Vorres Museum
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The Vorres Museum is a diachronic museum
of folk and contemporary art in Paiania
of the East Attica
Prefecture, in Greece
. Its grounds cover 80 acres (323,748.8 m²) including several buildings, gardens and courtyards. Its collection includes over 6000 pieces covering 4000 years of Greek history and art. The museum has been donated by the Vorres family to the Greek state.
Its President and Founder is Ian Vorres, who studied in Canada at Queen's University
and Toronto University.
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
of folk and contemporary art in Paiania
Paiania
Paiania is a town and a municipality in East Attica, Greece. It is an eastern suburb of Athens, locatwed east of Mount Hymettus. Until the late 20th century, the area was known as Liopessi . Half of the municipality and the western part is the rocky landscape of Mount Hymettus...
of the East Attica
East Attica
East Attica is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Attica. The capital of the regional unit is the town of Pallini. The regional unit covers the eastern part of the agglomeration of Athens, and also the rural area to its east....
Prefecture, in Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. Its grounds cover 80 acres (323,748.8 m²) including several buildings, gardens and courtyards. Its collection includes over 6000 pieces covering 4000 years of Greek history and art. The museum has been donated by the Vorres family to the Greek state.
Its President and Founder is Ian Vorres, who studied in Canada at Queen's University
Queen's University
Queen's University, , is a public research university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded on 16 October 1841, the university pre-dates the founding of Canada by 26 years. Queen's holds more more than of land throughout Ontario as well as Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England...
and Toronto University.