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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-07-06
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[01] Archaeological Museum of Corinth to reopen refurbished halls
[01] Archaeological Museum of Corinth to reopen refurbished halls
The Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth will reopen two of its
halls which had been closed for refurbishment since 2012, the culture
ministry announced on Wednesday, adding Minister Aristidis Baltas will
inaugurate the rooms in a ceremony on July 13.
The Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities took the initiative
in 2012 to modernize the infrastructure and the exhibition schedules to
accommodate tourists and continued to refurbish the southern hall. The
museum also added a new exhibition room in the east, which was used as
a warehouse until then.
Finds in the six halls date from the Prehistoric Period of the area
of Ancient Corinth, the Korakou Hill and the site of Zygouries, and
continue to the Geometric, Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic city. The
other halls exhibit finds from the Roman, Byzantine and Frankish eras,
while one of the rooms holds objects stolen from the Museum in 1990 and
delivered back in 2001.
The museum is located in the center of the archaeological site and is
considered one of the most historical museums in the Greek periphery,
welcoming 160,000 visitors in 2015.
It was built in 1931-1932 on plans of the American architect
W. Stuart-Thompson (1890-1968) on the initiative of the American School
of Classical Studies to house exhibits unearthed during the excavations
in Ancient Corinth. In 1950 it was extended eastwards.
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