03.11.2015
Византийский и христианский музей в Афинах вновь устраиваетexhibition “Exhibit of the month”. This tradition has taken root in many museums of Greece. This time the exhibit of the month was Constantinople embroidery.
Visitors access to the collection will open on November 3, and exhibits can be seen until December 31st. Embroidered Gold the vestments presented here belonged to the embroidery workshops of the Greek community of Istanbul of the XIX century. By chance of discovery exhibitions from storage additionally extracted five of the most unique vestments that have an interesting story. Idea and stitches, pearls and glitter will impress visitors and demonstrate high art in perfect technical performance. This is real masterpieces, which are simply unparalleled in modern museums.
The exhibition will be held thematic tours 18 and 25 November, and on December 9 and 16 after 12:00 there will be lectures.
It is worth recalling that the Byzantine and Christian Museum is one of The largest national museums of Greece. His collections are mainly represented by religious artifacts of the early Christian, Byzantine, medieval and later eras. Now common the number of exhibits reached 25,000 copies. Value collections and a wide range of presented items makes a museum genuine treasury of the Byzantine and post-Byzantine culture.
