GUIDED TOUR
Music Library of Greece "Lilian Voudouri" (Friday, 26.8. at 12.00-13.30h)

Through the presentation of manuscripts, first editions, scores, periodicals, audiovisual material preserved in the archives and collections of the library, visitors will introduce to the history of Greek music from antiquity to the present day. The documents derive primarily from the Greek Music Archive of the Library, which focuses in ancient, Byzantine, traditional and modern Greek art music, and also holds archives of Greek composers (including the Mikis Theodorakis archive) that project the development of greek music and the greek cultural heritage. The guided tours will be hosted by Stephanie Merakos, Head of the Library, Valia Vraka, Greek Music Archive Manager and Gabriella Spanò, Circulation and education programs manager.

EXHIBITION

Music Library of Greece ‘Lilian Voudouri’

XENAKIS3: THE MUSICIAN, THE MATHEMATICIAN, THE ENGINEER

EXHIBITION WITH BOOKS, SCORES, RECORDINGS, MANUSCRIPTS, PROGRAMS FROM THE LIBRARY'S COLLECTION

The exhibition is part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great Greek composer (1922-2022), honoring him with a presentation of material from the collection of the "Lilian Voudouri" Music Library of the Friends of Music Association. Sheet music, books, articles, videos, recordings, concert programs, photographs and manuscripts are on display, showing the breadth of the pioneering composer's work. In addition, a series of recordings and interviews of the composer have been selected and offered on tablets and computers in the exhibition space, offering a contemporary perspective. The majority of the material is accessible to visitors, who are able to browse through it, read it and/or play the music in the library's instruments and multimedia study rooms, which turns the exhibition into research and tactile one. Editing and design: Gabriella Spanò, musicologist, "Lilian Voudouri" Music Library

MUSEUM OF CASTS

School of Philosophy, Department of History and Archaeology

Museum of Archaeology and History of Art

Collection of Ancient Sculpture, Epigraphy and Casts

The collection comprises casts of ancient Greek sculptures that are currently on exhibit in various museums of Greece and abroad, such as the British Museum, the Munich Glyptothek and the Louvre. There is a number of casts that are of particular importance, because they were constructed based on earlier additions to the original sculptures, such as the Sounion Kouros, the Artemision horse, and the sculptures of the west pediment of the temple of Aphaia on the island of Aegina. There is also a plaster cast of the restored Nike from Aegina that now decorates Furtwaengler’s tomb in the First cemetery of Athens. Among the most important exhibits of the collection is the cast of the Hertz head type of Athena Parthenos’ Nike, the original being located in the Palazzo Venezia in Rome and rarely visited. The collection also includes original marble sculptures of the classical period, a stone sarcophagus from the Athens Metropolitan Railway excavations (kindly donated by the 3rdEphorate of Antiquities) and four marble funerary vessels (lekythoi and loutrophoroi) that are on loan from the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
To familiarize both the visitor and student with aspects of the ancient art of sculpting, the collection provides an educational display of marble working tools and a pointing machine.