The Acropolis Museum will celebrate the festive season with family programs, evening gallery tours for adults, hidden stories of the exhibits, unique gifts, and festive meals at the restaurant.
Christmas carols
Thursday 22 December, the Museum will welcome the Greek National Opera’s Children’s Chorus for a Christmas concert, directed by Konstantina Pitsiakou. On Wednesday 28 December the Female Choir Ensemble ‘Chórεs’ will present traditional carols and songs from Greek and international repertoire, directed by Simela Emmanouilidou. For new year, the Museum on Friday 30 December the Efxinos Club of Episkopi Naousa in Imathia that will present traditional carols and Pontian dances.
Evening tours at the Museum and traditional recipes
Every Friday of the month of December, there will be a walk in the Parthenon Gallery, where two ancient vessels from Toronto, Canada, are closely related to the Parthenon’s frieze. Clay and marble reveal known and unknown aspects of the Great Panathenaia, which you can discover together with the Museum’s archaeologists in the Parthenon Gallery.
Goblin …mix up
This Christmas, goblins invade the Acropolis Museum. They will team up with mischievous creatures of antiquity, such as Satyrs and Pan. In this program, set up in the form of interactive play, Museum archaeologists are asking for the help of the children to fix the chaos and keep troublemakers away.
Hidden stories of 20+1 masterpieces
The Museum’s archaeologists will host the hidden stories of 20+1 masterpieces every Saturday of December. Myths and fables, folklores and traditions, historical milestones and human stories will transform into art.
For more information and program times go to https://theacropolismuseum.gr/en/events/festive-mood-at-the-acropolis-museum