Museology

A gendarmerie sergeant who missed his own wedding ceremony due to a lack of security on the road by his unit's southeastern border station has been granted special permission to attend the wedding party.

The Acropolis Museum located in Athens, Greece is among the best museums ranked 11th in the world attracting hundreds of tourists every year and receiving great reviews.

Greek museums posted a 12.4-percent increase in the number of visitors in the January-May period this year compared with 2014, while much-needed revenues for state coffers generated by the museums were up 19 percent.

Alternate Culture Minister Nikos Xydakis represented Greece in the international conference “Culture: an instrument of dialogue among peoples”, organized by Italy in the premises of the International Exhibition of the Milan Expo 2015. The conference had the participation of eight three countries and Xydakis had the opportunity to promote cultural partnerships.

If you think everybody leaves their town during summer holidays, you are wrong. Me and many people like me enjoy the holiday tranquility of the city. Holidays are not only times to rest and relax but also to nurture and renew.  

If you care about your brain - I would recommend you do - as much as you care about your body, do make a culture program for yourself. 

The Baks? Museum, which was founded in 2010 at a location 45 kilometers away from the southeastern province of Bayburt?s Baks? village and brings together contemporary art and traditional handicrafts under the same roof, is preparing for the new tourism season. 

A presentation of designs for a new state-of-the-art museum for underwater antiquities at the port of Piraeus took place this week at the site where the new museum will be transformed from a current industrial site.
The presentation took place aboard a Liberty-class freighter now also serving as a floating museum.

UNESCO member states signed a declaration expressing their political will to protect humanity’s cultural heritage on Wednesday after an initiative put forward by Greece.

The Bulgarian government approved the drafts of three bilateral documents for cooperation in the areas of education, science and culture with Greece, Albania and Kosovo for the 2015-2017 period.

Alternate Minister for Culture Nikos Xydakis expressed Greece’s full support for the directives issued by UNESCO on the national policies to combat illicit trafficking of cultural goods. Speaking at the Third Meeting of States Parties to the 1970 Convention in Paris, he presented the Greek proposal on the illegal cultural trade called “Stop Illicit Trafficking”.