News Bulletin: The New Acropolis Museum for the International Museum Day and the European Museum Night!

Night view of the Museum, eastern facade © Acropolis Museum. Photo Nikos Daniilidis 

News Bulletin: The New Acropolis Museum is celebrating the International Museum Day and the European Museum Night on Wednesday 18th of May 2011. The Museum will be open from 08.00 until 00.00 and there will not be any admission fee. The Museum Café & Restaurant, as well as the Museum Shop will be regularly functioning.

Also, the Acropolis Museum by that date will have renewed the informational material addressed to visitors. New signs of the exhibits, along with 5 large glass signs will  be mark eras and chapters, providing historical data, pointing out the outstanding characteristics of some periods and underlining the part of art pieces for the societies of those ages. Two further large signs will be representing: a) the material of sculptures and the tools od processing, b) the colors of the sculptures, samples of mineral colors and testing on marble. 

At 20.30 the Museum will be hosting the Symphonic Orchestra of the Municipality of Athens who will be presenting the masterpieces of Beethoven, Musorgsky, Fauré and Borodin.

Source: The New Acropolis Museum / 10/5/2011
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