2. On Tuesday, December 20th,
the Evening High School of Aigaleo visited
the Athens War Museum
3. About 50 students and 8 teachers
were guided in the history of the Greek
nation
from the ancient times until today
4. The War Museum was established
by the Hellenic State in 1964
in order to honor all those
who fought for the country's freedom.
The relevant study was undertaken
by a team of distinguished scientists,
headed by
Professor Thoukidides Valentis
of the National Technical University of
Athens
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6. On July 18, 1975,
the President of the Hellenic
Republic
H.E. Constantine Tsatsos and
the Minister of National
Defense
Evangelos Averof-Tositsas
inaugurated the Museum
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8. The Museum’s mission,
as this was determined by its Establishing
Act, is to collect, preserve and exhibit
military artifacts and memorabilia,
and to study, document and
project the sacred struggles of the Greek
nation from antiquity to the present day,
in order to preserve the national memory
and
promote the historic continuity of
Hellenism
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11. In addition
to presenting various periods
of our history,
the War Museum also operates
as a place for:
• research, study and education
• conserving and safeguarding
artifacts, memorabilia, etc
• organizing periodic exhibitions
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13. The Museum’s exhibition areas are distributed over four
levels and present images of Greek history
from antiquity to the present
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16. Its various activities include
the publication of books,
the establishment and maintenance
of monuments and memorials all
over Greece and abroad