Prospects for the future: Museum of Diplomatic History

YDIA aim of preserving the memory of the nation is realised by the assembling and safe-keeping of valuable material that will be placed on display in the foreseeable future in the Museum of Diplomatic History of Greece, currently at the planning stage. This Museum will be the first of its kind in Europe, and the announcement of its foundation attracted the interest of our European Union partners from the outset.

Heirlooms, dedications, personal diaries, costumes and uniforms, flags, emblems, photographs, artefacts, passports, rare editions - these are just some of the exhibits that will form part of the museum collection. Temporary exhibitions on specific themes will also be mounted, since the volume of the assembled material requires more space than envisaged. These temporary exhibitions will be planned to coincide with national anniversaries or other landmark events in the history of Greece , or with visits by high-ranking officials from foreign countries. When they are over, YDIA will publish photographs of the exhibits produced to high artistic and aesthetic standards, with bilingual captions and introductory text.

Exhibitions organized by YDIA at the same room where the Museum of Diplomatic History will be located, are deemed as pilot projects for the establishment of the Museum. Major examples of this kind of exhibitions are the one on the accession of Greece to the European Communities (2006), the one on the occasion of the National Day of October 28th (2010), the one on the occasion of the National Day of March 25th (2011) etc.