The School Life and Education Museum of the National Research and Rescue of School Material Centre vision and aim is to preserve the historical memory through the rescue, research and study of the history of education and schools.
Among the Museum of School Life and Education collections there are schoolbooks, archives and school material covering a period of four (17th-20th) centuries. There is also a significant number of textbooks from around the world (France, Germany, England, America, Russia, Turkey, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria, Israel, Peru, Japan, India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Tunisia, Zaire, Korea).
In the Museum’s galleries the visitor can gain an insight into the history of education in Greece through the school publications, school maps and educational material which are exposed. The old classroom will convey you to the Greek schools of the last century. During your tour, you will have the opportunity to browse the history of Greek education and school textbooks, "wear" the blue school uniform, interact with objects of school life and sit back on the old wooden school desks, in our representation of the old school classroom.
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