'TO BE FAITHFUL TO TRADITION, MEANS TO BE FAITHFUL TO ITS FLAME, NOT ITS ASHES.' - JEAN JAURES (1859-1914) -
WE INITIATE PROJECTS, WHICH ENDORSE THE REGENERATION OF ECLECTIC GREEK HERITAGE.
ABOUT US WE INITIATE PROJECTS, WHICH ENDORSE THE REGENERATION OF ECLECTIC GREEK HERITAGE.
OUR WORK IS INSPIRED BY THE THE EXCEPTIONAL ELEMENTS OF GREEK CULTURE AND ITS CONTINUING POTENTIAL OF INSPIRING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE TODAY.
THE ATHENIAN MUSE HOLDINGS IS AN ENTERPRISE, CONDUCTING PRIMARY RESEARCH FOR ITS SUBSIDIARY PROJECTS.
ONE OF ITS MAIN PROJECTS WAS THE ATHENIAN MUSE EXPERIENCES - A SERIES OF ORGANISED EDUCATIONAL/ENTERTAINING EVENTS FOR PRIVATE CLIENTS WITH THE GOAL OF EXPLORING GREEK HERITAGE AS A 'HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE'.
THE WORK INVOLVED COLLABORATION WITH ACADEMICS, ARCHAEOLOGISTS, ACTORS, HISTORIANS, DESIGNERS, SOMMELIERS, CHEFS AND OTHER EXPERTS FROM THE CULTURAL HERITAGE SECTOR. (SEE SECTION IN MAIN MENU- PROJECTS)
OUR STORY THE ROOTS OF THE ATHENIAN MUSE, ARE TRACED TO NIKOLAOS & KALLIRHOE AGIORGITI, WHO FOSTERED THE GREEK CULTURAL FLAME, AS THEIR WAY OF LIFE.
DURING THE 1960'S MILITARY REGIME, THEY ESCAPED TO MONTREAL AND REMAINED THERE IN EXILE. THEIR UNIQUE HOME SERVED THE ANTI-DICTATORSHIP MOVEMENT AND WAS A HUB FOR GREEK ARTISTIC & CULTURAL INTELLIGENTSIA ABROAD.
UP TO THE 1990'S, INTERNATIONAL BANKER NICHOLAS AGIORGITIS (WHO HAD ALSO SERVED ACTIVELY IN THE 1940'S GREEK RESISTANCE MOVEMENT) SUCCESSFULLY FINANCED AND MENTORED MANY GREEK ENTREPRENEURS OF THE DIASPORA. BY HIS SIDE, KALLIRHOE AGIORGITI-PIPERIGOU, ARTIST, COLLECTOR AND AESTHETE INTRODUCED AUTHENTIC GREEK design ELEMENTS IN DESIGNING THEIR BRAND IDENTITIES, BEING HERSELF PART OF THE GREEK MODERNIST ART MOVEMENT OF THE 50'S.
TODAY AFTER THEIR DEATH IN 2009, IN THE DAWN OF THE GREEK CRISIS, THEIR DAUGHTER MATINA AGIORGITI, INSPIRED BY CHILDHOOD, HER FAMILY'S OWN HISTORY, THEIR HOME'S HERITAGE COLLECTIONS AND CHARACTERISTIC LIFESTYLE, FOUNDED THE ATHENIAN MUSE AND ATHENIANMUSE HOLDINGS.
THE ATHENIAN MUSE HOLDINGS IS A HOLDING ENTERPRISE, INITIATING SUBSIDIARY PROJECTS WHICH ENDORSE THE REGENERATION OF ECLECTIC GREEK HERITAGE.
OTHER PAST PROJECTS
HISTORIC GREEK GASTRONOMY PROJECT (COMPLETED) THE HGG CATERING PROJECT OFFERED STATE-OF-THE- ART AUTHENTIC, HISTORIC MENUS BASED ON GREEK ART AND LITERARY SOURCES.
IN ALLIANCE THE PREMIUM CATERING COMPANY - LA CHOCOLATIERE, IN GREECE - THE MENUS CONTAINED RESEARCHED AND UNALTERED RECIPES FROM MAIN EPOCHS OF GREEK HISTORY ( CIRCA 2500 BC - 1960'S).
THE TASTING EVENTS TOOK PLACE IN SELECTED IN PRIVATE SPACES IN GREECE AND ABROAD.
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HGG PROJECT WERE:
STATE-OF-THE-ART RESEARCHED MENUS REFELCTING UNALTERED HISTORIC RECIPES FROM GREEK ART AND LITERARY SOURCES
UNIQUE DESIGNED TABLE-SCAPES CONTAINING AUTHENTIC PERIOD TABLEWARE, FOLIAGE & ARTIFACTS
BESPOKE PERFORMANCES/ SPEECHES RELATED TO THE SERVED FOOD
THE AGIORGITI RESIDENCE project ( PHASE 1 COMPLETED) THE PROJECT INVOLVED THE PART- RENOVATION OF THE 1930'S RESIDENCE, RESTORATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF the agiorgiti collection UP TO 2009. THE PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL ARTIFACTS.
