The 18th century, witnessed a reversal in the city’s fortunes as its council leaders and great thinkers of the Enlightenment restyled Edinburgh as ‘the Athens of the North’. As Athens had been a center for ancient learning, New Town Edinburgh now flaunted its credentials as a world leader for academic discipline, reasoning and discovery.
The personal, the social and the political are always interconnected.
All these works highlight the reasons of our existence, our endurance and our path: the positive elements that built modern Hellenism.
In a secluded corner of the Ionian Sea…
12 June – 8 September 2019
The ‘1821 before and after’ exhibition will take over the entire Benaki Museum / Pireos 138 building between March and October 2021. Its extent and duration signify its value and importance for the Benaki Museum.”
Collect experiences… Not things…
Rated as the 3rd up-and-coming destination in the world!
A first time presentation to the public of remarkable artefacts
Exhibited together for the first time in their entirety.
