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The Hellenic Museum is dedicated to the celebration, understanding, and preservation of the artistic and cultural heritage of ancient and modern Greece. The Hellenic Museum supports the visual arts, film, music, architecture, history, culture and education. With an extensive permanent collection, dynamic contemporary exhibitions and high quality education program, the Hellenic Museum plays an instrumental role in promoting an appreciation of Greece’s cultural legacy.

For the next 10 years, the Hellenic Museum plays host to a priceless collection of treasures from the renowned Benaki Museum, Athens.The collection includes: Neolithic pottery; Cycladic statues; Minoan figurines; Mycenaean jewelry; Hellenistic sculptures; Byzantine icons and manuscripts; Post Byzantine secular art and costumes; and Neo-Hellenic art and weaponry, including ornate swords and pistols belonging to Greek revolutionary heroes Kolokotronis and Mavromichalis. The Benaki and Hellenic Museum collaboration allows visitors to experience the history of civilization.These antiquities showcase the developments of history, when dynasties reigned, kings conquered, and cities fell.

This exhibition is in addition to our own collections including Cypriot antiquities and an audio-visual exhibition examining the lives of those who came to Australia as children during the period of mass assisted migration post 1952 titled 'Through a Child'es Eyes'.

The Hellenic Museum also hosts events such as our outdoor Summer Cinema and various plays and musical performances throughout the year.

For exhibition and event information, including tours and tickets, visit our website: www.hellenic.org.au