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project info
Start date: 1 January 2021
End date: 31 December 2027
funding
Fund: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Total budget: 3 787 626,76 €
EU contribution: 1 745 204,83 € (50%)
programme
Programming period: 2021-2027
European Commission Topic
European Commission Topic

Reopening with new uses of the Old Acropolis Museum

The Old Acropolis Museum PMA was founded in the SE of the Parthenon in 1865 and was completed in 1874 It is the first building in the modern Greek state that was built specifically for a simple and simple museum The building is stone-built simple without architectural decoration subtly subordinated to the architecture of the neighboring monuments In July 2007 the old Acropolis Museum closed its doors to the public in order for the exhibits to be dismantled and packaged for their transportation to the New Acropolis Museum The Athens City EFA in order to organize and protect the archaeological material that comes from the Acropolis and is stored in improperly housed or outdoor spaces and to improve access to it in order to maintain its design and maintenance plans the upgrade and reopening of the building of the Old Museum under the conditions of a modern museum space that will host temporary exhibitions unknown to date to the general public. This project, in combination with the upgrade of the open view conservation laboratory west of the Old Museum, will be a dynamic intervention in the archaeological site of the Acropolis as it will respond to the demands of the prominent archaeological site of the Greek and international public of specialist scientists in a way that will correspond to the uniqueness of the UNESCO World Heritage Site and the first monument of the European Heritage List by re-creating a visiting museum site on the sacred rock of the Acropolis.

Flag of Greece  Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών, Greece