Byzantine and Christian Museum

In "Broken History," on show at the Byzantine and Christian Museum, painter and Athens School of Fine Arts professor Pavlos Samios explores how time affects history in a series of works on cardboard that juxtapose ancient art with street art, the past and the present. The show will open at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 15. Visiting hours are Wednesdays to Mondays from 8.30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

In "Broken History," on show at the Byzantine and Christian Museum, painter and Athens School of Fine Arts professor Pavlos Samios explores how time affects history in a series of works on cardboard that juxtapose ancient art with street art, the past and the present. The show will open at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 15. Visiting hours are Wednesdays to Mondays from 8.30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Byzantine and Christian Museum exhibition "Byzantium and the Others in the First Millennium: An Empire of Stability in a Turbulent Era," examines the influential role of Byzantium in Europe and the Mediterranean region from 300 to 1000 AD, a turbulent period of upheavals, in six thematic sections and with objects on loan from significant museums and cultural institutions in Greece and abroa

The Athens Open Air Film Festival launches its eighth annual edition on Monday, June 4, with the 1995 American romantic drama "The Bridges of Madison County" as its first screening. This year, the festival program includes 18 classic films, many of which are famous literary adaptations.

"Cycladic Snapshots: Monuments and People," organized by the Cyclades Ephorate of Antiquities in cooperation with the French School at Athens and the Byzantine and Christian Museum, presents people who have worked to uncover, protect and promote archaeological treasures excavated in the Cyclades group of islands from the late 19th century to the present, along with archaeological finds, most of

Actors from the National Theater of Northern Greece will be reading extracts from Byzantine and post-Byzantine-era texts at the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens, in an event marking European Heritage Days. The event starts at 7.30 p.m. and admission is free of charge.

Italy's Galleria Giorgio Persano in Turin presents an exhibition at the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens by Alfredo Romano. "Angelis suis mandavit de te" comprises works dating from the late 80s to the present, together with pieces and installations made specifically for this exhibition in order to establish a dialogue with the museum's own collections.

The Museum of the Sacred Monastery of Evangelismos Theotokou on the Aegean island of Skiathos is hosting "Journey to the Holy Lands Through the Byzantine and Christian Museum's 18th-19th Century Pilgrims' Guides," an exhibition organized by the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens and the Skiathos Cultural Association, from May 7 to October 8.

The Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens presents "The State Hermitage Museum: Gateway to History," an exhibition of works from the permanent collections of the renowned Saint Petersburg museum. The exhibition opens on Wednesday, November 2, and runs through February 26, 2017.

The City of Athens Choir will perform a selection of works in the garden of the Byzantine & Christian Museum in central Athens on Saturday, September 10. The concert starts at 8 p.m. and admission is free of charge.

Byzantine & Christian Museum, 22 Vassilissis Sofias, tel 213.213.9500, www.byzantinemuseum.gr