Evgenidio Foundation

Coordinates: 37°56′24.4″N 23°41′47″E / 37.940111°N 23.69639°E / 37.940111; 23.69639

EVGENIDIO FOUNDATION

location: Palaio Faliro, Athens
founded: 1965
website: Official Website

The Evgenidio Foundation (Greek: Ίδρυμα Ευγενίδου, "Eugenidis Foundation") was established in 1956 in Athens, Greece implementing the will of the late Greek benefactor Eugenios Eugenidis, who died in April 1954. It has the form of private legal entity under law. The activity of the foundation, in accordance with its articles of association, is to contribute to the scientific and technological education of young people in Greece. The foundation is administered by a committee of three persons, which is participated by each professor which is elected as a rector of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) until the end of his term as a rector. For its multifaceted contribution to the Greek society, the Evgenidio Foundation was honored in December 1965 with the gold medal of the Academy of Athens.

The Evgenidio Foundation in Andrea Syngrou Avenue 387, Palaio Faliro, Athens.

The activities and establishments of the Foundation include:

a scholarship program granting 20 scholarships annually of a total of $300.000,
a scientific and technical library,
a museum of science and technology,
publishing of scientific and technical books, with over 45.000.000 copies of books published to date,
a digital computerized planetarium, of dome diameter 25 m and a total surface of 950 m2, one of the best equipped in the world.
lecture halls and auditoriums.

External links

Official Website

References

Museums in Athens

Archaeological	Acropolis Museum Epigraphical Museum Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art Kerameikos Kanellopoulou Museum National Archaeological Museum Stoa of Attalos Old Acropolis Museum Syntagma Metro Station Archaeological Collection Museum of the Center for the Acropolis Studies Athens International Airport Archaeological Collection

Byzantine and ecclesiastic	Byzantine & Christian Museum

Ethnological/historical	Athens War Museum Drossinis Museum Eleftherios Venizelos Historical Museum Goulandris Natural History Museum Jewish Museum of Greece Museum of the City of Athens National Historical Museum

Folklore	Museum of Greek Folk Art Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments Centre for the Study of Traditional Pottery Museum of the History of the Greek Costume

Art museums/galleries	Benaki Museum Emphietsoglou Gallery Museum Frissiras Museum Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum Municipal Gallery of Athens National Gallery (Athens) National Glyptotheque National Museum of Contemporary Art

Industry/technology	Evgenidio Foundation Hellenic Air Force Museum Hellenic Motor Museum Railway Museum of Athens Electric Railways Museum Technopolis (Gazi)

Education/sports/Special Interests	Athens University Museum Hellenic Children's Museum Hellenic Cosmos Numismatic Museum of Athens Theatrical Museum of Greece Postal & Philatelic Museum of Greece

Museum ships	Georgios Averof VELOS D16 SS Hellas Liberty Olympias HS "Eugenios Eugenides" Evangelistria Cable-laying ship "Thales of Miletus"

List of museums in Greece

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