The Museum of Byzantine Culture participates in the “Green Cultural Routes” for eleventh year and highlights the plant world through its exhibits.

The Green Cultural Routes is a nation-wide action, organized by the Ministry of Culture and Sports. The aim is to promote the sustainable development by educating citizens on the protection and promotion of both the natural environment and the cultural wealth of the country.

In this context, the Museum of Byzantine Culture organizes the following actions:

• Thursday 23 May 2024, 09.00: Educational program in the gardens and in the halls of the Museum for 5th- and 6th-grade students entitled “Discovering the plant world of the Museum of Byzantine Culture”. Students will approach the form and symbolism of plants in Byzantine art through the objects of the permanent exhibition.
• Friday 24 May 2024, 12.00: thematic guided tours through the Museum’s galleries. The guided tours aim to the promotion of the presence of the plant world on items of the permanent exhibition and it is held by archaeologists of the Museum. Visitors will watch the shape and symbolism of the plants in the art of Byzantines through the items of the permanent exhibition.

For the participants in the events the entrance to the Museum will be free.

• Press release