Exhibitions
2 July 2016 Start
13 November 2016 End
10.30 am to 6 pm, except Mondays 18 June – 31 August: 10 am to 7 pm, 7 days a week Time
France Musée d’histoire de Nantes, 4, place Marc Elder 44000 Nantes

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Icôns – Refugees Heirlooms

July 2 - November 13, 2016

The exhibition on display at the Musée d’histoire de Nantes, in partnership with the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens, offers a chance to discover the exceptional objects from the Refugee Treasures exhibition presented in 2009 in Athens, and a selection of items conserved in France that will be presented for the first time.

Exhibition curator: Kiriaki Tsesmeloglou, member of the Icon Network association, restorer and conservator of painted works

Associate curator: Maria Filipoussi

Author of reference texts: Katerina Seraïdar, anthropologist
Author of fictional stories: Christos Chryssopoulos, author

Drafting and scientific monitoring: Krystel Gualdé, musée d’histoire de Nantes
Project manager: Pierre Chotard, musée d’histoire de Nantes
Associate curator: Gaëlle David, musée d’histoire de Nantes