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The exhibition
The exhibition ‘Stolen Past – Lost Future’ was organised by the Directorate of Archaeological Museums, Exhibitions and Educational Programmes and the Directorate of Documentation and Protection of Cultural Goods under the general coordination of the General Directorate of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage in cooperation with the Baden State Museumin Karlsruhe, within the framework of the cooperation agreement between the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports and the Ministry of Science, Research and Art of Baden-Württemberg (2016). It constitutes a ‘good practice’ cooperation between official bodies and states, with the aim of alerting the public and raising awareness of matters pertaining to the protection of cultural heritage and the further boosting of common efforts to bring a dynamic and definitive end to this international crime against humanity.
From 2018 to the present day, the photographic exhibition has been successfully presented in museums and university institutes in Germany and Switzerland. The magnitude of the loss caused by the destruction and looting of and the illicit trade in international cultural property – which is then separated from its history and environment – is made clear through examples and specific cases. By contrast, the exhibition highlights the benefits of: protecting and respecting cultural reserves; the legal possession of collections; and legal excavations, which allow finds to maintain their origins, their value, and the historical information they provide
Making use of the modern-day technological tools, the responsible directorates of the Ministry of Culture and Sports have created a digital record of the exhibition, with the aim of promoting it as widely as possible.
About us
Directorate of Archaeological Museums, Exhibitions and Educational Programmes
The Directorate of Archaeological Museums, Exhibitions and Educational Programmes –as a single directorate according to the organisational chart of the Ministry of Culture and Sport as currently in force – through the totality and range of its actions, supports, coordinates, and promotes the country’s archaeological museums. It aims to: optimise the highlighting and utilisation of their collections; safeguard and properly organise the storage of archaeological collections; encourage scientific research together with outreach by the organisation of numerous archaeological exhibitions in Greece and abroad; and plan and carry out innovative educational activities, actively supporting extended synergies.
Contact information:
Directorate of Archaeological Museums, Exhibitions and Educational Programmes, Department of Exhibitions
Website
Email address: teme.dmeep@culture.gr
Postal address: 5 Themistokleous Avenue, Athens, 10677
Telephone: +30 210 3321 707, +30 210 3321 738, +30 210 3321 747
Directorate for the Documentation and Protection of Cultural Property
The Directorate of Documentation and Protection of Cultural Goods consists of four departments, and its chief aim is to prevent and confront the illegal trade in cultural property and to recover it for the Greek State, as well as to oversee private archaeological collections and dealers in antiquities. Its main task is, on the one hand, to oversee, inspect, record and photograph antiquities which are legally in the possession of private individuals and collectors or are traded by legitimate dealers throughout the country and, on the other, to document the illicit trade in moveable monuments, to seek out all evidence that can contribute to claiming them back and to initiate the actions necessary for their recovery. It maintains and updates a series of archives, regularly follows the international art market, oversees the participation of Greek museums in exhibitions abroad, represents the country at international meetings on the illicit trade in cultural property and actively participates in drafting international agreements. To achieve these aims, it cooperates closely with all the services of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, law enforcement and judicial authorities, and international organisations such as Interpol.
Contact information:
Directorate of Documentation and Protection of Cultural Goods
Department of Documentation and Protection of Cultural Goods
Postal address: 33 Agion Asomaton St, Athens, 10553
Website
Email address: tmtppa@culture.gr
Terms and Conditions of Use
The Directorate of Archaeological Museums, Exhibitions and Educational Programmes (hereinafter DAMEEP) and the Directorate of Documentation and Protection of Cultural Goods (hereinafter DDPCG)/ Ministry of Culture and Sports/Hellenic Republic provide the digital application (hereinafter DA) ‘Stolen Past - Lost Future’ for use on their web portal under the following terms and conditions, which the visitors/users of DA are requested to read carefully and fully accept before visiting/using the DA. Use implies acceptance of the following terms, which may be revised and updated at any point of time and without prior notice.
The visitor/user is responsible for their own access to DA in DAMEEP & DDPCG portal. Moreover, they are exclusively responsible for their own equipment and necessary technological means that enables their access to the web portal.
DAMEEP & DDPCG take all measures necessary to ensure the proper functioning of DA on their web portal. Nevertheless DAMEEP & DDPCG accept no responsibility for any adverse consequence or damage that the portal users may suffer from its use or failure to use it, delays during the use and errors or omissions therein.
DAMEEP & DDPCG provide no warranty that the portal or any affiliated web site or servers that make available DA to the visitors/users is provided free of “viruses” or other malicious components. The cost of any possible repair or service constitutes the sole responsibility of the visitors/users.
DAMEEP & DDPCG bear no responsibility for the accessibility, content, privacy policy and quality of services of other websites, which users access through DA in its own web portal (via links).
The entire content in DA, including texts, graphics, photographs, drawings, logos videos, etc, with the exception of those instances mentioned (intellectual rights of images of third parties, associates and agencies), constitutes the intellectual property of DAMEEP & DDPCG of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports and shall be protected by the national, community and international law in effect. The visitors/users understand and accept that they are not entitled to modify, sell, resell and/or commercially exploit DA content, in any manner whatsoever in whole or in part.
DAMEEP & DTPPA retains the right to legally amend the content of their portal, with or without prior notice to their visitors/users.
The above terms and conditions for the use of DA on DAMEEP & DDPCG web portal, as well as any amendments, are governed and supplemented by national and European Union law, as well as the relevant international treaties.
If visitors while browsing DA encounter errors or dysfunctions, they are kindly requested to contact us by email at teme.dmeep@culture.gr.
Rights (Copyright©) for the images of Services of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports: Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports / Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development (HOCRED) Creative Commons Licence: Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Rights (Copyright©) of images from External Partners
The Baden State Museum, Karlsruhe
University of Heidelberg, Centre for Ancient Studies, Institute for Pre-History, Protohistory, and Near
Eastern
Archaeology, Prof. Joseph Maran/Institute for Classical Archaeology, Prof. Diamantis Panagiotopoulos
University of Heidelberg, Centre for the Cultural Heritage of Heidelberg
Ephorate of Antiquities of Argolis, Dr. Alkestis Papadimitriou
National Archaeological Museum, Eleftherios Galanopoulos
Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Orestis Kourakis
German Archaeological Institute
Department of Cypriot Antiquities
Sokrates Mavrommatis
Rozario Anazalone
Christian Scharfenberg
ArcTron Ltd., Altenthann
Ria Würdemann
The Baden State Museum, Karlsruhe, Peter Gaul
Archaeological Museum of the University of Munster, Lianne Hecht
University of Basel, Department of Classical Studies, Prof. Martin Guggisberg, Director of Classical
Archaeology.
Instructions
You can visit the exhibition in any of the following ways:
- Follow a linear route through the virtual space.
- Select specific sections from the menu
- Select any point of interest on the interactive.
You also have three ways to access the exhibition:
- You may choose to download the exhibition application to your
computer (desktop or laptop) and open it locally. Note that, in this
case, you do not need an internet connection to visit the
exhibition. However, certain functions may not work if you are not
connected to the internet (i.e. browse the catalogue of the
exhibition, follow external links to other web pages, etc.). - Alternatively, you may choose to download the exhibition application
to your mobile device (smart phone or tablet) and open it locally.
Note that, in this case too, you do not need to be connected to the
internet while visiting the exhibit. However, certain functions may
not work if you are not connected to the internet (i.e. browse the
exhibition catalogue, follow external links to other web pages,
etc.). - Finally, you may visit the exhibition online on your computer or
mobile device, without downloading the application. In this case,
you must be connected to the internet while visiting the exhibition.
You may choose to visit the exhibition in full screen for a better viewing experience. Your computer screen must have resolution of at least 1920x1080 (HD) or at least 1334x750 for mobile devices. Please turn your mobile devices to landscape mode for a better viewing experience.
If you have visual impairment issues, you may choose to listen to the texts.
If you have visual impairment issues, you may choose to listen to the texts.