[MGSA-L] Greece's first Vehicle Museum to open to public in March

athanasios grammenos athanasiosgrammenos at gmail.com
Wed Jan 5 00:51:36 PST 2011


Actually the first vehicle museum is "Phaethon" situated in the Municipality
of Oropos (35km from Athens) and functions for some 8-10 years.

http://www.phaetonmuseum.gr/


Στις 5 Ιανουαρίου 2011 1:27 π.μ., ο χρήστης June Samaras <
june.samaras at gmail.com> έγραψε:

> Greece's first Vehicle Museum to open to public in March
>
>
> http://www.ana-mpa.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=9448587&maindocimg=9448582&service=144&showLink=true
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>    Vehicles covering a period of more than a century will be on
> display at Greece's first Vehicle Museum in an exhibition that will
> open in March.
>
>    The recently-inaugurated Museum, located on the top level of the
> three-storey Athenian Capitol multi-purpose cultural, commercial and
> recreational facility, features an 1895 fire pump, the oldest exhibit
> on display, while other highlights include cars belonging to
> historical figures of the arts and politics, some of which were
> acquired through international auctions over the last three decades.
>
>    The Athenian Capitol mall, which also contains a conference
> center, a 3D cinema, some 30 shops, and 10 restaurants and cafes, as
> well as an 8-storey underground garage with a capacity of 800 cars, is
> a 45 million euro investment by the Charagionis Group is expected to
> attract more than three million visitors annually.
>
>    All the Museum's exhibits are from the private collection of Group
> founder Theodoros Charagionis, which currently numbers 292 vehicles.
>
>    Initially, 111 of the vehicles will be on display in the
> alternating exhibition. They will be replaced by 100-120 other
> vehicles next year, and by the remaining vehicles of the collection
> the following year.
>
>    The Museum also plans to host parallel theme exhibitions such as
> racing cars, and exhibits dedicated to vehicles originating from
> different industries, such as Ferrari, or different countries, such as
> Italy.
>
>    Among the current exhibits are actor Paul Newman's Mercedes 300 SL
> Gullwing, legendary Led Zeppelin rock group frontsman Robert Plant's
> 1959 Chrysler Ιmperial, Formula 1 driver Lorenzo Bandini's personal
> 1953 Lancia Aurelia with its Gucci-designed interior, as well as cars
> that belonged to dukes, barons and members of the House of Lords.
>
>    A special road safety program for children will also be running at
> the Museum on weekdays, specialised for a variety of age groups.
>
>    Another attraction is a Formula 1 simulator, while the Museum
> Store offers a host of collector-item memorabilia.
>
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