The president of the Greek Community of Melbourne Bill Papastergiadis met with Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni as she prepared to travel to Australia for the Open Horizons Exhibition.

As Chair of the Exhibition’s Community Advisory Group, Bill Papastergiadis said “The Open Horizons exhibition brings never travelled artefacts from the Archeological Museum to the Melbourne Museum.
The exhibition will provide all Australians with a unique experience and we are grateful to the State Government and Steve Dimopoulos and Kate Theophanous for making it happen. The collaboration with Greece on this matter demonstrates that our state facilitates a truly cosmopolitan and multicultural discourse”.

The meeting also gave the opportunity for Mr Papastergiadis to discuss further possibilities that could be explored by community groups in Australia and the Ministry of Culture.
Bill Papastergiadis told Minister Mendoni that “it has been almost 3 years since we had visited Greece and now is the time to expand the links and projects that can tour between the two countries”. Minister Mendoni was keen to ensure the dialogue and exchange moved to new levels post COVID.

Mr Papastergiadis also spoke with Dr Karapanagiotidou, Director of the Archeological Museum of Athens in regards to her lecture which she is scheduled to present on 26 April at the Greek Centre as part of the exhibition and tour.