BYZANTINE AND CHRISTIAN MUSEUM

22, VASILISSIS SOFIAS Ave.
ATHENS CENTER, 10675 PREFECTURE OF ATTICA
Tel: 213-2139572 210-7294926 213-2139500-1
Fax: 210-7231883
e-Mail: info@byzantinemuseum.gr
Web Site: http://www.byzantinemuseum.gr

The Museum

The Byzantine and Christian Museum, which is based in Athens, is one of Greece΄s national museums. Its areas of competency are centred on - but not limited to - religious artefacts of the Early Christian, Byzantine, Medieval, post-Byzantine and later periods which it exhibits, but also acquires, receives, preserves, conserves, records, documents, researches, studies, publishes and raises awareness of.

The museum has over 25,000 artefacts in its possession. The artefacts date from between the 3rd and 20th century AD, and their provenance encompasses the entire Greek world, as well as regions in which Hellenism flourished. The size and range of the collections and value of the exhibits makes the Museum a veritable treasury of Byzantine and post-Byzantine art and culture.

Education

As part of its commitment to playing an ever more significant educational role, the Byzantine and Christian Museum began to design and implement educational programmes in 1989.

The Museum set up its Educational Programmes Office (EPO) in 2000 with a view to engaging in more, and more systematic, educational activities. Its core aims are: 1) to provide support for a range of target visitor groups through the provision of multiple interpretational/educational proposals, and 2) to contribute to the Museum΄s efforts to upgrade its educational and communicational profile.

The Educational Programmes Office therefore:

Contributes to the design of exhibitions and other activities aimed at the public through its participation in the Museum΄s specialist design groups.
Designs and implements thematically organized educational programmes for school groups (in Greek language) of every age and level. The programmes make use of both permanent and temporary exhibitions.
Organizes informational meetings for teachers concerning the permanent exhibition.
Designs and implements interpretational/educational activities for families.
Designs educational activities tailored to the needs of groups of people with disabilities.
Designs educational activities tailored to the needs of adult groups of various kinds.
Designs and distributes educational material.
Develops collaborations with educational and cultural organizations

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