“My dear Legolas, do you know that the caves of Helm’s Deep are vast and beautiful?”
 — The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien

“Entering the cave, we gazed in wonder at everything:
 baskets full of cheese... pens where the sheep were groaning.”
 — Odyssey 9.218–223

“Inside the sea caves, for days I watched your eyes.”
 — Plans for a Summer, Giorgos Seferis

“Open sesame!”
 — Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, One Thousand and One Nights

“Down by Kakorrhema, deep in the valley... in the Dark Cave...”
 — The Murderess, Alexandros Papadiamantis

Come join us In the Cave! Bring along a book, comic, fairy tale, song lyrics, or poems about caves to discover together Stories from Darkness to Light.

To enter the “dark” cave, we will meet in the evening from 18:30 to 20:00, at the entrance of the Museum. We will explore freely the exhibition “In the Cave. Stories from Darkness Brought to Light” to see: footprints from 130,000 years ago, a rhinoceros tooth, an engraved skull, a 16,500-year-old needle, jewelry made of animal teeth, shells, and gold, marble caves, images, paintings, the equipment of a speleologist, and much more. Two archaeologists will be present to answer questions.

After the visit, we will read our favorite excerpts and reflect: what is a cave, after all? A blackboard will be waiting to fill with ideas, thoughts, and sketches.

Activity for teens aged 13–18.
Free admission.
Pre-registration required by phone at 2313 310 201 (Mon–Fri, 09:00–14:00).