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Video created by Igifeneia Dimitriou, Museologist & Film Director.
Workshop Scientific Team
Asim... more Video created by Igifeneia Dimitriou, Museologist & Film Director.
Workshop Scientific Team
Asimina Grigoriou, Archaeologist-Museologist
Adia Adamopoulou, Conservator of Photographs and Works of Art
Fay Kiskira, Conservator of Works of Art (volunteer)
Video presented during the "Open Day" event on 5th July 2018 for the presentation of the "Sotiria Archive " workshop at the Museum of the Thoracic Diseases General Hospital "Sotiria".
The "Sotiria Archive" consist in findings (letters & personal belongings) of abandoned tubercular patients at the Sotiria Sanatorium from 1940 to 1980. 8 views
Conference Presentations by ASIMINA GRIGORIOU
Scientific Society for the Research on Restoration of Monuments, 5th National Conference of Restoration, Conference Annals, 2019
The Sotiria Museum operates within the framework of the Athens’ General Hospital of Chest Disease... more The Sotiria Museum operates within the framework of the Athens’ General Hospital of Chest Diseases “Sotiria”, whose founder was Sofia Schliemann in 1902. It started to function in 1905 as a Sanatorium for tuberculosis patients and for decades it has been the leading nursing institution for tuberculosis disease. Among the historic building core of the Sanatorium, which consists of eight buildings, seven clinics and an administrative building, two have been listed in 1987: Sotiria, the first building of the Sanatorium and the Military Pavilion.
The case under consideration concerns the Military Pavilion, built in 1913 during Eleftherios Venizelos’ era and intended only for male patients. It functioned from 1913 to 1969 and from 2012 it was used to house the Sotiria Museum Collection and a temporary exhibition. The building borrows elements of the Swiss chalet style (wooden roofs, chalet elements, etc.) but also uses a layout widespread in Sanatoria of the United States in the first decade of the 20th century (e.g. linear roofed balcony). The Military Pavilion is an elevated ground floor building with a symmetrical plan view of the E-shaped. It has a total size of 48 x 23 meters and an area of approximately 540 square meters. The building generally has been maintained in good condition, due to its construction and its uninterrupted use. Structural problems are not observed, only some constructive due to exposure to environmental conditions and the aging of materials. The exterior facades are almost unchanged while at the interior there have been mild interventions, which do not burden the building statically but only aesthetically.
The Sotiria Museum is a medical and historical museum operating over the last few years in favor of guest groups. There is a temporary exhibition showing a small part of the Museum’s Collection. The entire collection consists of 800 inventoried objects. It is a special and versatile collection, dating back to the late 19th century until the 1970s. At the permanent exhibition about 500 objects will be exhibited. The Museum has a total area of 540 square meters out of which 340 will be used as exhibition spaces and 200 as functional. The permanent exhibition consists of nine main sections.
To conclude, the aim of the studies is to restore the monument by conserving and preserving most of its original features, by using traditional materials and ways of structure and reversible interventions as much as possible and by distinguishing the new constructions and materials. It is also the setting up of a Museum about Medicine, Fight against Tuberculosis and the Hospital Sotiria itself, as well as the exhibition of the greatest possible number of rare medical items, the unveiling of patients’ personal histories, the monitoring of the evolution of Phtysiology into Pulmonology, creating at the same time a relaxation and entertainment space for scientific staff and visitors.
Finally, it is worth noting that in 2017 a complete series of detailed Studies was completed and approved by the Central Council of Modern Monuments and the Museum Council of the Ministry of Culture. The completion of those studies led to their integration into the Regional Operational Program “Attica 2014- 2020”, which is in progress.
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The frescoes painted by Theofilos for the Zalkos' Mansion at Lesvos, now at the Museum of Modern ... more The frescoes painted by Theofilos for the Zalkos' Mansion at Lesvos, now at the Museum of Modern Greek Culture (former Museum of Greek Folk Art). Paper announced at the International Congress for the life an work of the popular painter lead by the University of Thessaly and the Iolkos Municipality, on 2008.
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Presentation at the 25th Panhellenic Congress on Thoracic Diseases, organized by the Hellenic Tho... more Presentation at the 25th Panhellenic Congress on Thoracic Diseases, organized by the Hellenic Thoracic Society (HTS), held 23-26 June at the Athens Hilton hotel.
It concerns the Museological & Museographical Study for the Museum of Sotiria Hospital dedicated to the History of Tuberculosis.
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Presentation at the 25th Panhellenic Congress on Thoracic Diseases, organized by the Hellenic Tho... more Presentation at the 25th Panhellenic Congress on Thoracic Diseases, organized by the Hellenic Thoracic Society (HTS), held 23-26 June at the Athens Hilton hotel. It concerns the Journals published by the Sotiria Hospital from the mid-30s till late-60's.
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The Sotiria Archive, 2021
THE SOTIRIA ARCHIVE
RECORDING PROJECT AND HISTORICAL CONCLUSIONS
The name "Sotiria Archive",... more THE SOTIRIA ARCHIVE
RECORDING PROJECT AND HISTORICAL CONCLUSIONS
The name "Sotiria Archive", has been given to the abandoned personal belongings of tuberculosis patients, who ended up in the "Sotiria" Sanatorium (Athens, Greece) during the years 1937-1981. Its incidental discovery, in 2015, has been a milestone both in the history of the Hospital and in the scientific research around the history of health. As for its content, it consists of functional objects, personal documents, correspondence, photographs, books, diaries, administrative documents, etc. In fact, it is the only archive of this kind, which has been found at the "Sotiria" Hospital, which came to fill the gap that existed until recently regarding the lives of patients inside and outside the Institution.
The Archive, since its discovery, has been preserved in the "Military Pavilion", where the Museum of the "Sotiria" Hospital operates informally. In 2018, due to a kind donation of the Eugenides Foundation, Recording and Conservation preliminary works were carried out, resulting in the detailed recording of part of the Archive and the general inventorying of the rest, as well as rescue and preventive conservation interventions for the whole. During the recording procedure, the study of the documents and especially the correspondence of the patients with their relatives, led to a multitude of conclusions, about the patients, the Hospital itself, the disease, etc., which are worth investigating in greater depth.
The purpose of this text is the integration of the Archive in space and time, the highlighting of its content and its historical significance, the detailed presentation of the methodology of the first rescue recording operations with reference to the conservation works carried out in 2018. Based on above, the text concludes with historical deductions that emerged from the study of the material and with possible proposals for its future use.
It is worth noting that the project for the implementation of the Museum "Sotiria" is part of the Operational Program "Attiki 2014-2020", which is in progress. It was a fortunate circumstance that the "Sotiria" Archive had been found at the time when the Museological Study was being prepared and so some of the objects have been integrated into it, giving the Museum a completely different character from the one it had until then.
Work team
Documentation, Invetorying: Asimina Grigoriou, Archaeologist-Museologist
Preventive Conservation: Adia Adamopoulou, Art & Photograph Conservator
Place: The Sotiria Museum in the Thoracic Diseases General Hospital Sotiria
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Fay Kiskira, Conservator of Works of Art (volunteer)
Video presented during the "Open Day" event on 5th July 2018 for the presentation of the "Sotiria Archive " workshop at the Museum of the Thoracic Diseases General Hospital "Sotiria".
The "Sotiria Archive" consist in findings (letters & personal belongings) of abandoned tubercular patients at the Sotiria Sanatorium from 1940 to 1980.
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The case under consideration concerns the Military Pavilion, built in 1913 during Eleftherios Venizelos’ era and intended only for male patients. It functioned from 1913 to 1969 and from 2012 it was used to house the Sotiria Museum Collection and a temporary exhibition. The building borrows elements of the Swiss chalet style (wooden roofs, chalet elements, etc.) but also uses a layout widespread in Sanatoria of the United States in the first decade of the 20th century (e.g. linear roofed balcony). The Military Pavilion is an elevated ground floor building with a symmetrical plan view of the E-shaped. It has a total size of 48 x 23 meters and an area of approximately 540 square meters. The building generally has been maintained in good condition, due to its construction and its uninterrupted use. Structural problems are not observed, only some constructive due to exposure to environmental conditions and the aging of materials. The exterior facades are almost unchanged while at the interior there have been mild interventions, which do not burden the building statically but only aesthetically.
The Sotiria Museum is a medical and historical museum operating over the last few years in favor of guest groups. There is a temporary exhibition showing a small part of the Museum’s Collection. The entire collection consists of 800 inventoried objects. It is a special and versatile collection, dating back to the late 19th century until the 1970s. At the permanent exhibition about 500 objects will be exhibited. The Museum has a total area of 540 square meters out of which 340 will be used as exhibition spaces and 200 as functional. The permanent exhibition consists of nine main sections.
To conclude, the aim of the studies is to restore the monument by conserving and preserving most of its original features, by using traditional materials and ways of structure and reversible interventions as much as possible and by distinguishing the new constructions and materials. It is also the setting up of a Museum about Medicine, Fight against Tuberculosis and the Hospital Sotiria itself, as well as the exhibition of the greatest possible number of rare medical items, the unveiling of patients’ personal histories, the monitoring of the evolution of Phtysiology into Pulmonology, creating at the same time a relaxation and entertainment space for scientific staff and visitors.
Finally, it is worth noting that in 2017 a complete series of detailed Studies was completed and approved by the Central Council of Modern Monuments and the Museum Council of the Ministry of Culture. The completion of those studies led to their integration into the Regional Operational Program “Attica 2014- 2020”, which is in progress.
It concerns the Museological & Museographical Study for the Museum of Sotiria Hospital dedicated to the History of Tuberculosis.
Papers by ASIMINA GRIGORIOU
RECORDING PROJECT AND HISTORICAL CONCLUSIONS
The name "Sotiria Archive", has been given to the abandoned personal belongings of tuberculosis patients, who ended up in the "Sotiria" Sanatorium (Athens, Greece) during the years 1937-1981. Its incidental discovery, in 2015, has been a milestone both in the history of the Hospital and in the scientific research around the history of health. As for its content, it consists of functional objects, personal documents, correspondence, photographs, books, diaries, administrative documents, etc. In fact, it is the only archive of this kind, which has been found at the "Sotiria" Hospital, which came to fill the gap that existed until recently regarding the lives of patients inside and outside the Institution.
The Archive, since its discovery, has been preserved in the "Military Pavilion", where the Museum of the "Sotiria" Hospital operates informally. In 2018, due to a kind donation of the Eugenides Foundation, Recording and Conservation preliminary works were carried out, resulting in the detailed recording of part of the Archive and the general inventorying of the rest, as well as rescue and preventive conservation interventions for the whole. During the recording procedure, the study of the documents and especially the correspondence of the patients with their relatives, led to a multitude of conclusions, about the patients, the Hospital itself, the disease, etc., which are worth investigating in greater depth.
The purpose of this text is the integration of the Archive in space and time, the highlighting of its content and its historical significance, the detailed presentation of the methodology of the first rescue recording operations with reference to the conservation works carried out in 2018. Based on above, the text concludes with historical deductions that emerged from the study of the material and with possible proposals for its future use.
It is worth noting that the project for the implementation of the Museum "Sotiria" is part of the Operational Program "Attiki 2014-2020", which is in progress. It was a fortunate circumstance that the "Sotiria" Archive had been found at the time when the Museological Study was being prepared and so some of the objects have been integrated into it, giving the Museum a completely different character from the one it had until then.
Work team
Documentation, Invetorying: Asimina Grigoriou, Archaeologist-Museologist
Preventive Conservation: Adia Adamopoulou, Art & Photograph Conservator
Place: The Sotiria Museum in the Thoracic Diseases General Hospital Sotiria
Workshop Scientific Team
Asimina Grigoriou, Archaeologist-Museologist
Adia Adamopoulou, Conservator of Photographs and Works of Art
Fay Kiskira, Conservator of Works of Art (volunteer)
Video presented during the "Open Day" event on 5th July 2018 for the presentation of the "Sotiria Archive " workshop at the Museum of the Thoracic Diseases General Hospital "Sotiria".
The "Sotiria Archive" consist in findings (letters & personal belongings) of abandoned tubercular patients at the Sotiria Sanatorium from 1940 to 1980.
The case under consideration concerns the Military Pavilion, built in 1913 during Eleftherios Venizelos’ era and intended only for male patients. It functioned from 1913 to 1969 and from 2012 it was used to house the Sotiria Museum Collection and a temporary exhibition. The building borrows elements of the Swiss chalet style (wooden roofs, chalet elements, etc.) but also uses a layout widespread in Sanatoria of the United States in the first decade of the 20th century (e.g. linear roofed balcony). The Military Pavilion is an elevated ground floor building with a symmetrical plan view of the E-shaped. It has a total size of 48 x 23 meters and an area of approximately 540 square meters. The building generally has been maintained in good condition, due to its construction and its uninterrupted use. Structural problems are not observed, only some constructive due to exposure to environmental conditions and the aging of materials. The exterior facades are almost unchanged while at the interior there have been mild interventions, which do not burden the building statically but only aesthetically.
The Sotiria Museum is a medical and historical museum operating over the last few years in favor of guest groups. There is a temporary exhibition showing a small part of the Museum’s Collection. The entire collection consists of 800 inventoried objects. It is a special and versatile collection, dating back to the late 19th century until the 1970s. At the permanent exhibition about 500 objects will be exhibited. The Museum has a total area of 540 square meters out of which 340 will be used as exhibition spaces and 200 as functional. The permanent exhibition consists of nine main sections.
To conclude, the aim of the studies is to restore the monument by conserving and preserving most of its original features, by using traditional materials and ways of structure and reversible interventions as much as possible and by distinguishing the new constructions and materials. It is also the setting up of a Museum about Medicine, Fight against Tuberculosis and the Hospital Sotiria itself, as well as the exhibition of the greatest possible number of rare medical items, the unveiling of patients’ personal histories, the monitoring of the evolution of Phtysiology into Pulmonology, creating at the same time a relaxation and entertainment space for scientific staff and visitors.
Finally, it is worth noting that in 2017 a complete series of detailed Studies was completed and approved by the Central Council of Modern Monuments and the Museum Council of the Ministry of Culture. The completion of those studies led to their integration into the Regional Operational Program “Attica 2014- 2020”, which is in progress.
It concerns the Museological & Museographical Study for the Museum of Sotiria Hospital dedicated to the History of Tuberculosis.
RECORDING PROJECT AND HISTORICAL CONCLUSIONS
The name "Sotiria Archive", has been given to the abandoned personal belongings of tuberculosis patients, who ended up in the "Sotiria" Sanatorium (Athens, Greece) during the years 1937-1981. Its incidental discovery, in 2015, has been a milestone both in the history of the Hospital and in the scientific research around the history of health. As for its content, it consists of functional objects, personal documents, correspondence, photographs, books, diaries, administrative documents, etc. In fact, it is the only archive of this kind, which has been found at the "Sotiria" Hospital, which came to fill the gap that existed until recently regarding the lives of patients inside and outside the Institution.
The Archive, since its discovery, has been preserved in the "Military Pavilion", where the Museum of the "Sotiria" Hospital operates informally. In 2018, due to a kind donation of the Eugenides Foundation, Recording and Conservation preliminary works were carried out, resulting in the detailed recording of part of the Archive and the general inventorying of the rest, as well as rescue and preventive conservation interventions for the whole. During the recording procedure, the study of the documents and especially the correspondence of the patients with their relatives, led to a multitude of conclusions, about the patients, the Hospital itself, the disease, etc., which are worth investigating in greater depth.
The purpose of this text is the integration of the Archive in space and time, the highlighting of its content and its historical significance, the detailed presentation of the methodology of the first rescue recording operations with reference to the conservation works carried out in 2018. Based on above, the text concludes with historical deductions that emerged from the study of the material and with possible proposals for its future use.
It is worth noting that the project for the implementation of the Museum "Sotiria" is part of the Operational Program "Attiki 2014-2020", which is in progress. It was a fortunate circumstance that the "Sotiria" Archive had been found at the time when the Museological Study was being prepared and so some of the objects have been integrated into it, giving the Museum a completely different character from the one it had until then.
Work team
Documentation, Invetorying: Asimina Grigoriou, Archaeologist-Museologist
Preventive Conservation: Adia Adamopoulou, Art & Photograph Conservator
Place: The Sotiria Museum in the Thoracic Diseases General Hospital Sotiria