas, Alexandra Gravas, Babis Velissarios and Filio Servou. Also, the exhibition halls and restaurant will stay open until midnight.

Acropolis Museum, Dionysiou Areopagitou,
tel 210.900.0900, www.theacropolismuseum.gr