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AMAROUSSIO (Suburb of Athens) ATTIKI
Tel: +30 210 6127245
Fax: +30 210 6127206
The Museum
was founded in 1991 by the most famous shadow player in Greece Eugenios Spatharis, a successful outcome of long-term and persisting efforts.
The Museum exhibits derived from his own collections, his father's Sotiris Spatharis and other Shadow Theatre artists as well.
The permanent exhibition - namely figures, accessories and stage material of the Greek shadow theatre - presents the history and evolution
of this traditional popular art from 1860 to the present. The Museum also possesses a library, an archive of press cuttings, photos and posters.
According to Eygenios Spatharis the aim of the museum "is not to show a lifeless exhibition of shadows...On the contrary, the intention is to keep them alive in a permanent hospitable home in which all young and old visitors will be accepted to amuse themselves and leave satisfied. Karagiozis' friends can also travel in the magic world of shadows learning about the performances and their history."
Some of the most important exhibits of the museum are:
• The classical figure of Karaghiozis,
drawn by Eugenios Spatharis. The first coloured figure was created in 1920.
• Black and
white figures of the traditional Shadow Theatre of the period 1900-1930.
• Coloured
shadow theatre figures of various types.
KIFISSIA (Suburb of Athens) ATTIKI
Tel: +30 210 8015870
Fax: +30 210 8080674
The Natural History Museum
was founded in 1964 by Angelos and Niki Goulandris, as a private non profit institution
devoted to study and protection of natural environment, the first museum of its kind to be established in Greece.
The Museum galleries host extensive collections of animal and plant fossils,
representative samples of contemporary flora and fauna from all over the Greek territory and a rich minerals and rock collection.
The exhibits illustrate the evolution and biodiversity of ecosystems,
while a special display is dedicated to man’s first appearance and development on earth.
The exhibition galleries encompass the following fields:
• Botany
• Zoology
• Entomology
• Marine Biology
• Ornithology
• Herpetology
• Geology
• Paleontology
Furthermore the Institute’s primary mission - and its founders’ vision -
is to promote the ecological principals and the environmental protection ethics.
Special displays are dedicated to two marine species threatened by extinction,
the Mediterranean monk seal
(Monachus monachus) - a rare and one of the most endangered mammals in the world -
and the Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta).
In addition the Museum has developed a continuous and eminent scientific activity,
relating to field research, collection, identification and recording of species, landscape studies of areas of particular environmental interest,
digitization of the museum collections, publications, collaborations with other scientific centres and institutes in Greece and abroad.
The Goulandris Natural History Museum was also the first to initiate environmental education in Greece and today plays a pivotal role in this field
by the implementation of programs, projects and workshops, addressed to pre-school and school-aged children, but also to the general public.
Ever since its foundation the activities of the Museum focus on raising awareness about the critical environmental issues
and cultivating attitudes favouring the preservation of natural wealth.
Tel: +30 210 8085560
Fax: +30 210 8085560
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