The Acropolis Museum and NEON present the second part of the trilogy Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures featuring Lamassu of Nineveh (2018).

Lamassu of Nineveh (2018) is part of Michael Rakowitz’s ongoing series The Invisible Enemy Should not Exist (2006-ongoing) and was originally commissioned for the Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square.

The Athens installation brings the Lamassu into an immediate dialogue with multiple layers of history and memory: the archaeological excavation visible beneath the Acropolis Museum, the sacred landscape of the Acropolis above, the modern city around it, and the contemporary architectural space of the Museum itself.
 

OPENING
Monday 6 October 2025

5:30 pm – 9:30 pm | Areas accessible to the public:
- Allspice, Temporary Exhibition Gallery, Museum ground floor
- Lamassu of Nineveh, Museum outdoor garden, west wing
- Shop, Museum ground floor

6:00 pm | Lecture | Heritage, Genocide and Memory by Dr. Alda Benjamen, Assistant Professor of History, University of Dayton specializing in modern history of the Middle East. Moderated by Rachel Donadio, Journalist & Public Programme Advisor | Acropolis Museum Auditorium "Dimitrios Pantermalis"

7:30 pm | Opening Lamassu of Nineveh, Museum outdoor garden, west wing
 

Lamassu of Nineveh | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures (part 2)
Curated by Professor Nikolaos Chr. Stampolidis, General Director of the Acropolis Museum and Elina Kountouri, Director, NEON
NEON + Acropolis Museum
Duration | 6 October 2025 - 31 October 2026
Free Entrance
 

At the same time, the exhibition Allspice | Michael Rakowitz & Ancient Cultures (part 1), presented by the Acropolis Museum and NEON in the Museum’s Temporary Exhibition Gallery, remains open until 31 October 2025.