The first Creative Brewery and Beer Museum in Greece opened its doors to the public, aiming to convey the country’s brewing history and tradition. Located in the venues of the very first plant the Athenian Brewery opened some fifty years ago, the ATHINEO Beer Museum displays objects found at three Athenian Brewery plants, identified and archived by Greek historian and curator Iris Kritikou, while its permanent exhibition explores the beer history through the centuries featuring original ceramic beer cups. From Mesopotamia and Noah’s supplies for the Ark to the Sumerians and the Epic of Gilgamesh, from the Babylonians and the Egyptians to the Greeks, beer has always been part of history, explains Iris Kritikou. In ancient Greece, Sophocles urged for temperance and recommended a diet of bread, meat, vegetables and beer, she notes. Furthermore, the ATHINEO’s training center will also be hosting interactive workshops where visitors can “experiment” with different ingredients and flavors and make their own beer and brewery seminars for aspiring brewers. The museum will be open every Saturday this June, from 1 pm to 8 pm, and admission will be free. It will then resume its operation in September 2015.