Announcement regarding the Operation of the B.C.M. and the Loverdos Museum on Friday the 17th of November 2023

15.11.2023

We would like to inform you that on Friday, the 17th of November, 2023, the Byzantine & Christian Museum will be open until 12:00, due to the events in the area of the center of Athens for the 50th anniversary of the Polytechnic. The Loverdos Museum, a branch of the Byzantine & Christian Museum at 6 Mavromichali Street, will be closed to the public.

Library reopening

09.11.2023

We would like to inform you that from Monday, the 13th of November 2023 the Museum library will reopen to the public...

FREE ENTRANCE TO THE MUSEUM ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 5TH 2023

04 November 2023

First Sunday of the month tomorrow and the entrance to the museum is free for everyone! Come alone, with your friends or your family to enjoy your visit both at the permanent and the temporary exhibitions of the Museum:

Winter opening hours

31.10.2023

Please be informed that the winter opening hours of the Byzantine and Christian Museum, from the 1st of November, 2023 to the 31st of March, 2024, are as follows: Monday: 08:30–15:30, Tuesday: Closed, Wednesday to Friday: 08:30–15:30. The programme of the Byzantine and Christian Museum includes the following:

Erieta ATTALI’s new temporary photographic exhibition titled: WOODSCAPES / ERIETA ATTALI ON KENGO KUMA

06 June 2023

The new temporary photographic exhibition of the world-renowned and multi-award-winning architectural and landscape photographer Erieta Attali titled: WOODSCAPES / ERIETA ATTALI ON KENGO KUMA exhibited on display since June 16th 2023 at the Byzantine & Christian Museum...

The burial of Theotokos and her Assumption to Heaven (D. Loverdos Museum)

14.08.2023

Icon with obvious influences from the western art. Painted by Konstantinos Kontaris from the Ionian Islands...

Visit of the President of the Republic of Malta

10.07.2023

On Wednesday, July 5, 2023 from 13.00-13.55, the President of the Republic of Malta Mr. George William Vella and his wife, accompanied by the Minister of Tourism of Malta, Mr. Clayton Bartolo and the Ambassador of Malta in Athens, Mr. Joseph Cuschieri, visited the Byzantine & Christian Museum confirming the historical ties between the two countries....

From Byzantium to the Modern World Handmade Ceramics of Chios -17th–19th c.

10 March 2023 until 15 May 2023

The Byzantine & Christian Museum and the Directorate of Modern and Intangible Cultural Heritage invite you to the opening of the temporary exhibition “From Byzantium to the Modern World. Handmade Ceramics of Chios (17th–19th c.), and the presentation of Nikos Liaros’s book “Ceramics of Chios (17th–19th c.) – Angelos Vlastaris Collection” on Thursday 9 March 2023 at 16:00....

New temporary exhibition: Smyrna in the early 20th century. Through the eyes of the Byzantinist Georgios Lampakis

18 December 2022

The temporary exhibition “Smyrna in the early 20th century. Through the eyes of the Byzantinist Georgios Lampakis” is inaugurated on Thursday, December 22 at 18:30 at the Byzantine and Christian Museum. The exhibition is co-organized by the Interdepartmental Postgraduate Programme “Cultural Heritage Management: Archaeology, City and Architecture” and the Byzantine and Christian Museum. The Lampakis Family Archives, a valuable source for the Asia Minor Greek communities before 1922, provides the majority of the exhibits, to which objects of the BCM Collections are added. The Lampakis Family Archives encompass the archives of the Lampakis family members, who have been playing an essential role in Greek society since the late 19th century. The archive of the Byzantinist Georgios Lampakis, in particular, contains a plethora of information on the monuments as well as the Greek communities of Asia Minor of the early 20th century. The Archives, a significant tool for researchers, constitute a collection of individual archives, such as the Inscription Archive that preserves Greek inscriptions, originally found in churches and objects, now forever lost; the Correspondence Archive, consisting of letters by important agents of the Greek communities that shed light on the problems, the anxiety and the differences between the Greeks in the region; and the Archive of Journals from the journeys of Georgios Lampakis, which he did not succeed in publishing in his lifetime, and concern mainly Christian monuments of all periods. Georgios Lampakis, also on account of his position as Queen Olga’s private ....

Opening of the temporary exhibition “The religious work of Polykleitos Rengos”

21.03.2023

Tuesday, 28th of March 2023, at 18.30

The temporary exhibition “The religious work of Polykleitos Rengos” is inaugurated on Tuesday, 28th of March 2023 at 18:30 at the Byzantine and Christian Museum...

Announcement on the operation of the Loverdos Museum and the B.C.M. on Thursday, the 16th of March, 2023

16.03.2023

We would like to inform you that today, the 16th of March 2023, the Loverdos Museum, a branch of the Byzantine and Christian Museum at 6 Mavromichali str. in Athens, will be closed to the public, due to the 24hour strike of the employees. The Byzantine & Christian Museum will be open to the public with limited, however, access due to lack of staff.

5 small artworks - 5 short human stories - Rescheduling for the closing event of the temporary exhibition: The Byzantine world of Tassos Mantzavinos

13 March 2023

The postponed concluding event of the recent temporary exhibition: "The Byzantine World of Tassos Mantzavinos", has been rescheduled for Friday, March 17 (2023), from 12.00 - 14.30, at the Reception Hall of the D. Loverdos Museum - Annex of the Byzantine & Christian Museum, in the center of Athens (6 Mavromichali Str.)...

Thematic route within the permanent exhibition: Refugee Heirlooms – 100 Years at the Byzantine & Christian Museum

20 January 2023

The Byzantine and Christian Museum participates in the triennial events (2022–2024) commemorating the centenary of the 1922 Asia Minor Catastrophe through a series of actions under the general title “100 Years of Refugee Hellenism”. One of these actions entitled “Refugee Heirlooms – 100 Years at the Byzantine & Christian Museum” is a special thematic route within the permanent exhibition of the Museum, highlighting in situ refugee heirlooms. To discover the heirlooms follow the link below:

Soteur - Sotiris Fokeas. Dream. Acrylic and ink on canvas (190 Χ 520 cm), 2022

21.12.2022

The inclusion in an historical exhibition of a work by the artist Soteur (Sotiris Fokeas) is an exceptional choice. His work Dream accompanies the exhibition “Smyrna in the Early 20th Century. Through the Eyes of the Byzantinist Georgios Lampakis”, being a contemporary artistic creation that conveys a dreamlike and playful outlook on the city of Smyrna —an outlook beyond the available narratives, schematically rendered, following the conventions of pop art. The work is presented in black and white, so as not to “betray” to visitors the profusion of colours they will be amazed by once they enter the exhibition space. Soteur’s work invites visitors to dream of Smyrna in their own way. 👉 The temporary exhibition “Smyrna in the early 20th century. Through the eyes of the Byzantinist Georgios Lampakis” is inaugurated on Thursday, December 22 at 18:30 at the Byzantine and Christian Museum.