The Museo Arqueológico Nacional and Acción Cultural Española present the exhibition ‘Between Chaos and Cosmos. Nature in Ancient Greece’

- The exhibition travels the multiple facets of the Greek concept of nature through the collection of the National Archaeological Museum.
-In addition, the exhibition will feature loans of works from the Louvre Museum, the Antikensammlung in Berlin or the National Museum of Sculpture in Valladolid, among others.
- ́Between Chaos and Cosmos. Nature in Ancient Greece' can be visited free of charge until 30 March 2025 and is supplemented by guided tours, workshops, concerts and lectures".

The National Archaeological Museum (MAN), a state-owned museum belonging to the Ministry of Culture, and Spanish Cultural Action (AC/E) inaugurate the temporary exhibition ‘Between Chaos and Cosmos. Nature in Ancient Greece’; a tour of the mythical imaginary that the ancient Greeks built around nature.

Organized by the MAN and AC/E, this exhibition is part of the commemorative program of the 10th anniversary of the museum's reform. In addition, it coincides with another epoch linked to the origins of the Museum: the acquisition, in 1874, of the collection of the Marquis of Salamanca, José de Salamanca y Mayol, the greatest collector of classical art in our country in the nineteenth century.

The exhibition shows the various meanings of the Greek concept of nature through twelve thematic areas and thanks to a wide variety of works from the collection of the National Archaeological Museum such as ceramics, terracottas, sculpture vases and coins.

In addition, the exhibition will feature loans of works from the Louvre Museum, the Berlin Antikensammlung, the Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek in Munich, the Valladolid National Sculpture Museum and the Costume Museum. The tour begins with the idea of ​​chaos to fully immerse yourself in the origin of the Cosmos and the Earth; a time when nature is unpredictable. It continues with the domestication of animals and plants by human beings, paying special attention to the Mediterranean triad. The Mediterranean Sea is presented as a place of dangers, but also of opportunities. Next, the exposition stops at so-called hybrid beings as an example of an altered nature where human and animal essence are juxtaposed.

Other aspects are also addressed in the exhibition such as gardens, interpreted as places of enjoyment for the senses and where the god Eros is the eternal generator of nature. The journey leads us to the Beyond, not without first addressing the world of puddles and brebaje; field dominated by women, connoisseurs of herbs, roots and ointments. ‘Between Chaos and Cosmos. Nature in Ancient Greece’ can be visited for free until 30 March 2025 and is supplemented by guided tours, workshops, concerts and lectures

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