July 25, 2018 the Greek Post issued a series of 2 souvenir sheet in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Museum of Modern Greek Culture.
The Museum of Modern Greek Culture was founded in Athens in 1918 as Museum of Greek Handicrafts and from 1959 until recently it has been known as Museum of Greek Folk Art. Its collections include utilitarian and decorative objects, used in everyday life and customary events, in both home and workplace, dating back mainly from the 18th to the 20th century.
Over the past 100 years the Museum has come a long way; its collections and activities as well as the buildings that house its displays, events and other functions have multiplied, creating accordingly a grid of culture venues in the greater area of Plaka. Today the Museum is working on its new permanent exhibition to be housed in a“magical courtyard”in the Monastiraki area, an entire 19th century neighborhood, where a mosaic of building remnants illustrates the city’s long history. The presentation of the Museum’s history and collection policy will focus on the importance of the Modern Greek cultural heritage by giving meaningful substance to narratives that were silenced and ignored as of non-importance, reshaping thus the cultural map of the city.
The commemorative set of stamps by the Hellenic Post is inspired by Theophilos Hatzimichael’s (1873-1934) paintings from the Museum of Modern Greek Culture collections, some of them part of the detached frescoes decoration of a room from Lesvos.
The issue consists of two souvenir sheet of 70 х 85 mm, each of which includes one stamp of 35 х 45 mm.
1,00 € - Alexander the Great. Detached fresco in aluminium frame
1,00 € - Erotokritos and Aretousa. Painting from the eastern wall of the room
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