12th International CoMuseum Conference | December 7-9, 2022 |  

 Benaki Museum/Pireos 138 & Livestreaming Athens, November 28, 2022: On December 7-9, 2022, the Benaki Museum, the U.S. Embassy in Greece, and the British Council will present the 12th International CoMuseum Conference: Culture, Care and Healing. This year’s Conference will take place on December 7 from 12.00 to 19.00 in a hybrid format, with physical presence at the Amphitheatre of …

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Ambassador Pyatt’s Remarks at 11th International CoMuseum Conference

Ambassador Pyatt: “Cultural cooperation between the United States and Greece is a key element to the success of our countries’ remarkable alliance, as we celebrate 200 years of friendship.  It’s at the heart of our Strategic Dialogue and the foundation of our extraordinary people-to-people ties.”

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20th Athens Technopolis Jazz Festival | * hybrid edition | 28 – 30 May 2021

The U.S. Embassy is excited to bring one of the most important modern jazz trumpeters, Marquis Hill, to the Athens Technopolis Jazz Festival *hybrid edition, on Saturday, May 29. The Festival will run from Friday 28th till Sunday 30th May 2021, and will welcome its avid fans and supporters both physically and digitally! Marquis Hill, …

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Ambassador Pyatt’s Remarks for the 2020 CoMuseum International Conference

Ambassador Pyatt: “We turn to the arts in times of crisis for inspiration, to reflect on the ideas and emotions that define us, to share experiences in a community, and to take a break from daily pressures in our lives.  In these moments, we need our museums and cultural institutions more than ever.”

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Opening Remarks by Deputy Chief of Mission David Burger at Annual Museum Conference

Benaki Museum Pireos 138, Athens Wednesday, November 20, 2019, 9:30 a.m. Καλημέρα σας.  Mr. Manginis, Ambassador Smith, friends and guests, it’s exciting for me to be here at the beautiful Benaki Museum to participate in my first Museum Conference.  Now in its ninth year, this is a flagship program of our Cultural Office, a long-time …

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American Art Residency in Athens Concludes at Acropolis Museum

Athens, March 26, 2019 – The U.S. Embassy in Athens is supporting a public program organized by the ARCAthens (Artist Residency Center Athens), a new non-profit organization based in New York and Athens, and entitled “Contemporary Agora: Athens as Cultural Microcosm.” The program will take place at the Acropolis Museum on Thursday, 28 March 2019 …

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Ambassador Pyatt’s Remarks: Movies on the Lawn

The TIF was a fantastic opportunity to highlight the breadth and the depth of the U.S-Greece relationship, to reaffirm our support for Greece’s economic recovery, but also to put a bright spotlight to some of the most dynamic aspects of our relationship – the technology, entrepreneur and startup relationship, our defense and security relationship and …

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Ambassador Pyatt’s Remarks: “American Art Everywhere,” TIF 2018

“I am especially proud of the fact that we are sharing America this week not just with the tens of thousands of visitors to the fair, but with all of the people of Thessaloniki.  From the airport to the promenade to this regional government building, we are thrilled to be able to share some iconic …

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8th Athens Open Air Festival

The U.S. Embassy in Athens proudly supports the 8th Athens Open Air Festival by featuring the critically – acclaimed 1995 “The Bridges of Madison” as the opening film of the festival. Clint Eastwood based the story of the film on the best-seller romance by Robert James Waller and transformed it into one of the most …

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Ambassador Pyatt’s Welcome Remarks at the Annual Museum Conference

Benaki Museum November 30, 2017   Dr. Manginis, dear guests, it is a great pleasure to be back at this beautiful Benaki facility and to be here with so many representatives of some of the top museums and cultural institutions here in Greece. This is the seventh annual Museum Conference that we have organized along …

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Open House Athens Tours Historic Gropius Building

Fulbright Scholarship Alumnus, architect, and photographer Yiorgis Yerolympos led architecture students on a tour of the historic Chancery Building of U.S. Embassy Athens, designed by Walter Gropius – one of the most prominent figures of modern architecture.

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Museums and Tourism: A Working Relationship

Athens, November 29, 2016 – The U.S. Embassy Athens, in partnership with the Benaki Museum and the British Council, is organizing the conference “Museums and Tourism: A Working Relationship.”  The event is taking place on December 8, 2016, 09:30 – 17:00, at The Benaki Museum, Pireos 138. The sixth annual Museum Conference invites museum and …

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