Greece’s museums, which reopened just last Friday after being on lockdown for six months, are celebrating International Museum Day on Tuesday, opening their doors to the public free of charge.

While there are strict limits on the number of visitors allowed into museums at once (and all visitors are required to wear a mask), some museums are still finding ways to host special events – either physical or online.

The Acropolis Museum, which will be open from 10.00 to 18.00 on Tuesday, with free admission to all permanent exhibition areas, have announced that archeologists will be answering questions at their newest space – the archaeological excavation site beneath the building.

The Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology are hosting virtual events in Greek, designed for the whole family, free and via zoom. At 18.00, there will be an hour-long interactive tour of the museum, centered around the inventions of Archimedes (to take part, email your name and email to [email protected]).

Other digital events on Tuesday include a live concert on YouTube by the Industrial Museum of Hermoupolis, on Syros, titled “Spring and Ostinato in the Museum;” a video presentation by Thessaloniki’s Museum of Byzantine Culture, based on an open call to their visitors to share what they missed during the Covid-19 pandemic; and several educational events connecting students in Greece and abroad.

Meanwhile, all of the Metropolitan Organization of Museums’ art venues (the Museum of Modern Art – Costakis Collection, the Museum of Contemporary Art – Collections of the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and the State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, the Experimental Center for the Arts in Thessaloniki; and the Museum Alex Mylona in Athens) will continue to offer free admission until Friday, to allow as many visitors as possible to take advantage of the opportunity, despite the visitor number limits in place.