Makriyannis Wing Exhibitions
On June 2, 2018, the Ioannis Makriyannis Wing opened. This exhibition hall showcases many of the treasures of the School, taken from our libraries and archives, in a modern exhibition space, free and open to the public. The Makriyannis Wing also holds educational exhibitions about the important archaeological and scientific work of the American School. With its contemporary style, versatile space, and inviting interior, the Makriyannis Wing serves the expanding mission of the American School for decades to come.
Constantine (Deno) Macricostas, chairman of the technology company Photronics, and his family named the wing after national hero Ioannis Makriyannis (1797–1864), who fought in the Greek War of Independence (1821–1832), and who was later instrumental in the granting of the first constitution. Macricostas’s mother was born in the village of Krokilio, near the birthplace of General Makriyannis.
The courtyard of the wing, the Georges Family Courtyard Terrace, was donated by John A. Georges, Operating Partner of One Rock Capital Partners, LLC, in honor of his family.
Current Exhibition
Vrysaki: The Revival of a Neighborhood through the Archives of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Exhibition Sponsors
Exhibition duration:
June 18 – August 3 and September 4 – November 17, 2024
Opening hours:
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 12:00 – 18:00, Thursday: 12:00 – 20:00
Guided tours:
For June and July, Thursdays at 6.30pm and Sundays at 12 noon
Guided tours for families with children:
Saturday 22/6, 6/7 and 20/7 at 12:00 pm
For reservations: steinmetz-athens@ascsa.edu.gr
Guided tours for families with children on Saturday, October 19th at 12 PM.
Reservation is required. For bookings: steinmetz-athens@ascsa.edu.gr
Organized group tours:
Available upon request. For reservations: imantzavinou.admin@ascsa.edu.gr
Free admission
American School of Classical Studies at Athens at the
Ioannis Makriyannis Wing
Soudias 61, 106 76 Kolonaki
Click here for a map of grounds and detailed directions to the School.
Past Exhibitions
In the Name of Humanity: American Relief Aid in Greece, 1918-1929
Exhibition Duration:
October 17, 2023 – February 18, 2024
Dionysios Solomos… two flames… Manolis Charos
Exhibition Duration:
March 28 – June 30, 2023
The Epic of Anatolia in the Greek Imagination
Exhibition Duration:
October 20, 2022 - February 20, 2023
Andreas Georgiadis Solo Painting Exhibition: “Come back. Report to C.P. Cavafy”
Exhibition Duration:
June 23rd to August 5th, 2022
Hippos - The Horse in Ancient Athens
Exhibition Duration:
January 20, 2022, to June 5, 2022
The Free and the Brave: American Philhellenes and the ‘Glorious Struggle of the Greeks’ (1776–1866)
Exhibition Duration:
May 25, 2021, to December 12, 2021
Ion Dragoumis: Between East and West. One Hundred Years After His Assassination
Exhibition Duration:
October 15, 2020, to January 15, 2021
Francesco Morosini and his Legacy on Crete, Athens and the Morea
Exhibition Duration:
May 18 to July 14, 2019
Spolia: Transcripts of the Stones of the Little Metropolis
Exhibition Duration:
Sept. 17 to Nov. 2, 2019
Acropolis Redux: Caryatid/Frieze
Exhibition Duration:
May 18, to July 14, 2019
Ioannis Makriyannis. Vital Expression
Exhibition Duration:
June 5 to September 29, 2018
Alexandra Athanassiades.Beyond Cavafy’s Written Word
Exhibition Duration:
March 19 to May 12 2018
About Ioannis Makriyannis
Yannis Makriyannis (1797–1864), born Ioannis Triantaphyllou, was a Greek merchant, military officer, politician and author, best known today for his Memoirs. Starting from humble origins, he joined the Greek struggle for independence, achieving the rank of general and leading his men to notable victories. Following Greek independence, he had a tumultuous public career, playing a prominent part in the granting of the first Constitution of the Kingdom of Greece and later being sentenced to death and pardoned.
Despite his important contributions to the political life of the early Greek state, general Makriyannis is mostly remembered for his Memoirs. Aside from being a source of historical and cultural information about the period, this work has also been called a "monument of Modern Greek literature", as it is written in pure Demotic Greek. Indeed, its literary quality led Nobel laureate Giorgos Seferis to call Makriyannis one of the greatest masters of Modern Greek prose.