Activities - War Museum

Museum goes to school

On the occasion of the completion of 200 years since the proclamation of the Greek Revolution of 1821 and at the initiative of the Ministry of National Defense and assistance – participation of the Ministries of Education and Religions, Culture and Sports, the War Museum and the Central Committee of Greek Municipalities, under the auspices of Greece. 2021, the action “The Museum Goes to School” was designed and carried out from September 20 to December 3, 2021, in 17 cities of Greece.

The philosophy of this activity included the formation of two independent exhibitions in existing military spaces (LAF) or in appropriate emblematic buildings of the respective municipalities, in order to present selected historical exhibits, heirlooms and other educational material of the War Museum to primary and secondary school students. of the country.

Experiential school education

The War Museum of Athens, as a place of active learning through special tours and experiential programs, created a pioneering Art Program for elementary & high school children entitled τικέςArt Battles at the War Museum¨.

The aim of the program is the contact of primary and secondary education students with Greek History, in a creative way, which combines History with Art.

The children, through a tour of the museum’s spaces and exhibits, create a painting or construction with simple materials, giving life to what they saw and learned.

As a result, information becomes their property, acquiring technical skills, empathy and creative thinking.

Flight of Kamperis revival

“The flame of revolution”

“The flame of the revolution – 1821” by Manousos Manousakis… “lit” at the War Museum “.
… They were all here, in order to watch – in the first screening – the dramatized documentary film of the renowned director,
… With the vast majority of viewers expressing – in various ways – their unlimited satisfaction with the result of the film production, most of which was filmed at the War Museum,
Or with the well-known prestigious director and producer Manousos Manousakis referring in detail to the production of the documentary and emphasizing that we must constantly remember the great historical events, to learn from them, because “a people who do not know their history has no future “.

1821-2021: “Birthday Notebook of a Beautiful and Strange Homeland”

1821-2021: “Birthday Notebook of a Beautiful and Strange Homeland”
Production of the War Museum, as “Antidote of memory and honor to the Heroes
of 1821 “.
Cinematic Musical Narrative, with the Light Darra (Screenplay, Narration-Song)
and George Papachristoudis (Piano-Composition of Original Music).
The event, in which this extroverted action of the War Museum was presented, was greeted by the President of the War Museum Anastasios Liascos and the President and Advisor of SKY Express Theodoros Krokidas, who was also the Sponsor of the Film Production.
A common component of both Greetings was the finding that this production of the War Museum, sponsored by SKY Express, will travel everywhere, thus projecting – with a focus on Greek history – the exhibits of the War Museum, through which the timeless struggle is highlighted. of the Genus for freedom, in every form of life and expression, with “vehicle” the speech, the narration, the verse, the notes and the song.
The songs that were heard shocked, made dozens of eyes gurgle and at the same time “sketched”
what does history, struggle and goodness of soul, creation and interpretation mean.