The Benaki Museum, established and endowed in 1930 by Antonis Benakis in memory of his father Emmanuel Benakis, is housed in the Benakis family mansion in Athens, Greece. The museum houses Greek works of art from the prehistorical to the modern times, an extensive collection of Asian art, hosts periodic exhibitions and maintains a state-of-the-art restoration and conservation workshop. Although the museum initially housed a collection that included Islamic art, Chinese porcelain and exhibits on toys, its 2000 re-opening led to the creation of satellite museums that focused on specific collections, allowing the main museum to focus on Greek culture over the span of the country's history. This Museum in Athens houses over 100,000 artifacts from Greek history and showcases the many eras, civilizations and cultures which have influenced the development of Greece. Spread over a number of locations, the museum ranks among Greece’s foremost cultural institutions.[1]
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The BenakiMuseum, established and endowed in 1930 by Antonis Benakis in memory of his father Emmanuel Benakis, is housed in the Benakis family mansion...
Antonis Benakis (Greek: Αντώνης Μπενάκης) (1873–1954) was a Greek art collector and the founder of the BenakiMuseum in Athens, Greece, the son of politician...
1937 – 24 April 2018) was a Greek archeologist who was the director of BenakiMuseum for 41 years and a member of the Academy of Athens. Graduate in the...
antiquities, the Acropolis Museum, the Museum of Cycladic Art, the BenakiMuseum, and the Byzantine and Christian Museum. Athens was the host city of...
A limestone head sculpture, 30 centimetres (12 in) tall, is at the BenakiMuseum in Athens under inventory number 36361. The head was acquired commercially...
episode was organized for actors, contributors and journalists at the BenakiMuseum. The series premiered on Greek television from Mega Channel under the...
from the Life of St John the Divine by Andreas Ritzos (15th century) BenakiMuseum Triptych by Andreas Ritzos St George Dragon Slayer by Georgios Klontzas...
Emmanouil Benakis (Greek: Εμμανουήλ Μπενάκης; 1843 in Ermoupoli, Syros – June 20, 1929 in Kifisia) was a Greek merchant and politician, considered a national...
(2013). In 2013, she also created a fundraising film for the BenakiMuseum, the pioneering museum of Greek heritage, narrated by Willem Dafoe. In 2015, her...
those on the Dome of the Rock mosque lamp is now in the BenakiMuseum in Athens. The museum inventory number is ΓΕ 9. The Great Mosque in Adana was an...
also hosted in many museums and institutions. In 2005, a retrospective exhibition of her work was organized at the BenakiMuseum in Athens. In more recent...
The Temple of Zeus at Nemea. Perspectives and Prospects. Catalogue BenakiMuseum Athens 1983. Athens 1983 C. Dugas; J. Berchamans & M. Clemmensen: Le...
to work with the poor, while living in a two-bedroom flat near the BenakiMuseum. During World War II, Princess Andrew was in the difficult situation...
internationally. In 2004 an exhibition dedicated to her work was held at the BenakiMuseum in Athens Her 2008 exhibition at the Temple of Confucius in Beijing...
The legendary battle flag is currently stored at the National Historical Museum of Athens. Throughout the War of Independence, supplies were brought from...
world are four fragments found in the Keir Collection and one in the BenakiMuseum. They are dated to the 12th and 13th centuries (late Fatimid, Ayyubid...
cotton merchant Emmanouil Benakis. She was the third of six children, her two older siblings being Alexandra and Antonis Benakis, whose Tom Sawyer-like mischiefs...
Antonis Benakis, the director of the BenakiMuseum, to ask her to evaluate and publish the Benaki's textile collection. Her analysis of the Benaki's collection...
belonging to this small community are displayed today in Athens at the BenakiMuseum. In the region of Agn by the 20th century Hayhurums were essentially...
Arikha's works were exhibited in a retrospective of his work at the BenakiMuseum in Athens. 1954 Gold Medal, Triennial for Applied Art, Milan, Italy...
in the footnote): Archangel Gabriel (Triptych), early 10th century, BenakiMuseum The Archangel Gabriel, Pisan, c. 1325–1350, National Gallery of Art...
Emmanouil Benakis contributed to the building of the National Gallery of Athens, while his son Antonis Benakis was the founder of the BenakiMuseum. Other...
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