UNESCO’S report on the works conducted on the Acropolis
A thorough Report was posted on the official site of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre concerning the Acropolis of Athens, a monument included in the World Heritage List since 1987…
A thorough Report was posted on the official site of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre concerning the Acropolis of Athens, a monument included in the World Heritage List since 1987…
On Friday 24.11.2022 the Minister of Culture and Sports Lina Mendoni inaugurated a pilot programme which would allow visually impaired people to access the Athens Acropolis by using tactile sensory…
The Information and Education Department of the Acropolis Restoration Service on the occasion of this year’s European Cultural Heritage Days (September 23-25, 2022) with the theme: “Sustainable Cultural Heritage -…
The Diario de Avisos Foundation has chosen to award the TERRA Award to the Acropolis Restoration Service for the conservation and restoration works carried out on the Acropolis monuments. The…
The first phase of the restoration works on the Agrippa monument was completed on July 15, 2022. The monument built in the 2nd century BC on the west of the…
The scaffoldings that had been attached on the area B17 of the north wall were dismantled. The works completed involved the restoration of the wall in the area located next…
At the 7th of July YSMA welcomed the new specialised personnel, recruited and appointed to the work Restoration-Conservation-Enhancement. The work, of a 10,000,000.00€ budget, incorporated in Greece 2.0 – National…
The restoration works that started on the Acropolis in 2017 and were funded by the OP Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation 2014-2020 (EPANEK), will have been completed within the agreed time…
This application presents the Parthenon frieze, the continuous relief band running along the top part of the main temple. Τhe subject of the frieze was the Panathenaic procession in honour…
The first part of the results of the current research regarding the Acropolis monuments’ polychromy is presented in the scientific study of Dr. E. Aggelakopoulou, head of the Conservation Department…
The exhibition of drawings from the proposals for the restoration of the western access to the Acropolis and for the Strategic Plan for the interventions on the Acropolis walls that…
On Saturday 13th November 2021 the works of the International Meeting for the restoration of the Acropolis Monument ended. The Meeting was organised by The Acropolis Restoration Service (YSMA) and…
The Acropolis Restoration Service and the Committee for the Conservation of the Acropolis Monuments, in collaboration with the General Secretariat of Culture, the Ephorate of Antiquities of Athens and the…
7th International Meeting on the subject of: “The restoration works on the Acropolis. The new Programmes”. The meeting will take place in Athens, from 11th to the 13th November 2021,…
In the autumn of 2020, the construction of new walkways on the Acropolis for people with mobility impairments was completed. The elaboration of the study was preceded and it was…
The Committee for the Conservation of the Acropolis Monuments (ESMA) was formed in 1975; it is an interdisciplinary committee, set up by the Ministry of Culture, which is responsible for…
YSMA’s photographic exhibition “Chisel and Memory: the contribution of marble craftsmanship to the restoration of the monuments” is presented at the Museum of the city of Chengdu in China. The…
Deadline extention for submiting photos in the action: The Acropolis: Focusing on the restoration #45YEARSESMA #45YEARSWORKS until the 20th of November 2020 How do visitors perceive the restoration works at…
Open call to participate in the photographic action entitled: The Acropolis: Focusing on the restoration #45YEARSESMA #45YEARSWORKS Duration of entries: 9/9/2020-20/10/2020 The Committee for the Conservation of the Acropolis Monuments…
The exhibition “Chisel and Memory: the contribution of marble-craftsmanship to the restoration of monuments” is transferred to Taranto, Italy, in collaboration with the Polytechnic University of Bari (School of Specialization…
In the near future YSMA will call for the selection of a contractor, in order to remove the base of the construction crane, which in 2010 was moved to the…
On Friday, 1st November 2019, members of the ESMA, YSMA, the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum and the Herculaneum Conservation Project took part in a workshop entitled “The use of modern technology…
We inform you that the photography exhibition CHISEL AND MEMORY. The contribution of marble craftsmanship to the restoration of the Acropolis monuments hosted at the Acropolis Museum temporary exhibition gallery, will be…
The Acropolis Restoration Service (YSMA) participated in 2019 European Heritage Days (27-29/9). This year’s celebration had the special theme “Arts and Entertainment – Looking for free time”. As part of…
The ACROPOLIS MUSEUM, the COMMITTEE FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE ACROPOLIS MONUMENTS (ESMA), the ACROPOLIS RESTORATION SERVICE (YSMA) present the photographic exhibition, Chisel and Memory. The contribution of marble craftsmanship to…
The two-day educational programme “Acropolis & Restoration” was organized at the Acropolis by the Acropolis Restoration Service on Friday 29/3/2019 and Monday 1/4/2019. The programme aims to introduce students to…
Τhe Acropolis Restoration Service (YSMA) has just produced a new online educational game entitled «Α Greek Temple». The game is about the architecture of the ancient Greek temples. It is…
The Acropolis Museum, the Acropolis Conservation Committee (ESMA), the Acropolis Restoration Service (YSMA) and the Acropolis Friends (EFA) organize an event titled “Charalambos Bouras and the Acropolis”. The event is…
The photography exhibition entitled “Records in Memory: Recalling moments of the Propylaia Restoration” is on display at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania in Vilnius at the 5th floor…
On Friday 27th July 2018 two years will have passed since the loss of the academic teacher and chairman of the Committee for the Restoration of the Acropolis Monuments (ESMA),…
The Committee for the Conservation of the Acropolis Monuments (ESMA), the Acropolis Restoration Service (YSMA) and the Directorate of Modern Culture (DINEPOK) contribute to the celebration of the European Year…
During the last quarter of 2017, will be in progress the transportation of the crane “Potain” from the west side to the interior of the Parthenon. At the same time,…
The Acropolis Restoration Service has been awarded a special Honorary Distinction on Educational Software for its online educational applications. Skywalker.gr made the Award during the Education Festival 2017 on Friday, September 8, 2017. The…
The Acropolis Restoration Service (YSMA) participated in 2017 European Heritage Days (22-24/9). This year’s celebration had the special theme “Cities – Pol(e)is: old and new, small or large, major or…
In the presence of the General Secretary of Ministry of Culture Dr. Maria Andreadaki-Blazaki and the President of the Committee for the Conservation of the Acropolis Monuments (ESMA), academic M.…
The Committee for the Conservation of the Acropolis Monuments (ESMA) and the Acropolis Restoration Service (YSMA) are to hold a two-day conference in the Acropolis Museum Auditorium, on the 18th…
The Acropolis Restoration Service announces its participation to the 10th International Meeting of Archaeological Film, which will be held in Athens, between 17 and 23 October 2016, at the Greek…
Manolis Korres The measure of contribution of Ch. Bouras’s scientific, educational and social work. A quick glance to his beginning in the sixties (1) And an ampler view of his…
The educational programme “Acropolis & Restoration” was organized at the Acropolis by the Acropolis Restoration Service on Thursday 14/4/2016 and Friday 15/4/2016. The programme was addressed to 300 students of…
On Friday 22 January, 2016 the “Presentation of the digital repository of the Acropolis Restoration Service (YSMA) and of the YSMA publications for the year 2015” was held at the…
On Wednesday, November 4, 2015, Mr Pierre Moskovisi, the Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs of the EU, visited the Acropolis of Athens in the company of Mr George Stathakis,…
The Committee for the Preservation of Monuments Acropolis and the Acropolis Restoration Service invite you to explore the Acropolis monuments and learn about the restoration interventions using the upgraded virtual tour web application…