Rare archival material on the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Turks will emerge from the vaults of three banks for an exhibit at Benaki Museum in 2021, to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the uprising’s beginning in 1821, ANA reports.
The Benaki Museum shall contribute objects from its own archives, but nearly 100 of the exhibits will first travel to the Louvre, where they will be included in the museum’s exhibit “Discovering Greece in the 19th century” from March to June 2021. Until their return, the objects will be replaced in the 1821 exhibit by copies.
Objects on exhibit will include paintings, personal items of revolutionary fighters and rare documents.
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