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Research

Exhibitions

Online Exhibitions

Homer at the Gennadius Library

A selection of rare editions of Homer from the Gennadius collections bring to life the metamorphoses of the primary Homeric material in time and space.

Greek Printing Presses during the Revolution of 1821

Online exhibition “Greek Printing Presses during the Revolution: editions from the collections of the Gennadius Library”

Books of Asia Minor

Τake a virtual tour of the exhibition "Books of Asia Minor. Cultural Traces of Asia Minor Hellenism [1764-1922]"

History of Greek Printing

History of Greek Printing

The exhibition traces the genesis and evolution of Greek printing from the 15th to the 20th century, through the rare books collection of Joannes Gennadius

Traders and Travelers, Scholars, Soldiers and Sailors: Charting in War and Peace

Learn about the history of the maps of the Mediterranean

The Free and the Brave

Take a virtual tour of the exhibition "The Free and the Brave: American Philhellenes and the 'Glorious Struggle of the Greeks' (1776–1866)"

Past Exhibitions

The Makriyannis Wing gallery has offered since 2018 new opportunities for exhibitions. Past exhibits of the Gennadius Library include:

  • (May 2021 - December 2021) curated by Maria Georgopoulou;
  • (November 2019 – February 2020) curated by Maria Georgopoulou and Alexis Malliaris;
  • exhibition by Nora Okka organized by the Gennadius Library (September-November 2019);
  • curated by Maria Georgopoulou and Maria Papadaki (June-October 2018); and
  • art show by Alexandra Athanassiades, curated by Efi Andreadi and Joseph Tupay (March – May 2018).

Occasional exhibits are also featured in the Main Reading Room of the Gennadius Library, including , or "The Ηistory of Greek Printing (15th-20th century) through the Collections of the Gennadius Library".

Significant shows of contemporary art, hosted by the Library in the last decade, have ushered the institution into a new era. In 2014 the NEON Organization for Culture and Development opened its first public exhibition at the Gennadius Library. The show entitled “,” organized and curated by Iwona Blazwyck of London’s Whitechapel Gallery, enlivened the gardens and the Library for two months in the Spring of 2014. 12,000 visitors came to admire the art, but also to explore the Gennadeion – many of them for the first time. This was followed by the exhibition documenta14, with three distinct works exhibited inside the library and in the gardens; a very powerful experience as well.

For an archive of the exhibitions see here.