Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 13-06-20
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[01] Athens University offers guided tours of museums in Athens
[01] Athens University offers guided tours of museums in Athens
University of Athens (UoA) professors and associates will offer guided
tours of museums in the Greek capital, aspiring to introduce its cultural
treasures to the people.
In the context of the initiative titled "Two museums in a day", the
public will have the opportunity on Saturday, June 29 to enjoy a guided
tour of the Athens University History Museum and the Pavlos & Alexandra
Kanellopoulou Museum.
The Athens University History Museum is located in the heart of the
City of Athens, in the district of Plaka, on the northern flank of the
Acropolis. It is located in the historical Stamatios Cleanthis Residence,
also known as "The Old University" where the first University of Greece
operated in the period 1837-1841.
The prime exhibit of the museum is the building itself. Its
collection includes rare editions of handwritten books, portraits
of university professors, manuscripts, letters, diplomas, old
scientific instruments used in medicine, physics, chemistry
and pharmacology and medallions. Among the museum's most valued
exhibits is the university flag designed by Nikolaos Gyzis in
Munich on the occasion of the university's 50th anniversary in
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The Pavlos and Alexandra Kanellopoulou Museum was established in
1976 following the donation to the Greek state of the Kanellopoulou
collection. It was originally housed in the neoclassical mansion of the
Michaleas family in Plaka.
It reopened in 2010 with the addition of a new wing donated by the late
Alexandra Kanellopoulou. The Museum features objects dating from the
Prehistoric to the Modern Era highlighting the timeless continuity of
Greek art.
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