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

 

Newall Telescope

Newall Telescope

The historic telescope reopened to the public at the National Observatory of Athens in Penteli.

The telescope that put Greece in the forefront of modern astrophysics is once again functional at the National Observatory of Athens, in Penteli.  After “nurturing” a whole generation of Greek astronomers in the 1960s, the Newall Telescope has been withdrawn from research projects and has been dedicated to educational purposes.  Over the last ten years, it was inoperative due to various problems in its mechanism, in the dome and in the building that houses it.  Now, after a complete renovation and refurbishment, it is ready to welcome the public, giving ordinary citizens a unique celestial spectacle.

Excerpt from the “Vima Science” article written by Lalina Fafouti,published 22 Sept. 2013.

To read more excerpts (in Greek) from the aforementioned article and to learn more about the Newall Telescope’s history, click on “GR” in the upper right hand corner of this webpage.

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Newall Telescope

Newall Telescope

The historic telescope reopened to the public at the National Observatory of Athens in Penteli.

The telescope that put Greece in the forefront of modern astrophysics is once again functional at the National Observatory of Athens, in Penteli.  After “nurturing” a whole generation of Greek astronomers in the 1960s, the Newall Telescope has been withdrawn from research projects and has been dedicated to educational purposes.  Over the last ten years, it was inoperative due to various problems in its mechanism, in the dome and in the building that houses it.  Now, after a complete renovation and refurbishment, it is ready to welcome the public, giving ordinary citizens a unique celestial spectacle.

Excerpt from the “Vima Science” article written by Lalina Fafouti,published 22 Sept. 2013.

To read more excerpts (in Greek) from the aforementioned article and to learn more about the Newall Telescope’s history, click on “GR” in the upper right hand corner of this webpage.

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Newall Telescope

Newall Telescope

The historic telescope reopened to the public at the National Observatory of Athens in Penteli.

The telescope that put Greece in the forefront of modern astrophysics is once again functional at the National Observatory of Athens, in Penteli.  After “nurturing” a whole generation of Greek astronomers in the 1960s, the Newall Telescope has been withdrawn from research projects and has been dedicated to educational purposes.  Over the last ten years, it was inoperative due to various problems in its mechanism, in the dome and in the building that houses it.  Now, after a complete renovation and refurbishment, it is ready to welcome the public, giving ordinary citizens a unique celestial spectacle.

Excerpt from the “Vima Science” article written by Lalina Fafouti,published 22 Sept. 2013.

To read more excerpts (in Greek) from the aforementioned article and to learn more about the Newall Telescope’s history, click on “GR” in the upper right hand corner of this webpage.

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