National Library Greece and the Actopolis Museum participate in the European Days of Conservation-Restoration 2024.

National Library Greece

The Conservation Service of the NLG participates in the celebration of European Conservation-Restoration Day 2024 with the educational programme “Break ’74. From Dictatorship to Democracy”.

In the exhibition “Break’74. From Dictatorship to Democracy”, rare copies of books, historical publications and archival material, interact with the public as witnesses of the recent collective memory. Conservation becomes part of the exhibition, as selected items are removed from the display cases, preserved on site and made available to the public again.

The Acropolis Museum

Among the Acropolis Museum’s main concerns are the conservation and restoration of the works in its collections, taking preventive steps to ensure appropriate environmental conditions for its exhibits; and their presentation to the public in a fresh, contemporary way. To this end, the Museum encourages research, takes steps to promote scientific knowledge and introduces innovative ways of presenting exhibits.

In order to engage visitors to this exciting procedure, the Acropolis Museum participates in the celebration of the European Days of Conservation-Restoration 2024 with the program ‘From the soil to the Museum’ on 17, 18 and 20 October 2024. This is a journey in the complicated world of the restoration of antiquities brought to light in the excavation that extends beneath the Acropolis Museum building. The Museum’s conservators will share with the public their methods and the practices they followed to preserve the life of the buildings of the ancient neighbourhood, as well as the artefacts that were discovered, from the moment they were unearthed until they were displayed in the Excavation Museum.