PAC Museum: Ancient Greece - World Premiere

Pointe-à-Callière and the Canadian Museum of History:
The Greeks – Agamemnon to Alexander the Great

Montreal:  December 12, 2014 - April 26, 2015
Gatineau:   June 5 -  October 12, 2015

Today, it was announced that Pointe-à-Callière (PAC), Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History, and the Canadian Museum of History will be welcoming a world premiere exhibition to Canada later this year: This the exhibition will cover more than 5,000 years of Greek culture and history, from the Neolithic Period to the Age of Alexander the Great. 

The Greeks – Agamemnon to Alexander the Great will be the most comprehensive exhibition on Ancient Greece ever presented in North America. It will bring together more than 500 artifacts from 22 Greek museums, including many pieces never before displayed outside Greece. Among other treasures, visitors will be able to see a number of priceless objects, the result of some unparalleled archaeological discoveries. 

In order to facilitate the production of the exhibition of this breadth, a consortium of North American museums was created. In addition to the Canadian Museum of History and Pointe-à-Callière, the consortium includes The Field Museum in Chicago and the National Geographic Museum in Washington, DC. The Museum of History will oversee direction of the consortium as well as work on production of the exhibition in association with the Directorate General of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports. 

To find out about the PAC Museum's current and upcoming exhibitions, visit the museum's website:

http://pacmusee.qc.ca/en

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See my later article about the PAC Museum The Greeks: Agamemnon to Alexander the Great exhibition here.