National Archaeological Museum

The National Archaeological Museum of Athens saw its visitor numbers shoot up 69.9% in the first half of the year and 40% in the high season between April and October compared to last year, according to its general director.

The Greek Culture Ministry's International Evaluation Committee has unanimously selected a proposal by the architectural firms of David Chipperfield and Alexandros N. Tombazis for an ambitious expansion of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.

Plans for a major overhaul of the National Archaeological Museum (NAM), Greece's largest museum devoted to Ancient Greek art, are entering the final stretch in 2020, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said at an event held Wednesday.

The exhibition presents over 300 saved treasures with high cultural values from treasure-hunters across the country. The name of the exhibition is  "The Saved Treasures of Bulgaria".

It will be opened today at the Archaeological Museum of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS).

The exhibition displays stolen cultural assets that have been the subject of unlawful trafficking. 

This marble Roman-era sarcophagus with a sculpture of a little dog lying down has been brought out of storage at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens for the "Unseen Museum" exhibition. Found in the National Garden in 1937, the artifact will remain on display through October 21. [National Archaeological Museum/Eurokinissi]

The National Archaeological Museum celebrates the 150th anniversary since its foundation with the exhibition “Odysseys”. Until the October of 2017.

The National Archaeological Institute with Museum with the Bulgarian Academy of Science hosts two new exhibitions. The first one presents the popular  golden treasure of Nagyszentmiklos which is part of the collection of the Art History Museum Kunsthistorisches in Vienna, BNR reported.

The Manhattan District Attorney’s office on Friday announced the return of a fragment of an ancient marble sarcophagus fragment to Greece.
As part of a continuing investigation with partners in international law enforcement, the DA’s office went into a gallery in Midtown Manhattan with a search warrant and seized the fragment, which was on display as a centerpiece.

As part of an initiative titled "The Unseen Museum," which casts the spotlight on items owned by Greek museums but hidden from public sight due to a lack of space, the National Archaeological Museum hosts a series of events focusing on an amazing artifact, the bronze sarcophagus of a cat.

A police officer from Greece’s antiquities protection department has been arrested, accused of being part of a smuggling ring that was trying to sell an ancient marble statue worth an estimated 1 million euros.