The idea of the "Greek Museum of Adelaide"
The Greek Museum of Adelaide, is an idea of Chrysoula Melissinaki that she had since 2012, the year she came from Greece, to live in Australia with her family. The absence of a Greek museum in South Australia was something missing from this beautiful city of Adelaide, in which at least 30,000 Greeks live in the state. Chrysoula with her husband, Panagiotis Mavraidis, decided to start the Greek Museum. They made a team of people with the same interest and on 9th of May 2019 they established the “Greek Museum of Adelaide Incorporated”, as a not for profit association in South Australia.
The founding members of the museum are firtst and second generation Greek immigrands who came in Australia from 1950 till 2012. Everybody is welcome to be member or volunteer of the museum, regardless of color or race or religion.
Download the Constitution PDF file at the following link: Constitution of the Greek Museum of Adelaide Inc.
Chrysoula Melissinaki (President)
Kay Anastassiadis (Secretary)
Panagiotis Mavraidis (Treasurer)
Anna Fragkoudi
Sofia Georgiou
George Foumakis
Mira Zacharia
Athena Karanastasis
Mary Skaltsas
Andriana Economou
Foundation members:
The foundation members are the people who started and helped the Museum at its first steps.
The first committe which established on 2019 was:
Chrysoula Melissinaki
Panagiotis Mavraidis
Victor Eleftheriou
Spiros Sarris
Anna Zounis
Christos Vlachos
Dimitris Katsambis.
The first members who helped financial at the begining of the Museum and for that reason they are foundation members too, are:
Eleni Mavraeidi
George Mavraeidis
John Pogas
Angela Grigoras
Nathalia Natsias
Alexandra Pogas
Benjamin Pogas
Jane Pogas
Jonathan Pogas
Natsias Girgolas.
Financial Members:
From the begining of the Museum we have 150 members and this year 90 of them are financial settled.
Volunteers:
There are other members of the museum who are helping with volunteer work.
Donors:
The donors are the people who donate exhibits to the museum or helped financial.
There are about 80 donors/families who donate to the Museum.
