Guided tour at the Hellenic Parliament Library
The Alpha Bank Library organised a guided tour exclusively for Alpha Bank employees at the City Library, the section of the Hellenic Parliament Library housed at the former Public Tobacco Factory. Additionally, the employees were given a tour of the triple exhibition “1922-2022 at the Hellenic Parliament Library”. The tours are part of the Alpha Bank Library initiatives.
The tour took place on Thursday 23.05.2024 at 16:00 and was led by Elena Antonarakou, the head of the City Library and Library Systems Management Department of the Hellenic Parliament Library. A total of 20 Alpha Bank employees attended the tour, who visited the exhibitions and the library, and learned all about its collections.
The Hellenic Parliament Library
The Hellenic Parliament Library was founded in 1844, aiming to support the parliamentary work. For years, it was housed in various buildings, and in 1936 it was relocated to the 2nd floor of the Old Royal Palace building.
Over time, its collections and initiatives increased. As a result, in addition to the Central Library housed in the Parliament building, 2 more buildings have been added to its facilities: the Benakeios Library and the former Public Tobacco Factory.
The former Public Tobacco Factory
The iconic former Public Tobacco Factory, on 218 Lenorman Street, houses the largest volume of the book collections, which cover all categories. At the same time, in addition to the books of historical value, visitors may also find recent publications of Greek and foreign literature, science, etc.
A triple exhibition about the Asia Minor Catastrophe
With the triple exhibition “1922-2022 at the Hellenic Parliament Library”, the Hellenic Parliament Library takes part in the commemoration events for the 100 years since the Asia Minor Catastrophe, a milestone in the history of Hellenism.
The triple exhibition is hosted on the 1st floor of the former Public Tobacco Factory. Each of the 3 individual exhibitions deals with the Asia Minor Catastrophe in different, but complementary and interlinked terms.
- 1st exhibition, “Survival stories” – It deals with the professional integration of refugees in Greece.
- 2nd exhibition, “1922 in the Press” – It presents the journalistic output of the Greek and foreign Press on the dramatic events of 1922.
- 3rd exhibition, “Refugees: 1922+ survival-integration” – It transports the audience to the modern era, where 27 artists, most of them 2nd- and 3rd-generation refugees, document their own micro-stories about 1922.
