“Mikis Theodorakis, memory in the digital age” Itinerant exhibition about the great composer

The Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation and the Friends of Music Society, in collaboration with the Municipality of Western Lesvos, present the itinerant exhibition titled “Mikis Theodorakis, memory in the digital age" at the Museum of Industrial Olive Oil Production of Lesvos.



Following its successful presentation at the Museum of the Olive and Greek Olive Oil in Sparta, the exhibition continues its journey to another Museum of the Foundation, honoring the memory and work of a creator who left an indelible mark on modern Greek culture. 

With the preservation of collective memory at its core, the exhibition creates bridges between younger generations and the past, while also offering the people of Lesbos and visitors to the island the opportunity to discover the multifaceted artistic journey of Mikis Theodorakis through rare archival material. 

Τhe exhibition brings together for the first time all the digital tools developed by the Society and the “Lilian Voudouri” Music Library, aiming to make the work of Mikis Theodorakis accessible to everyone. Visitors can explore three thematic pavilions and discover the life and work of the composer using contemporary interactive technologies. 

The pavilion titled “A Galaxy of Music and Action” presents the major retrospective exhibition “Mikis Theodorakis: My Galaxy” hosted at the Athens Concert Hall (2021, 2025) in digital and interactive form. The experience is enhanced with virtual reality glasses, through which visitors can explore both the exhibition itself and a digital reconstruction of the composer’s residence in Zatouna during his exile. 

The pavilion titled “For Children, Young and Old” presents a panorama of photographic portraits by the composer from his own Archive — many of which are presented for the first time — along with digital interactive games that connect archival documents with moments from his life and work. 

The pavilion titled “Mikis and the Great Poets” is dedicated to poetry set to music, one of the composer’s most important legacies. Here, new material from the Mikis Theodorakis Archive is presented for the first time, specially curated for the exhibition, offering visitors a vivid auditory experience within the space. 

The exhibition began its journey at the Centre for Mediterranean Architecture in Chania in 2025, on the occasion of the centenary of the composer’s birth, as an initiative of the Ministry of Culture in collaboration with the Friends of Music Society, to whose Music Library Mikis Theodorakis entrusted his archive in 1997. 

The exhibition is curated by architect-museologist Erato Koutsoudaki, with scientific supervision by musicologist Valia Vraka, Head of the Greek Music Department at the Music Library.   

Date & Opening hours
Exhibition duration: Until 30 September 2026
Opening hours: Daily, except Tuesday, 10:00–18:00
Closed: 15 August 

Admission
With your museum ticket 

Museum of Industrial Olive Oil Production of Lesvos
Agia Paraskevi, Lesvos 811 02
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