Main Library

At the largest school library in Greece, we offer junior high and high school students all the necessary tools to do research projects and deepen their knowledge.

Athens College Library began its operation in the 1930s within the spaces of Benaki Hall.  Its collection was organized more systematically in the 1950s.  Since 1964, it is housed in its own 1300 m2 building on the Psychico campus, a structure designed by architect and Athens College alumnus, Pavlos Mylonas.

Opening Hours:  Monday-Friday 08.15-17.00, Saturday 11:00-16:00

During holidays and summer break, operating hours may change. 

 

At the Main Athens College Library, we have:

  • 100,000 Greek and foreign volumes in Greek and English
  • subscriptions to electronic databases
  • 200 current titles of printed and digital journals/magazines and newspapers
  • a rich selection of audiovisual materials
  • 200 study stations and 140 computers & laptops
  • the D-Space institutional repository in order to collect, organize, promote, and maintain materials produced at the College

 

The Architecture of Libraries

The Architecture of Libraries

The “Architecture of Libraries” exhibit at the Benaki Museum is organized into five distinct periods that correspond to the evolution of library architecture as it was influenced by the intellectual and cultural criteria of each of those historical periods: Greek world, Roman era, Byzantine Empire, Western Europe during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

A discussion on the architecture of libraries from Antiquity to the Renaissance

 

Mr. Konstantinos Sp. Staikos, curator of the exhibition which recently opened at the Benaki Museum, speaks to LIFO.gr about the influences that shaped the architecture of libraries in Western Civilizations.

Η Aρχιτεκτονική των Bιβλιοθηκών

http://www.lifo.gr/articles/architecture_articles/123454

Also see:

Τα κτίσματα της πνευματικής κληρονομιάς στο ένθετο της Καθημερινής, «Ζωή: πολιτισμός – αθλητισμός»,  3 Δεκ. 2016   [article in Greek entitled “The buildings of spiritual heritage” in the insert “Life: Culture – Sports” of Kathimerini newspaper, Dec. 3, 2016]

http://www.kathimerini.gr/886247/article/politismos/eikastika/ta-ktismata-ths-pneymatikhs-klhronomias

The Architecture of Libraries


December 1, 2016 – January 8, 2017

Benaki Musuem – Main Building

Admission: € 7, € 5

 

Η Aρχιτεκτονική των Bιβλιοθηκών

 
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The Architecture of Libraries

The Architecture of Libraries

The “Architecture of Libraries” exhibit at the Benaki Museum is organized into five distinct periods that correspond to the evolution of library architecture as it was influenced by the intellectual and cultural criteria of each of those historical periods: Greek world, Roman era, Byzantine Empire, Western Europe during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

A discussion on the architecture of libraries from Antiquity to the Renaissance

 

Mr. Konstantinos Sp. Staikos, curator of the exhibition which recently opened at the Benaki Museum, speaks to LIFO.gr about the influences that shaped the architecture of libraries in Western Civilizations.

Η Aρχιτεκτονική των Bιβλιοθηκών

http://www.lifo.gr/articles/architecture_articles/123454

Also see:

Τα κτίσματα της πνευματικής κληρονομιάς στο ένθετο της Καθημερινής, «Ζωή: πολιτισμός – αθλητισμός»,  3 Δεκ. 2016   [article in Greek entitled “The buildings of spiritual heritage” in the insert “Life: Culture – Sports” of Kathimerini newspaper, Dec. 3, 2016]

http://www.kathimerini.gr/886247/article/politismos/eikastika/ta-ktismata-ths-pneymatikhs-klhronomias

The Architecture of Libraries


December 1, 2016 – January 8, 2017

Benaki Musuem – Main Building

Admission: € 7, € 5

 

Η Aρχιτεκτονική των Bιβλιοθηκών

 
Back
The Architecture of Libraries

The Architecture of Libraries

The “Architecture of Libraries” exhibit at the Benaki Museum is organized into five distinct periods that correspond to the evolution of library architecture as it was influenced by the intellectual and cultural criteria of each of those historical periods: Greek world, Roman era, Byzantine Empire, Western Europe during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

A discussion on the architecture of libraries from Antiquity to the Renaissance

 

Mr. Konstantinos Sp. Staikos, curator of the exhibition which recently opened at the Benaki Museum, speaks to LIFO.gr about the influences that shaped the architecture of libraries in Western Civilizations.

Η Aρχιτεκτονική των Bιβλιοθηκών

http://www.lifo.gr/articles/architecture_articles/123454

Also see:

Τα κτίσματα της πνευματικής κληρονομιάς στο ένθετο της Καθημερινής, «Ζωή: πολιτισμός – αθλητισμός»,  3 Δεκ. 2016   [article in Greek entitled “The buildings of spiritual heritage” in the insert “Life: Culture – Sports” of Kathimerini newspaper, Dec. 3, 2016]

http://www.kathimerini.gr/886247/article/politismos/eikastika/ta-ktismata-ths-pneymatikhs-klhronomias

The Architecture of Libraries


December 1, 2016 – January 8, 2017

Benaki Musuem – Main Building

Admission: € 7, € 5

 

Η Aρχιτεκτονική των Bιβλιοθηκών

 
Back