Gennadius Library

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens presents some of the Gennadius Library's most important specimens of Asia Minor editions, manuscripts and documents, focusing on the geographical dispersion of Greek printing houses in Smyrna, but also in Kydonies and Trebizond from 1764 to 1922. For a detailed description of the exhibition and visitor information, log on to ascsa.edu.gr.

The Gennadius Library at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens (ASCSA) will organize a live webinar featuring Daniel H. Weiss, President and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, on Wednesday, June 24, at 7 p.m.

The year 2019 marked 400 years since the birth of Francesco Morosini (1619-94), who was elected doge of Venice in 1688, and Maria Georgopoulou, director of the Gennadius Library, and Alexis Malliaris, archivist at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, have curated an exhibition that showcases several important events in his military and administrative career.

The Gennadius Library presents "Spolia: Transcripts of the Stones of the Little Metropolis" at the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA), in which architect and artist Nora Okka exhibits 22 paper squeezes of relief sculpture from the Little Metropolis, a Byzantine-era church located in Mitropolis Square, next to the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, and

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens presents "Acropolis Redux: Caryatid/Frieze," an exhibition presenting the work of British photographer Ian Walker, who captured the enduring presence of the Erechtheion's Caryatids and the Parthenon's frieze in various guises from London housing projects to a Cleveland mansion.

Walking through the iron gate and into the pretty garden of the Gennadius Library feels like stepping into a literary adventure. According to its director, Maria Georgopoulou, "there is always the possibility that right beside the book you are looking for, you may find the one you were supposed to find."

US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt (center) poses at the inauguration of the new wing of the Gennadius Library at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens (ASCSA), Monday. Library director Maria Georgopoulou is to his right and ASCSA director Jenifer Neils and benefactor Deno Macricostas to his left.

An exhibition of sculptures by Greek artist Alexandra Athanassiades, titled 'Beyond Cavafy's Written Word,' was inaugurated yesterday at the Gennadius Library, at the American School of Classical Studies.

The Schwarz Foundation and the Gennadius Library present a program of classical musical evenings at Cotsen Hall from September 27-30. Each evening will feature a different program with soloists and musicians from the renowned Curtis Institute of Museum in Philadelphia, PA. The concerts start at 8.30 p.m. and admission is free of charge.

In association with the Schwarz Foundation, the Gennadius Library at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens is hosting a series of classical music concerts featuring featuring Curtis on Tour, the Nina von Maltzahn Global Touring Initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music. Performances take place at the library's Cotsen Hall on September 28, 29 and 30 and October 1.