Art Conservation in Greece

Location: Greece

Program type: Faculty-directed

Semester: Summer

Experience the ancient world as it has been revealed by others, but also participate in the process of uncovering the past yourself.

Participants will combine travel and study in various sites and museums in Greece with participation in the summer research at the MSU Excavations at Isthmia, an archaeological site located in the northeast Peloponnese. While participants will enjoy a rare opportunity to be part of the excavation’s summer research program, no prior experience in archaeology is required.

Study in Greece will begin immediately following Spring finals week, and will include visits to Athens, Corinth, Delphi, Mycenae, Olympia and other less well-known archaeological sites and museums. The remaining time will be spent working as a group on a wide range of research and archival projects at the site of Isthmia.

Following the first two nights in Athens, participants will stay for three weeks at a family run hotel in Loutra Oraias Elenis, a small village on the shore of the Saronic Gulf in an area of Greece known as the Corinthia. From there most other sites and museums can be visited as day-trips. On other days, work at the excavation ends in the afternoon and is followed by optional activities at and around the hotel