The new multi-center goat museum in Vergina is an “important contribution to the development of world cultural heritage” and goes beyond not only Imathia, but the whole of Greece, the Prime Minister stressed. Kyriakos Mitsotakis who opened the new museum this morning.

“The new museum embodies a new dynamic approach to the relationship with the archaeological site,” said Mr. Mitsotakis.

This is due to the fact that, according to the data presented, this is a diverse museum space that integrates and unites the new central building with the entire archaeological complex of Ezh (Vergina), including Philip’s palace, the Temenides burial cluster, as well as the Museum of the Royal Tombs. The new museum, the central building of the museum, was conceived as a symbolic gateway to the archaeological site and to the history of the Aigais, to the history and culture of the Macedonians, as well as to the Hellenistic world, since it is here that the physical exhibition “Alexander the Great from the Goat” will be held at the Digital Museum Headquarters to the ecumene.”

In the new museum, in addition to the introductory exhibition “Window on the World of Alexander the Great”, there are five exhibitions:

1. Architectural exhibition with the central exhibit of the reorganized part of the palace,

2. Exhibition of sculptures,

3. Central exhibition “Goat memory”, Moscow

4. Periodic exhibition “Ecumenical Antidor”, held jointly with the Numismatic Museum and collector Theodoros Aravanis.

5. Art exhibition “Memory matters” with the works of the artist Christos Bokorou, created specifically for presentation at the Kozlov Museum.

The work was carried out by the Ephorate of Antiquities of Imathia with financial support from the budget of the Ministry of Culture and Sports and PEP of Central Macedonia.

The project “MULTICENTRAL MUSEUM OF VERGINA – MUSEUM CENTRAL BUILDING” with a total integration budget of 18,154,190 euros was implemented in two stages by the Directorate of Research and Work of Museums and Cultural Buildings and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Imathia.

At the end of his speech, the Prime Minister referred to the statement made by Konstantinos Karamanlis in 1978, when he visited the archaeological site of Vergina with Manolis Andronikos, and pointed to the national significance of the archaeological discoveries in the area.

Mr. Mitsotakis said that today both Konstantinos Karamanlis and Manolis Andronikos will be proud of the opening of the new museum.

He thanked all those who helped in its creation, and especially noted the archaeologist Angelika Kottaridis, who, according to him, devoted her life to this cause.

Source: RES-IPE