ATHENS

ANCIENT GREECE - THE ORIGINS OF TECHNOLOGY

Hi - tech inventions then and now! Visitors, through 100 fully functional invention models accompanied by abundant visual material, can learn about everything from the robot maid and the first cinema to the first telegraph and the first computer. Each exhibit is also a trigger for the correlation of technology and science and their role in human everyday life throughout time. The public is invited to discover and reflect on the finding that the technology of the ancient Greeks shortly before the end of the ancient Greek world was shockingly similar to the beginnings of modern technology.

Ancient greek musical instruments and toys

The same building houses the permanent independent exhibition of Ancient Greek Musical Instruments and Toys with 42 fully functional, reassembled musical instruments and toys. Music played a significant role in every aspect in the life of the Ancient Greeks. A tour among 45 “vivid” exhibits encourages the revival of ancient Greek music and gives the chance to the visitors to listen to the most ancient worldwide known song of Seikilos and the ancestor of the church instrument.