Unfriendly museum workers in Greece

Maria Katsounaki comments on the attitude of Greek museum workers, which has provoked complaints from tourists: "'Quickly because we close'. With this statement pronounced in English with a heavy Greek accent and accompanied by the sound of a siren (!), visitors to the National Archeological Museum were escorted to the exit at 3 p.m. on International Museum Day. Afterwards the visitors' book was filled with complaints. ... What is going on in the otherwise so peaceful world of Greek museums? Strikes by archaeologists and guards, changing opening hours. ... The Association of Greek Archaeologists has called a three-day strike starting June 18 to protest the draft law presented by the Cultural Ministry for changing the new Archaeological Museum on the Acropolis into a public corporation. ... [However] the legal framework of the museums is one thing, their mentality another."

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