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A Tour of Nine Magnificent Museums Showcasing Greece’s Cultural Heritage
” width=”2560″>Creating a marble replica using a pointing device on a plaster model/Exhibition unit 3, marble carving. Credit:Museum of Marble Crafts, Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation
Greece is full of museums that showcase the gems of Greece’s cultural heritage. From the Peloponnese in the south, to Evros in the north, the country is home to a network of nine thematic museums that highlight Greece’s unique traditions.
In particular, the museums created and supported by the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation (PIOP) are trying to highlight traditional methods of how previous generations harnessed Greece’s natural resources.
Greek Ministry of Culture Certifies Two Piraeus Bank Foundation Museums
The Environment Museum of Stymphalia. Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture/Twitter
The Greek Ministry of Culture certified two museums in the Piraeus Bank Foundation thematic museums network, the Rooftile & Brickworks Museum in Volos and the Environment Museum of Stymphalia in the region of Corinthia, on Monday.
Lina Mendoni, Greek Minister of Culture, calling the two museums “exceptional,” noted that the Piraeus Bank Foundation worked diligently to create both these pioneering cultural sites.
The Rooftile & Brickworks Museum. Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture/Twitter
The Rooftile & Brickworks Museum is housed in a historic factory built in 1926 by Nikolaos and Spyridon Tsalapatas. The massive complex, which covers approximately 5.44 acres, was one of the largest factories of its kind while active.