Georgios Drosinis Museum

The history of the museum’s founding

The Museum was founded in 1997 at Villa Amaryllis, where the poet, journalist, and publisher of magazines and newspapers, the man of national action and social sensibilities, the man who passionately loved Greece, Georgios Drosinis, lived for the last thirteen years of his life.

His original books, studies on his literary, publishing and cultural work and many of his personal objects belong to the Association “FRIENDS OF THE G. DROSINIS MUSEUM” and adorn the building. The Association constantly ensures the continuous enrichment of the exhibits and the smooth operation of the Museum, in consultation with the Municipality of Kifissia, which is also the administrator of the Drosinis legacy.

The objects of the Museum cover his multifaceted personal life. They are heirlooms, handwritten manuscripts, photographs, testimonies of his contribution to the Nation, mainly to education, letters and culture.

The Museum gathers his entire poetic, prose and folklore work, publications of books, magazines, dictionaries, as well as his rich archive with his manuscript texts and relevant historical documents of the same era.

Rich folklore material, inspired by the heroes and heroines of his works and important testimonies of the people who lived next to them, complete the picture of this unique writer.

Educational tours for groups of visitors, associations, school students and announcements of literary competitions keep alive the memory and timeless lessons of Georgios Drosinis.

Free admission. Open every morning except Sunday

Information 210 8012642 Fax: 210 8014105

Description of the museum

BUILDING ENTRANCE

The entrance hosts two libraries, which contain books from Drosinis' personal library on various topics, and the Nea Estia series, at the time when its publisher was Grigorios Xenopoulos, as well as some issues that refer to the Poet to this day.

At the entrance there is an exact copy of the oil painting by Georgios Roilos, on the theme: "THE POETS". The original of which is in the office of the "PARNASSOS" Mansion. A large photograph of Drosinis and other smaller ones, at different ages, are placed on the left, right, but also watercolors inspired by Drosinis' poems generally adorn the walls. Inside a glass-enclosed old and very beautiful table display case, the model of the Poet’s head, crafted by his daughter Angeliki, dominates.

At the entrance there is an ornate marble rotating column, which supports the head of a girl L’ Arrongante, -the unacceptable- the work of the French sculptor Alexandre Falguière (1831-1900). The marble head belonged to the Drosini family and adorned the Amaryllis villa, when the Drosinis lived there.

Going up the wooden staircase, one finds oneself on the first and only floor, which is divided into three sections according to the corresponding rooms.