Summer Camp 2025 by School Life and Education Museum

Summer Camp 2025 at the School Life and Education Museum

Summer is here, and it’s time to embark on an unforgettable “Journey to the City,” reunite with our friends, and spend our time creatively! This summer, a group of children will enjoy memorable holidays in the heart of Athens, through play and participation in creative and experiential activities, always prioritizing everyone’s health and safety.

Through music and movement games, visits to nearby museums and parks, crafts, theatrical play, magical experiments, STEM, technology, cooking, and much more, we’ll take a refreshing dive into the world of knowledge, art, and creativity.

Starting from the School Life and Education Museum, children will go on tours, enjoy creative guided visits to neighboring Museums and Art Spaces, explore the neighborhoods of Plaka, have picnics on Filopappou Hill, paint in hidden corners of the National Garden, go on environmental excursions, and learn traditional games.

At the Museum, children will engage in creative time with activities specially designed to maintain necessary health precautions: arts and crafts, music and movement activities, theatrical play, STEM, creative movement, screenings, storytelling, and educational games.

Each week-long session is unique (with a special theme) and does not repeat. All sessions include visual arts and musical-theatrical activities, visits to nearby museums, and nature outings.

Information & Terms of Participation

  • Provision of adequate hygiene supplies (e.g. soap, paper towels, sanitizer, etc.) in activity rooms and restrooms.

  • Each child receives a personal set of stationery (markers, pencils, etc.) and materials for art workshops.

  • Every session is unique and non-repetitive, all include creative arts, music-theatre activities, museum visits, and nature excursions.

  • Session dates: 16/6–20/6, 23/6–27/6, 30/6–4/7, 7/7–11/7, 14/7–18/7, 21/7–25/7, 28/7–1/8, 4/8–8/8, 25/8–29/8, 1/9–5/9

  • Each session lasts five (5) working days (Monday to Friday) from 8:30 to 13:00 or 8:30 to 16:00

  • The program is designed for children aged 5 to 10 years old.

  • Meals (morning snack and lunch) are not included and must be brought from home in appropriate containers.

  • Children should bring: a backpack, water bottle, hat, comfortable clothes, sunscreen, and a protective mask.

  • Participation cost: €120 for the 8:30–13:00 program and €150 for the 8:30–16:00 program.

  • A 10% discount applies for siblings and for enrollment in more than one session.

  • Daily participation cost is €35.

  • Special package offers are available for organized children’s groups and corporate clubs.

  • Responsible staff ensure the smooth running of the program and children’s safety.

  • The program takes place at the Museum building in Plaka (17 Agias Filotheis Street).

  • It includes walks to archaeological sites and cultural venues in the surrounding area, with experiential and creative activities.

  • Make-up days due to illness/absence are arranged upon consultation and availability. No refunds are issued.

 

To express interest, please fill out the form [here]

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Training: “Memories that Shape Paths – Education for Inclusion through Cultural Heritage”

Training: “Memories that Shape Paths – Education for Inclusion through Cultural Heritage”

School Life and Education Museum is organizing a two-day training workshop as part of the European Erasmus+ project ALZ-Q: Training facilitators in small local heritage institutions to make them safe places for adults with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease (2024-1-NL01-KA220-ADU-000253660).

The training workshop, titled “Memories that Shape Paths,” focuses on the role of cultural heritage, museums, and creative practices as tools for empowerment, inclusion, and support for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease.

Thursday, May 29, 2025 | 17:00–20:00 | In-person session
Venue: School Life and Education Museum (17 Agias Filotheis St., Athens, 10556)

  • Museums and Culture as Tools for Mental Empowerment
    Evangelia Kantartzi, Director School Life and Education Museum

  • Dementia-Friendly Cultural Spaces
    Meropi Kalymniou, Psychologist BSc, MA, Alzheimer Athens

  • Moving with Understanding: Exploring Laban Principles in Engaging with Individuals Affected by Alzheimer’s
    Ana Paula Alves, PhD in Child Studies / Supervision and Pedagogical Orientation, Education Department, Universidade Fernando Pessoa


Friday, May 30, 2025 | 17:00–20:00 | Online via Zoom

  • Museums and Culture as Tools for Mental Empowerment
    Evangelia Kantartzi, Director School Life and Education Museum

  • Animal-Assisted Therapy: The Potential of Its Application in Dementia-Oriented Interventions
    Eugenia Karazioti, Special Education Teacher, MSc in Psychopedagogy (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Animal Therapist

  • Memory Boxes and Personal Stories as Tools for Enhancing Memory in People with Dementia
    Niki Kantzou, Kindergarten Teacher – Author

  • Designing Educational Activities for Older Adults: “Nature Imitates Art” – An Educational Program at the National Gallery
    Xanthoula Danavara, Museologist – Tour Coordinator at the Museum of Wheat/Melissa Kikizas


Participation is free of charge.

Seats are limited and will be allocated on priority order.

Certificates of attendance will be provided.

Register by filling out the form here.
For more information: +30 210 3250341 | info@ekedisy.gr

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One day tour at Cape Sounio and Athens Riviera

One day tour at Cape Sounio and Athens Riviera

Sunday July 15th

Greek Cultural Institute and School Life and Education Museum invite you to a one day getaway at the southernmost tip of the city of Athens. Come with us in a tour of the archaeological site of Sounio, where the Temple of Poseidon is hovering above the Aegean and discover the remnants of the temple of Athena , a small settlement, the fortress with its walls. Today, the archaeological site of Sounio is one of the most photographed places in Greece, as the panoramic view enchants all visitors. When our tour is completed, our next stop is the hidden treasure of the Athenian Riviera. A rare geological phenomenon, Lake of Vouliagmeni, is waiting to be discovered, like its hidden secrets in an idyllic landscape.

Included:

  • Transport from Athens to Sounio by air-conditioned bus
  • Visit to the Cape of Sounio and guided tour of the archaeological site by an accredited guide
  • Visiting and touring the Lake of Vouliagmeni
  • Break for coffee – food or for those who want swimming on the beach
  • Return from Lake Vouliagmeni to Athens by air-conditioned bus

Not included:

  • Entrance tickets to museums and archaeological sites and beach
  • Personal expenses (food, coffee, soft drinks, souvenirs)

More information:

Date: Sunday July 15th

Meeting Point: Acropolis Metro Station (Makrigianni st.)

Departure: 09:00

Return: 17:30

Info: 2103250341 , info@ekedisy.gr

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An evening tour of the Acropolis Museum

An evening tour of the Acropolis Museum

Guided Tour, Friday June 8th 19:00

School Life and Education Museum  and the Greek Cultural Institute continue their guided tours of the New Acropolis Museum. The tour will begin at the School Life and Education Museum (23 Tripodon st.)  and we will walk to the Acropolis Museum, having the chance to see it shining illuminated under the Attic sky, a calm afternoon when most visitors will have left.

We will discover, with a different logic, what the New Acropolis Museum has to offer and some of the possibly less known objects that hide, nevertheless, interesting stories.

We will find the answers to questions like:

Was Acropolis always the religious center of Athens?

Was Parthenon the main temple on the Acropolis?

Where is the seventh Caryatid?

What mystery does the Parthenon Frieze hide?

What is the room with the colored statues?

Info:

Date: Friday June 8th, 19:00

Start: School Life and Education Museum

Finish: Acropolis Museum

Duration: 1,5 houra

Cost: 10 €

Children until 12 years old: 5 €

Bookings: 210 3250341

info@ekedisy.gr

Meeting Point:
School Life and Education Museum

23 Tripodon st., Plaka, (nearest metro station Acropolis)

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The secrets of the Caryatids – An evening tour at the Acropolis Museum

The secrets of the Caryatids – An evening tour at the Acropolis Museum 

Friday March 2nd, 18:00

Join us in an unforgettable night tour, of the most famous museum in the world, the New Acropolis Museum.
In a two-hour private tour, you can discover another face of the New Acropolis Museum, bathed in the colours of the attic sunset and you will enjoy a side of the city of Athens by night.
Small but also big secrets will be revealed as the history journey will take you back thousands of years. You will learn the secrets of the Caryatids, admire the metopes of the Parthenon, the statues of Kore and Kouros and the colourful statues.
At the end, having coffee or tea (or enjoying a delicious 3 course dinner) at the restaurant of the New Acropolis Museum you will have the chance to admire the most famous monument all over the world, the Parthenon, as it will be bathed in the magical colours of the night and the impressive lighting.

Info/Bookings: 

+302103250341

info@ekedisy.gr

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