President of the Greek Community of Melbourne, Bill Papastergiadis OAM met with Greece’s Minister of Culture and Sports Lina Mendoni before her trip to Australia for the launch of the Open Horizons Exhibition at the Melbourne Museum next week.
Speaking as the Chair of the Exhibition’s Community Advisory Group, Bill Papastergiadis said “The Open Horizons exhibition brings never travelled artefacts from the Archeological Museum to the Melbourne Museum.”
“The exhibition will provide all Australians with a unique experience and we are grateful to the State Government and Steve Dimopoulos and Kat Theophanous for making it happen. The collaboration with Greece on this matter demonstrates that our state facilitates a truly cosmopolitan and multicultural discourse.”
In turn, Minister Mendoni expressed her excitement for the trip and noted that she has visited both Melbourne and Sydney previously.
The meeting also gave the opportunity for Mr Papastergiadis to discuss further opportunities that could be explored by community groups in Australia in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture.
“It has been almost thee years since we last visited Greece and now is the time to expand the links and projects that can tour between the two countries,” Bill Papastergiadis told Minister Mendoni.
Minister Mendoni said that she was keen to ensure the dialogue and exchange moved to new levels post COVID-19.
Mr Papastergiadis also spoke with Dr Olga Karapanagiotidou, Director off the Archeological Museum of Athens in regards a lecture which she is set to present on 26 April at the Greek Centre as part of the exhibition and tour.
