Visit to the Benaki Museum for a reception with light refreshments by courtesy of the British Ambassador, HE Mr. Matthew Lodge. There will be an opportunity to view the famous portrait of Byron by Thomas Phillips, on temporary exhibition at the Museum.

Visit to the Acropolis Museum to see a small exhibition featuring the Sultan’s firman that allowed Byron to travel freely across the Ottoman Empire. This passport is a unique item of Byron memorabilia that has not been displayed in public before. Also featured is the painting by Louis Joseph Toussaint Rossignon of the

The programme begins with the hymn to Byron written for the 100th anniversary of his death, and continues with arias from Giuseppe Verdi’s opera The Two Foscari as well as an independent Rossini piece dedicated to the death of Lord Byron. Also featured are poems by Byron set to music,

Visit to the Museum of Lord Byron and Philhellenism Visit to the Byron House, the Headquarters of the Messolonghi Byron Society, to see the Museum of Lord Byron and Philhellenism with its new permanent collections, “Byron and Greece”, a new photographic exhibition of artwork in the Library focused on Byron