GREECE-ATHENS-INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY

GREECE-ATHENS-INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY

(240519) -- ATHENS, May 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A guide introduces the exhibits at the Museum of Cycladic Art, in Athens, Greece, on May 18, 2024. All museums and archaeological sites in Greece opened for free on Saturday, the International Museum Day. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

GREECE-ATHENS-INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY

GREECE-ATHENS-INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY

(240519) -- ATHENS, May 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A man visits the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens, Greece, on May 18, 2024. All museums and archaeological sites in Greece opened for free on Saturday, the International Museum Day. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

Greece welcomes repatriated antiquities under agreement with U.S. museum

STORY: Greece welcomes repatriated antiquities under agreement with U.S. museum DATELINE: Nov. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): LINA MENDONI, Greek Minister of Culture and Sports 3. various of the exhibition 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Greek): LINA MENDONI, Greek Minister of Culture and Sports STORYLINE: Greece has welcomed 15 antiquities which have been currently put on display in an Athens museum under an agreement with a U.S. museum, as efforts for the repatriation of more of its cultural treasures continue, Greek Minister of Culture and Sports Lina Mendoni said on Tuesday. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): LINA MENDONI, Greek Minister of Culture and Sports "An entire extremely important collection that has been in New York all these years is gradually being repatriated." Hosted at the Museum of Cycladic Art, the exhibition is named "Homecoming, Cycladic treasures on their return journey." The 15 figurines dating back to 5,300 - 2,400/

Greece's museum launches innovative program for people with sensory impairments

STORY: Greece's museum launches innovative program for people with sensory impairments DATELINE: June 11, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:44 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: CULTURE/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1 various of the Museum of Cycladic Art 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): NIKOLAOS KALTSAS, Scientific director, Museum of Cycladic Art 3 SOUNDBITE 2 (Greek): JULIANNA BOUSSI, Visually impaired teacher STORYLINE: The Museum of Cycladic Art in Greece launched an innovative program to enhance the access and inclusion of individuals with sensory impairments, according to an e-mailed press release on Friday. Under the permanent program "In Touch," people with visual and hearing impairments are now able to become familiar with the museum's permanent collection, including one of the most complete worldwide private collections of the art of the Cycladic culture that flourished in the central Aegean Sea during the Early Bronze Age (3rd millennium B.C.). For the purpose of the program, visitors with sensory disabilities will be given guided t