Museum of Greek Children's Art

The Museum of Greek Children’s Art is a pioneering Museum, one of the very few worldwide that exhibits exclusively drawings and three dimensional artworks created by children 5 to 14 years old.

Founded in 1994, the Museum of Greek Children's Art, follows its original vision, "Learning through Art".

• The Museum's aim is to highlight the uniqueness of Children's Art.
• It offers the chance to get acquainted with Art since childhood.
• It is addressed to children and adults, parents, teachers, artists and scientists.
• It offers outlets that an adult has deprived long and a child needs to experience every day.
• It collaborates with Institutions, professionals and researchers with relevant interests.
• The Museum's collections include 8,000 drawings and 3d artworks created by children, enriched each year.
• It proposes an educational approach enriched by art created by children. 

The Museum presents exhibitions that are regularly renewed.

The billingual interactive section of every exhibition, offers the possibility for visitors f all ages to enjoy games, fairytales and books, which help to approach the exhibits in a more stimulating way.

Current three exhibitions aim, through Art 1. to familiarize children with their rights as they are mentioned at the Convention on Children’s Rights as well as 2. to increase consideration and develop critical thinking in order to accept the diversity of the Other and 3.  to learn about the work of the famous Greek painter Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas.

Based upon the exhibitions, educational programs for pre-school and primary school pupils are held every day at the Museum’s premises. Every year, 7.000 children participate in the school educational programs, while Museum-Kits are loaned to almost 70 relative institutes in the region. On weekends and holidays the Museum organizes art workshops for children 5-12 years old on a 8 month basis or as on one off. For preschool children, 2,5-4 years old, the Museum runs family art workshops. All programmes and art workshops are presented in Greek, by the Museum’s staff,  specially educated in all relative fields.

The Museum has a gift shop offering various editions and "unique" small art objects inspired by artworks of its collections. All benefit contributes to the Museum’s daily function.

MUSEUM OF GREEK CHILDREN’S ART

9 Kodrou Str., extension Voulis, Plaka, 105 58 Athens

Tel.: (+30) 210 3312 621, (+30) 3312 750

Fax: (+30) 210 3313 734

Visiting hours: Tues. - Sat.: 10.00 - 14.00 & Sund.: 11.00 - 14.00

www.childrensartmuseum.gr