Celebrate the season with us through engaging lectures, family-friendly events, multicultural Easter traditions, and virtual programs exploring Greek history, mythology, and global connections. | | THURSDAY, MARCH 26 | 6:00 PM | AT THE NHM |
AGORA LECTURE
Greece in The European Union: Integration, Crisis, & Sovereignty
| Join us at the National Hellenic Museum, in partnership with the Consulate General of Greece in Chicago, and ENOSIS Federation Illinois, for an evening with Dr. Konstantinos Kourtikakis, Teaching Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Kourtikakis will discuss the role of the European Union (EU) in Greece and Greece in the European Union, including the ways in which Greece has changed because of EU membership and conversely influenced the direction in which the EU has evolved. You won’t want to miss this important evening! | |
Greek Independence Day
Family Programming
| THURSDAY, MARCH 26 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | AT THE NHM | |
Join us for a fun and festive spring break program celebrating Greek Independence Day! Designed especially for kids, this interactive event introduces Greek culture through stories, crafts, and hands-on activities.
$10 per family for members
$15 per family for non-member
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A Greek Myth to Welcome Spring
Family Programming
| FRIDAY, MARCH 27 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | AT THE NHM | |
Celebrate the season of growth and renewal with us during this special spring break program inspired by springtime and mythology! This special event for children and families will include a story about Persephone, a special craft, and decorating a small planting pot, perfect for welcoming spring and future planting fun.
$10 per family for members
$15 per family for non-member
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Together, the National Hellenic Museum and the Ukrainian National Museum invite families and lifelong learners to explore how Easter is celebrated across Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic traditions, through ritual, storytelling, and shared cultural practices that reflect deep historical roots and living community traditions. | Through March and April, members of both museums enjoy reciprocal admission, making this an ideal time to visit the Ukrainian National Museum in West Town and experience this cross-cultural partnership firsthand. |
Eggs Across Cultures & Easter Egg Hunt
Hosted with the Ukrainian National Museum
| | SATURDAY, MARCH 28 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM | AT THE NHM | | |
Celebrate Easter Egg traditions from around the Orthodox world at Eggs Across Traditions, a hands-on family program presented by the National Hellenic Museum’s Museums in Conversation in collaboration with the Ukrainian National Museum, at 10:30am on Saturday, March 28th.
Children and families will explore how different cultures decorate Easter eggs, learn the stories behind the symbolic significance, and move around the world to learn from each culture. This interactive event invites young learners to discover shared traditions of renewal, creativity, and community across cultures.
After, at 11am, participate in a Museum wide Easter Egg Hunt! Search among the exhibits for Greek traditional red eggs.
$10 per family for members
$15 per family for non-member
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NHM Online Discussions
Greeks in the Soviet Union
| TUES, MAR 24 | 7:00 PM | ON ZOOM | This talk explores Greek communities in the Soviet Union under periods of cultural autonomy, repression, deportation, and survival under Stalin and beyond. We will examine how Greek identity was reshaped under Soviet ideology and how these experiences continue to shape diaspora memory today. The story of Soviet Greeks offers a powerful case study in nationalism, minority life, and the costs of ideological rule. Sign up here! | | | |
NHM Online Book Club
The Greek Revolution and the Violent Birth of Nationalism by Yanni Kotsonis
| THURS, MAR 26 | 7:00 PM | ON ZOOM | This March we will be discussing The Greek Revolution and the Violent Birth of Nationalism by Yianni Kotsonis. This compelling work explores the complexities of the Greek Revolution and examines how nationalism emerged through conflict, upheaval, and transformation. Sign up here! | | | |
NHM Online Film Club
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
| MON, MAR 30 | 7:00 PM | ON ZOOM | Take a closer look at the film’s adaptation of Greek mythology for a modern audience, its approach to fantasy storytelling, and how it builds on the world introduced in the Percy Jackson series. Together, we’ll discuss characters, themes, and the challenges of bringing beloved myth-based stories to the screen. Sign up here! | | | |
NHM Online Discussions
Thessaloniki: The History of a City
| TUES, MAR 31 | 7:00 PM | ON ZOOM | From its ancient foundations through Byzantine splendor, Ottoman rule, and modern nation-building, Thessaloniki has long been a crossroads of religions, languages, and peoples. This talk highlights the city’s Jewish, Christian, and Muslim pasts, its role in Balkan and Mediterranean networks, and the dramatic changes of the 20th century. Sign up here! | | Reaching for the American Dream: The Greek Story in America | |  | |
Storytelling in Cloth and Light
| | | Legacy, Renewal & Unity and Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate | | | |
Gather Together: Chicago Street Photography by Diane Alexander White
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