Municipal Art Gallery of Piraeus
Encyclopedia
The Municipal Art Gallery of Piraeus is a museum
in Piraeus
, Greece
. It was inaugurated in 1957 as part of the Municipal Library in the building of the Municipal Theatre. In 1985 it became an independent department. It is now housed in a building a few blocks away, at 29 Filonos Str.
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
in Piraeus
Piraeus
Piraeus is a city in the region of Attica, Greece. Piraeus is located within the Athens Urban Area, 12 km southwest from its city center , and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf....
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. It was inaugurated in 1957 as part of the Municipal Library in the building of the Municipal Theatre. In 1985 it became an independent department. It is now housed in a building a few blocks away, at 29 Filonos Str.
External links
- Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism
- Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs (old site) Gives the address at Plateia Korai (where the Municipal Theater is)
- www.pireasnet.gr The Municipal website of Piraeus states that the Gallery is "temporarily" housed in the Municipal Theater of Pireaus. However the same site states that the Theater is undergoing works which have been halted http://www.pireasnet.gr/Default.aspx?tabid=758, while a newspaper explains that the decided restoration turned out to be an illegal rebuilding-remodeling of the neo-classic building http://www.avgi.gr/ArticleActionshow.action?articleID=502753
- www.opinionnet.gr (in Greek) An article about a recent exhibition (Dec.2009) of the Municipal Gallery gives the address at Filonos 29. This agrees also with the markings of buildings in wikimapia.