"How 560 Greek priceless treasures got to Washington DC and
National Geographic's Saving the Past initiative"
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Dr. Fred Heibert,
National Geographic’s Fellow Archeologist and Dr. Zoe Kosmidou, Director of
the Hellenic Foundation for Culture in the USA will share insights on how the recent National Geographic Museum's
exhibition: “THE GREEKS: From Agamemnon to Alexander the Great” set sail with
560 priceless treasures from 22 museums across Greece, to bring an
extraordinary cultural experience to Washington, D.C.
In
their conversation, they will narrate the fascinating story of
the diplomatic way that the exhibition was born six years ago. Dr Heibert will conclude by introducing the
recent National Geographic’s initiative about preserving World’s Cultural
Heritage.
This
event has been organized by the Delegation of the European Union to the United
States in collaboration with the Hellenic Foundation for Culture. It is part of
the "Protecting our Heritage" initiative, a program supported by
UNESCO and organized by the Washington Network of the European Union National
Institutes of Culture (EUNIC), under the 2016 Italian presidency held by the
Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington DC. The
program was created in order to raise awareness on the need to act against the
growing threats posed to cultural heritage by wars, international terrorism,
criminal organizations, climate challenges - or more simply, by neglect.
The
event is free, but reservations are required. Join us by RSVP here:
https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07edct62mp57e8a30e&oseq=&c=&ch=