The Acropolis Museum, Athens, welcomes to their birthplace, Panathenaic amphorae from Toronto, Canada.
Των Αθήνηθεν άθλων
On Monday 20 June 2022, the Acropolis Museum celebrate its 13th anniversary and invites visitors to its exhibition areas with reduced tickets (5 euro) during its usual opening times (8am to 4pm). At 3pm, visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy music by the Woodwind Quintet of the Athens State Orchestra.
From 20 June 2022 until 8 January 2023, the Acropolis Museum will present the exhibition programme: “Των Αθήνηθεν άθλων. The Panathenaic amphorae from Toronto, Canada back to their birthplace”, with two exquisite vessels created in Athens over 2,500 years ago. They are Panathenaic amphorae, vessels filled with oil that were given as a prize to the victors of contests held during the festival of the Great Panathenaia. One side is decorated with the figure of Athena Promachos and the other with scenes related to the games for which they were given as prizes. The two vessels from the Royal Ontario Museum will be exhibited in the Parthenon Gallery, relating with the great temple’s frieze, where Pheidias and his collaborators artfully carved the Panathenaic procession.
919.5.148: Attic black-figure Panathenaic amphora showing Athena Promachos and a horse race; Attributed to the Eucharides painter; About 490 BC.Courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum © ROM
915.24: Attic black-figure Panathenaic amphora showing Athena Promachos and athletes in a foot race; Attributed to the Eucharides painter; 525-500 BC.Courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum © ROM
This presentation of an event taking place simultaneously with the presentation “From Athens to Toronto: A Greek Masterpiece Revealed” at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) where the Acropolis Kore 670 is on display. It is organized as part of cultural exchanges between the Acropolis Museum and other great museums abroad, promoting the friendly relations between the people of different countries.
Within the context of this event, on Wednesday 29 June 2022, at 7pm, the Museum will welcome Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) Director, Mr. Josh Basseches, who will give a speech in the auditorium entitled ‘ROM Immortal: Transforming Museum Experiences for the 21st Century’.
