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In the sacred place where the very concept of “struggling for victory” (agonizesthai) was born, this production attempts to shed light on the timeless struggle of women to claim their own place in the stadium
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The year 2026 is a milestone and a year of special honor for the cultural heritage of our region, as the Hellenic Department of ICOM declared the Archaeological Museum of Olympia and the Museum of the History of the Ancient Olympic Games as honored museums for Greece.
This great distinction came in recognition of the deep and timeless contribution of the museums of Olympia to the preservation, protection, and promotion of world cultural heritage.
On Saturday, May 16, 2026, the central event of the celebration of the International Museum Day was hosted at the Arcchaeological Museum of Olympia.
The Archaeological Museum of Olympia and the Museum of the History of the Olympic Games in Antiquity are the honored museums for Greece for the year 2026.
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As part of the celebration of the European Cultural Heritage Days 2022, the Ephorate of Antiquities of Ilia organized an exhibition of contemporary sculpture in the peristyle of the Archaeological Museum of Olympia.
The theme of the exhibition was entitled “Plastic shapes / our lives” and included works by the artists Pankaj Guru, Priyanka Guptal και Eleni Stoelinga – Tsiapara.
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“Because people can no longer see color, the nuances of words, their secret movement, is that any reason not to try to make them feel all these?” — Lefkadios Hern
Japan and Greece, two cultures converse in the new musical theater work entitled Tsunami, written and directed by Elpida Skoufalos. Using speech, original music – which draws from the meeting place of Japanese musical traditions with the corresponding Greek ones – and dance, the work approaches the climate crisis and its devastating consequences on the lives and souls of all of us.
The show was staged on July 23 and 24, 2023, in the atrium of the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Olympia, as part of the campaign of the Ministry of Culture “All of Greece is one culture“
The Ephorate of Antiquities of Ilia is hosting an exhibition at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia with works by painter Yannis Adamakos, sculptor Kostas Varotsos, painter and sculptor Nikos Kaskouras, painter Konstantinos Papamihalopoulos, sculptor and potter Maritsa Travlou, painter Nikos Tumazatos, sculptor Angelika Korovesi, and painter Evita Doufexis-Canellos.
The artists have close ties and respect for Ilia. With their works they narrate the culture of the region through their own artistic approach and perspective.
The opening of the art exhibition took place on Friday, April 26, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. Exhibition duration: April 26 – July 31, 2024
Opening hours: Monday – Sunday 8am – 8pm
The Ephorate of Antiquities of Ilia, the Union of Friends of Classical Music of Patras and the Group of Ceramic Traces, co-organized at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia the 6th Ceramic Exhibition from 12/6/2021 to 26/9/2021.
The Imprint negotiates the conceptual dimensions of uprooting, acceptance, integration and, by extension, respect for diversity. The performance was presented on August 10 and 11, in the atrium of the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Olympia.
The project "Ancient Olympia: Common Place" which concerns the digital preservation and restoration of Ancient Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympic Games with the use of artificial intelligence, was launched at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on November 10, 2021 in the presence of the President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou, many Ministers of the Government, MPs, officials and representatives of local Authorities and Institutions.
On the eve of the Olympic Flame Ceremony for the Olympic Winter Games "Beijing 2022" (18.10.2021), the mayors of Ancient Olympia Mr. Giorgos Georgiopoulos, of Elis (Illida) Mr. Yiannis Lymberis and of Sparta Mr Petros Doukas gathered at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia to sign the Declaration of the Olympic Truce, highlighting once again the role of the Olympic Games as a symbol of peace and unity. The text was co-signed by the President of the International Olympic Committee, Mr. Thomas Bach, and the President of the Hellenic Republic, Ms. Katerina Sakellaropoulou.
Snapshot from the general rehearsal which takes place on the eve of the Ceremony with the audience and journalists present.