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| Established | July 18, 1975 (1975-07-18) |
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| Location | Vassilissis Sofias Avenue,Athens,Greece |
| Coordinates | 37°58′31″N23°44′43″E / 37.97528°N 23.74528°E /37.97528; 23.74528 |
| Type | Military museum |
| Public transit access |   Evangelismos station,bus |
| Website | www |
TheAthens War Museum[1] (Greek:Πολεμικό Μουσείο Αθήνας) is themilitary museum of theGreek Armed Forces. It is located at theAthens city center and it is served by theAthens Metro station ofEvangelismos.[2]
Established in 1975,[3] the museum hosts collections that span the period from antiquity through the modern times.
In 1964 the Greek Government decided to create a war museum,[4][5] which was finally founded in 1969. The design of the museum was undertaken by a team of distinguishedarchitects, headed by ProfessorThucydides Valentis of theNational Technical University of Athens (N.T.U.A).[6][7]
The building was erected in 1972 based on the modern trends of the time, with influences from theBauhaus school.[2][3] The museum was inaugurated on July 18, 1975, by thePresident of the Hellenic RepublicKonstantinos Tsatsos and theMinister of DefenseEvangelos Averoff.[6]
The War Museum has established branches inThessaloniki,[8]Chania,[9]Rethymno,[10]Nauplion,[11]Tripoli,[12]Kalamata[13] andChalkida.[14] Thehouse museum of GeneralNapoleon Zervas inMetaxourgeio neighborhood in Athens also serves as a branch of the War Museum.[15]
The Athens War Museum is dedicated to the collection, preservation and exhibition of war artifacts, as well as the documentation and study of themilitary history of Greece from the early Bronze Age up to the present day.[5] The museum also serves as an educational venue for school visits.[16]
Museum's exterior mainly houses several artillery guns from different eras, as well as decommissioned aircraft of theGreek Air Force.[17]
The interior houses the permanent exhibit of weapons collection, donated to the Greek Army byPetros Saroglos (1864 – 1920), an officer and collector.[18][19] The collection consists of weapons of various eras from all over the world, the most important being those of theGreek Revolution, along with artifacts from other civilizations. The War Museum also has a collection ofmaps andengravings mainly from Greece and its neighbouring regions. Furthermore, exhibits from the Antiquity, which testify to the presence of man from the Neolithic and early Bronze Age to classical antiquity. Visitors can see exhibits aboutAlexander the Great,Byzantine Empire, theGreek Revolution and themodern Greek history.[3][20]
Exhibits are presented on all of Greece's military engagements of the 20th century:Macedonian Struggle,Balkan Wars,World War I,Asia Minor Campaign,World War II,Greek Expeditionary Corps in Korea. The museum also houses a collection of historic Hellenic Army uniforms, as well as exhibits related toEOKA struggle and theTurkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974.[3][20]
Museum's various activities include the publication of books, the establishment and maintenance of monuments and memorials and the aid to services and agencies all over Greece. The Museum's exhibition areas are distributed over four levels (floors) and present images of Greek history from antiquity to the present. The museum's centerpieces are weaponry from conflicts whereGreece was involved.
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