Ceremonial Reopening of the Cyprus Hall in the Neues Museum
News from 06/18/2024
On Monday, 17 June 2024, the Cyprus Hall in the Neues Museum on Museum Island was officially reopened by Dr Vasiliki Kassianidou, the Minister of Culture, Republic of Cyprus, in collaboration with Claudia Roth, Germany’s Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media. The event included performances of Cypriot and Greek choral works by the ’HXOS Chor Berlin conducted by Stelios Chatziktoris. The reopening will allow visitors to once again admire the statue of a goddess with a dove (Aphrodite/Astarte), small sculptures from a number of different temples, a drinking cup from Kition and artefacts from the royal tombs of Tamassos.
Vitrine im wiedereröffneten Zypern-Saal im Neuen Museum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Christof Hannemann
Ceremonial Reopening of the Cyprus Hall in the Neues Museum
On Monday, 17 June 2024, the Cyprus Hall in the Neues Museum on Museum Island was officially reopened by Dr Vasiliki Kassianidou, the Minister of Culture, Republic of Cyprus, in collaboration with Claudia Roth, Germany’s Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media. The event included performances of Cypriot and Greek choral works by the ’HXOS Chor Berlin conducted by Stelios Chatziktoris. The reopening will allow visitors to once again admire the statue of a goddess with a dove (Aphrodite/Astarte), small sculptures from a number of different temples, a drinking cup from Kition and artefacts from the royal tombs of Tamassos.
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