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| Authors: | Christina Ntaflou: Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France |
| Publication title: | The New Acropolis Museum and the Dynamics of National Museum Development in Greece |
| Conference: | Great Narratives of the Past Traditions and Revisions in National Museums: Conference Proceedings from EuNaMus, European National Museums: Identity Politics, the Uses of the Past and the European Citizen, Paris 28 June – 1 July & 25–26 November 2011 |
| Publication type: | Abstract and Fulltext |
| Issue: | 078 |
| Article No.: | 009 |
| Abstract: | In Greece, the history of archaeological museum and a consciousness of the cultural heritage of antiquity are as long as the independent nation-state. National museums were almost always connected to archaeology and the distant past provided material evidence for the country’s master national narrative of cultural and biological continuity. The New Acropolis Museum, opened in 2009, replaces the first museum built in 1874; as a project it took over 60 years to be realized. A remarkably debated affair, the history of this project offers an insight into the way official policy has dealt with the development of museums and culture in Greece. Before and indeed since the opening of the New Acropolis Museum, multitudes of critical voices have made themselves present. An overview of the positions and ideas that they have expressed about the museum since its official inauguration will provide insight into the museum dynamics that have been at play in Greece over the last forty years. Official cultural and museum policy seems to have profited from the experience of handling such a controversial project. |
| Language: | English |
| Year: | 2012 |
| No. of pages: | 15 |
| Pages: | 97-111 |
| Series: | Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings |
| ISSN (print): | 1650-3686 |
| ISSN (online): | 1650-3740 |
| File: | http://www.ep.liu.se/ecp/078/009/ecp12078009.pdf |
| Available: | 2012-10-30 |
| Publisher: | Linköping University Electronic Press, Linköpings universitet |
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REFERENCE TO THIS PAGE | Christina Ntaflou (2012). The New Acropolis Museum and the Dynamics of National Museum Development in Greece, Great Narratives of the Past Traditions and Revisions in National Museums: Conference Proceedings from EuNaMus, European National Museums: Identity Politics, the Uses of the Past and the European Citizen, Paris 28 June – 1 July & 25–26 November 2011 http://www.ep.liu.se/ecp_article/index.en.aspx?issue=078;article=009 (accessed 6/19/2013) |
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