Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-02-25
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[01] Industrial Gas Museum in Athens celebrates first anniversary
[01] Industrial Gas Museum in Athens celebrates first anniversary
ANA-MPA/The Industrial Gas Museum on Sunday celebrated its one year
anniversary in an event held at the Athens Technopolis.The museum opened
in Athens on 27 January 2013, nearly 30 years after the gas industry
shut down.
The gas industry was founded in 1857 to provide light in public spaces in
Athens. It was the first energy plant in Greece; by the end of the 19th
century the network gas had been expanded to provide gas to industries
and households.
The plant's administration came under the jurisdiction of the city of
Athens in 1938, with the Athens Municipality Gas Company officially
founded in 1952. The plant provided the Athenians with energy for 130
years before going out of operation permanently in 1984.
A few years after the premises shut down they were designated a historical
monument by the Culture Ministry, with the prospect of becoming a museum
and recreation area. The gas plant provides characteristic examples of
technological and industrial architecture of the 19th century, given
that most of the buildings and the facilities, including much of the
machinery, remain intact.
The repair and restoration of the buildings and the design of the open
areas were completed in 2004. By 1999, the Athens Municipality had opened
the premises under the name "Technopolis" (art city) for the hosting of
cultural and other events.
The institution, the first industrial museum in Athens is open to the
public daily, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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