The Goulandris Museum of Natural History (GMNH) has been officially proclaimed as the National Museum of Natural History under Article 38 of Law 5106/2024 (Government Gazette A 63/01.05.2024 of the Ministry of Environment and Energy): "Regulations to address the Multilevel Impacts of Climate Change"!
With e-Coloring, the Educational Department of the Goulandris Natural History Museum brings the animals of our Exhibitions to your home! Our little friends, this week we are painting and learning about the Swan!
The Educational Department of the Natural History Museum had an idea to transform your veranda. With e-nature, get ready to become young gardeners! Below you will find a list of plants you can sow during December. Among the plants we eat are Carrot, Spring Onion, Chicory, Lettuce and Spinach. Photo: Spinach.
On Wednesday, May 15th, 2024, the Judging Committee of the 3rd Panhellenic Pupils’ Painting Competition "Niki Goulandris" titled "A shell at the bottom of the sea" chose the 12 best paintings. The competition worked through School Units and was addressed to Primary Education pupils.
The Conference titled “Net-Zero and Climate-Resilient Shipping: Can Greece Lead the Race?” organized by the Goulandris Museum of Natural History, the UNSDSN Global Climate Hub, and the AE4RIA initiative, was held on Friday, May 31, 2024, at the Goulandris Museum of Natural History, under the auspices of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy.
On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, the Museum honored its volunteers for their invaluable contribution during yet another productive academic year (2023-2024), which concluded with the best possible prospects for its upcoming era as a National Museum.
Children who like drawing can now find 2 folders containing 20 animal designs each, at the Museum’s Shop! These are 40 animals from e-Coloring, the much-loved entertaining and educational online activity for children, that our Museum continues posting on our website!
On Saturday 9th March 2024, we hosted at Sparoza Estate the third of our Botanical Painting workshops with the artist Matina Galati. The purpose of the workshops is to encourage visitors to immerse themselves in the garden over the course of a morning, spending time observing the plants really closely and creating beautiful botanical paintings en plein air!
The last issue of the British Magazine "Gardens Illustrated" featured an extended article the Sparoza Estate, located in Paiana and bequeathed in 1983 to the Goulandris Natural History Museum!
Sparoza is an experimental waterwise garden of Goulandris Natrural History Museum on the outskirts of Athens, created and developed by two extraordinary women - the renowned urban planner Jacky Tyrwhitt (1905-1983) and, subsequently, the artist and plantswoman Sally Razelou (1931-2021).
