Christmas At The Maria Callas Museum

This December, the Maria Callas Museum brings the magic of the season to life through a rich program of music, storytelling, creativity, and family activities across Athens. From heartfelt performances for children at the “Agia Sofia” Children’s Hospital to winter listening sessions, hands-on art workshops, imaginative theatre, guided tours, and festive educational experiences for all ages, the Museum invites audiences to celebrate Christmas through culture, imagination, and community.

Friday, December 19 | “The Nutcracker’s Dream” at the “Agia Sofia” Children’s Hospital by the Maria Callas Museum

The Maria Callas Museum of the City of Athens, in collaboration with composer Markella Skourti, brings a new Christmas music-theatre experience to the “Agia Sofia” Children’s Hospital for children who are hospitalized or hosted there.

Following the successful cycle of music-education workshops in spring 2025, the Museum presents the immersive storytelling performance “The Nutcracker’s Dream”, a festive experiential journey inspired by the book “The Orchestra Tells the Story – The Nutcracker” (Katy Flint, Patakis Publishers). With piano accompaniment, theatrical narration and the children’s active participation, the world of the Nutcracker comes alive, offering moments of imagination, joy, and Christmas spirit within the hospital setting.

Learn more here.

Sunday, December 21 | Listening Club: Songs for Winter / Christmas in Athens

After the warm reception of last year’s Christmas Listening Club, radio producer of ERT’s Third Programme and Kosmos 93.6, Giorgos Florakis, returns to the Maria Callas Museum for a second year. This time, he invites us on a winter musical journey titled “Songs for Winter.” 

Free admission with complimentary entry ticket – Learn more here.

December 28–30, 2025 & January 2, 2026 | Stencil Art in the City: Create the Most Inspired Christmas Postcards! / Christmas in Athens

The Maria Callas Museum and the Industrial Gas Museum invite children and adults to a unique creative experience at Kotzia Square during the Christmas season! The two museums join forces to offer the most festive artistic event filled with color, light, and imagination. Children aged 3+ and adults will use stencil techniques to create their own Christmas postcards, inspired by the brilliance of Maria Callas and the magic of industrial architecture.

Free participation – Learn more here.

Tuesday, December 30 | Children’s Performance: Zacharias the Wolf’s Christmas / Christmas in Athens

The Maria Callas Museum hosts the children’s theatre performance “Zacharias the Wolf’s Christmas” for ages 4–8 by the theatre group “Anemomyloi.”

Wolf Zacharias does not like Christmas at all! He wanders around grumpy, looking for someone to play snowball with. But everyone is busy with holiday preparations—decorating trees, cooking festive treats, writing letters to Santa… Luckily, his friends help him get into the holiday spirit. And, of course, a wonderful surprise awaits him in the end!

Free admission with complimentary entry ticket – Learn more here.

GUIDED TOURS

Saturday, December 20, 12:00 & 13:30 | Adult & Family Tours

FAMILY PROGRAMS

Sunday, December 14 | MCM KIDS | Opera Becomes Play

A hands-on music-education journey into the magical world of opera and sound awaits children and their caregivers at the Maria Callas Museum, accompanied by a piano! Inspired by the voice and personality of the great diva, children will explore set-like rooms from three iconic operas—Norma, Tosca, La Traviata—play with rhythm, move with imagination, and finally discover Orff instruments and create their own group composition with piano accompaniment.

Opera becomes play—and play becomes expression, collaboration, and creativity!

11:30–12:30

Ages: 5–10
Learn more here.

Sunday, December 14 | MCM BABIES | Museum Goblins, Garlands, and Music

Can goblins really enter a museum? And if they do, do they bring only mischief—or also music? In this festive program, babies and their caregivers meet tiny creatures with pointy hats and playful moods that tangle melodies and twist garlands. Will we manage to untangle them? And if so, which music will guide us? Babies and caregivers will experience the magic of music and Christmas through the goblins’ cheeky antics.

We will sing, explore materials, move, and listen to sounds and melodies that warm the heart.

9:30–10:15

Ages: 8 months – 2.5 years
Learn more here.

Sunday, December 28 | MCM KIDS | Avanti Maestro! Christmas Edition / Christmas in Athens

What could a paintbrush, a piano, and a few Christmas smudges be doing inside a museum? Children and their caregivers will discover the answer through a magical festive music-art game! Guided by the melodies of a live piano and accompanied by brushes and colors, we will explore rhythm and create the most wonderful “musical smudges.” Through these playful creations, festive stories full of shapes and colors will unfold, taking us to bright, imaginary worlds where music becomes painting and the art of opera meets the magic of Christmas.

12:30–13:30

Ages: 3–5
Free participation with complimentary entry ticket
Learn more here.