The new National Archaeological Museum in Athens will become one of the grandest in the world and will cost an eyewatering €300 million, greekcitytimes.com reports.
According to Proto Thema, the new National Archaeological Museum will comprise the old museum building and a new building and will be ready in five years.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the internationally acclaimed architect Sir David Chipperfield will unveil plans for the new museum on February 15.
Even though everything seemed like an almost unfulfilled dream because of the many difficulties that arose over the years, the “New Archaeological Museum” project seems to be a tangible reality now after the proposal by the architects David Chipperfield and Alexandros Tombazis.
The difficulties that had to be overcome were multiple.
To begin with, the appropriate legislative regulations had to be made by the Ministry of the Environment. The preliminary studies had to be prepared in order to make it possible to prepare a study of the architectural draft. This cost €600,000 euros, which was covered by the family of Irini and Nikolaos Laimos.
125,000 ancient treasures will be showcased in a doubled space that will be unified and spread, both in the preserved old building – which will also be renovated – and in the new building, with common interior design.
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