Fox News: All about National Archaeological Museum in Athens, one of the world’s most prominent museums of its kind

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All about National Archaeological Museum in Athens, one of the world's most prominent museums of its kind

The National Archaeological Museum houses artifacts dating back thousands of years. The collections are full of sculptures, artworks and more for guests to explore....                        ...                        ...                            ...The You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in Athens, Greece, houses significant artifacts dating back thousands of years. The museum includes five main permanent collections, as well as temporary ones, for guests to explore during their visit. ......The museum was founded in 1829, originally headquartered in Aegina, the first capital of Greece, before being transferred to Athens in 1834, according to the National Archaeological Museum's website. ......Antiques were originally held in different buildings and monuments, before Eleni Tositsa donated land and the Bernardakis family sponsored the construction of the original building in 1866, which was designed by Ludwig Lange and saw modifications under Ernst Ziller, per the source. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......In 1889, the museum first opened its doors for visitors, according to the National Archaeological Museum's website. ......From 1932 to 1939, the National Archaeological Museum saw further expansion with the designs of George Nomikos, according to the museum's website.  ......Then was the start of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login During this time, all the artifacts were put in boxes and placed underground for safekeeping, the source reports, with repair work commencing after the conclusion of the war. ......The National Archaeological Museum includes five main permanent collections; "Prehistoric Antiquities," "Sculpture Collection," "Vase and Minerals Collection," "Metallurgical Works Collection" and "Egyptian and Eastern Antiquities." ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Each of the collections is unique in the artifacts included and brings pieces of the past into the present. ......"Prehistoric Antiquities" includes work from the Neolithic period and the Bronze Age, from mainland Greece, the Aegean Islands and Troy, according to the museum's website. Notable pieces part of this collection include the royal tombs of Mycenae, Cycladic marble figurines as well as wall paintings of Thera, per the source. ......The "Sculpture Collection" is full of intricate sculptures dating from the 7th century B.C. up until the 5th century A.D., according to the National Archaeological Museum's website. ......The sculptures part of this collection include ones that have come from sanctuaries, necropolises as well as public buildings in Attica, Eastern Sterea Ellada, the Peloponnese and the Aegean Islands, according to the source. ......Additionally, there are pieces of sculpted art as part of this collection that have come from Thessaly, Western Greece, Macedonia, Thrace and Cyprus, the website notes. ......The "Vase and Minerals Collection" includes Greek ceramics from the 11th century B.C. up You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login according to the National Archaeological Museum. ......Bronze works, heavily from excavations of the 19th and early 20th century make up the "Metallurgical Works Collection," according to the museum's website. ......As for "Egyptian and Eastern Antiquities," many pieces included have been thanks to donations from various donors, including Ioannis Dimitriou and Alexandros Rostovich. ......More donations were from the Greek Archaeological Society in 1894 as well as the government of Egypt in 1893. ...

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