Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum

Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum The ILJM was founded by Ilias Lalaounis (1920-2013), in 1994, as a non - profit organization devoted to the art of jewelry and the decorative arts.
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The ILJM was founded by Ilias Lalaounis (1920-2013) as a non- profit organization devoted to the art of jewelry and the decorative arts.

Today is the International Day of Play. 🌟In 1973, Ilias Lalaounis did something quietly radical: he invited the unfilter...
11/06/2026

Today is the International Day of Play. 🌟

In 1973, Ilias Lalaounis did something quietly radical: he invited the unfiltered imagination of children into the world of fine jewelry. He asked young students, aged four to seventeen, from the Moraitis School to design a jewel as a gift for their mother. The result was the Silver Frolics collection, a body of work where flowers, hearts, butterflies, skyscrapers, stars, and spaceships became wearable sculpture.

Working alongside the educator Antony Moraitis and the celebrated painters Spyros Vassiliou and Yannis Spyropoulos, Lalaounis welcomed silver, enamel, and acrylic glass into his workshop for the first time, materials that allowed the children’s bold geometries to come alive as kinetic objects and large pendants.

Through Silver Frolics, one can read the psychology of children in a rapidly modernising society and find, in their innocent gaze, the most honest portrait of their time.

A view that takes your breαth away. ✨On the third floor of the ILJM, our Roof Terrace opens onto one of the most breatht...
05/06/2026

A view that takes your breαth away. ✨

On the third floor of the ILJM, our Roof Terrace opens onto one of the most breathtaking views in Athens, an unobstructed panorama of the Parthenon and the Acropolis hill. Designed as an exclusive, open-air space, it offers an exceptional setting for private and corporate gatherings beneath the Attic sky.

For bookings, availability, and tailored arrangements, please contact [email protected]

Μια θέα που κόβει την ανάσα. ✨

Στον τρίτο όροφο του ΜΚΗΛ, το Roof Terrace μας προσφέρει μία από τις πιο εντυπωσιακές θέες της Αθήνας, με ανεμπόδιστη πανοραμική θέα στον Παρθενώνα και τον λόφο της Ακρόπολης.Ένας αποκλειστικός, υπαίθριος χώρος, ιδανικός για ιδιωτικές και εταιρικές εκδηλώσεις με αξέχαστες βραδιές κάτω από τον αττικό ουρανό.

Για κρατήσεις, διαθεσιμότητα και εξατομικευμένες προτάσεις, επικοινωνήστε μαζί μας στο [email protected]

What does a galaxy have to do with a shared meal? 🌌 🌈More than you might think.Look closely at a galaxy and you’ll find ...
02/06/2026

What does a galaxy have to do with a shared meal? 🌌 🌈

More than you might think.

Look closely at a galaxy and you’ll find the same quiet order that governs a well-set table. Each planet, like each guest, holds its own place, distinct, irreplaceable, yet part of something far greater than itself. Nothing is random. Every element is positioned with care, drawn together not by chance but by a shared centre of gravity: the sun above, the host below.

To host is to create a small cosmos. To gather different people around one table is to do what the universe does on a vast scale, to take the scattered, the singular, the different, and hold them, gently, in orbit around a common heart. No star outshines another. No place at the table is more rightful than the next.

Seen this way, the Chaos and its Galaxies collection becomes more than an exploration of cosmic form. It becomes a meditation on hospitality itself: on the art of bringing the many into harmony without ever erasing the one. A reminder that the table, like the sky, has room for everyone.

Part of the temporary exhibition Lila: The Art of Hosting. 🌍🤍

Can you guess the collection? 🤔✨Ilias Lalaounis created over 50 collections across his lifetime, each one inspired by a ...
29/05/2026

Can you guess the collection? 🤔✨

Ilias Lalaounis created over 50 collections across his lifetime, each one inspired by a different world, from ancient history to the wonders of nature.

We’ve turned five of them into emoji puzzles. 👀 Swipe through, and drop your guesses in the comments! How many can you name?

Would you wear something pulled from the bottom of a river? 🌊This piece is part of the Collection of Curiosities by arti...
27/05/2026

Would you wear something pulled from the bottom of a river? 🌊

This piece is part of the Collection of Curiosities by artist Dariusz Wojdyga. 33 works made entirely from waste he fished out of a 333-metre stretch of the Akerselva river in Oslo.

Plastic, rusted steel, glass, copper: discarded “sub-natural” matter, reborn as wearable sculpture.

Their forms echo the sea creatures illustrated in Albertus Seba’s 18th-century cabinet of curiosities, so each piece looks like a deep-sea organism, though it began as city trash. A striking reflection on sustainability, transformation, and the hidden value of what we discard.

Now part of the International Artistic Studio Jewelry Collection.

From the Archives of ILJMA love story that built a legacyThe article by the Turkish newspaper VATAN, traces the extraord...
25/05/2026

From the Archives of ILJM
A love story that built a legacy
The article by the Turkish newspaper VATAN, traces the extraordinary partnership of Ilias and Lila Lalaounis, a love that began on the sidewalks of Athens and grew into one of the most celebrated creative unions of 20th-century Greece.
Behind every collection, every boutique, every gathering stood Lila: muse, partner, and the heart of Ilias’ home.
Her hospitality was legendary. The Lalaounis residence became a stage where artists, intellectuals, and royalty were welcomed with the same grace. Every detail, from the table setting to the bouquet Lila understood, perhaps better than anyone, that hosting is itself is an art form. This story, and many more, lives on in our new temporary exhibition “Lila: The Art of Hosting,” now on view at the ILJM until late Fall.

🌼This Summer explore at the ILJM🌼Permanent CollectionA journey through Ilias Lalaounis’ enduring legacy in contemporary ...
21/05/2026

🌼This Summer explore at the ILJM🌼

Permanent Collection
A journey through Ilias Lalaounis’ enduring legacy in contemporary fine jewelry making.
 
Temporary Exhibition: «Lila: The Art of Hosting»
A tribute to Lila Lalaounis and her lifelong inspiration as Ilia’s muse and inspiration.

- Live Artists at Work
Step into the world of studio jewelry-making.
Inside the world’s first jewelry program, engage in the making and philosophy of new making

Museum Shop
A unique museum shop where Lalaounis meets contemporary Greek design, museum souvenirs, rare books, and elegant gifts from a curated network of Greek designers.

Acropolis View Café
Take a break with coffee «with the best view of the Acropolis, the perfect spot for a summer pause.

Join us all summer long at the heart of Athens.
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Today for ILJM program SPEDOS, we are joined by the team from the Lyceum of Greek Women of Chalkida.Every Saturday, at t...
16/05/2026

Today for ILJM program SPEDOS, we are joined by the team from the Lyceum of Greek Women of Chalkida.
Every Saturday, at the Museum presentations revive our historical, cultural, and folkloric heritage.

Traditional costumes serve as artefacts for study and inspiration for new creations, while conserve the revivalism for the modern practice of customs.

Today the presentations, of the rituals and the nine fully furnished original costumes, by Giannis Tsalapatis (Master of traditional jewelry) and Foteini Akriotou, President of the Lyceum of Chalkida.

Costumes from Agia Anna, Evia:
Left: The Festive costume of the Married Woman
Right: The Bride

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Σήμερα στο πρόγραμμα του Μουσείου ΣΠΕΔΟΣ μαζί μας η ομάδα από το Λύκειο Ελληνίδων Χαλκίδας.

Κάθε Σάββατο, στο ΜΚΗΛ συνεχίζονται οι παρουσιάσεις για την ιστορική, πολιτιστική και λαογραφική κληρονομιά μας.
Οι φορεσιές αποτελούν αντικείμενο μελέτης και έμπνευσης για νέα δημιουργία καθώς και για την αναβίωση εφαρμογής των παραδόσεων.

Η παρουσίαση των εννέα φορεσιών γίνεται από τον Γιάννη Τσαλαπατη, (Κατασκευαστή παραδοσιακών κοσμημάτων) και την Φωτεινή Ακριωτου, Πρόεδρο του Λυκείου Χαλκίδας.

Από την Αγία Αννα, Ευβοίας
Αριστερα: η Γιορτινή της Παντρεμένης
Δεξιά: η Νύφη.

The first 3D-printed piece in our Permanent Collection. 🧬✨Meet Doug Bucci'’ Islet Bracelet (2012), a landmark addition t...
13/05/2026

The first 3D-printed piece in our Permanent Collection. 🧬✨

Meet Doug Bucci'’ Islet Bracelet (2012), a landmark addition to our International Artistic Studio Jewelry Collection, and a milestone for the Museum itself.

Bucci, Assistant Professor and Head of the Metals/Jewelry/CAD-CAM Program at Tyler School of Art and Architecture in Philadelphia, translated three hours of his own glucose readings, captured live from a continuous glucose monitor, into the structure of this stainless steel bracelet. Each value reshapes a hexagonal honeycomb pattern, echoing the literal meaning of Diabetes Mellitus: "«siphon honey.» The piece is then 3D-printed, layer by layer.

A wearable autobiography of the body.

Thanks to the continuous vision and academic knowledge of Helen Drutt, the ILJM stands today as a leading centre for contemporary artistic jewelry in Southeast Europe.
Gift of the artist, courtesy Helen Drutt.

✨ Διεθνής Ημέρα Μουσείων 2026 ✨Ελεύθερη Είσοδος στο ΜΚΗΛ | 17 & 18 ΜαΐουΦέτος, η Διεθνής Ημέρα Μουσείων αναδεικνύει τον ...
07/05/2026

✨ Διεθνής Ημέρα Μουσείων 2026 ✨
Ελεύθερη Είσοδος στο ΜΚΗΛ | 17 & 18 Μαΐου

Φέτος, η Διεθνής Ημέρα Μουσείων αναδεικνύει τον ρόλο των μουσείων ως γέφυρες σε έναν διαιρεμένο κόσμο 🌍
Με αυτή την αφορμή, το Μουσείο Κοσμήματος Ηλία Λαλαούνη ανοίγει τις πόρτες του με ελεύθερη είσοδο και ένα πλούσιο πρόγραμμα δράσεων.

🔸Ελεύθερη Είσοδος
🔸 Ξεναγήσεις στην περιοδική έκθεση «Λίλα: Η Τέχνη της Φιλοξενίας – Από την τραπεζαρία στο σαλόνι» στις 11:00 & 13:00
🔸 Ζωντανές επιδείξεις στα εργαστήρια #ΖΕΜ #ΖΕΔΕΤ με τους καλλιτέχνες του προγράμματος JaIR, του πρώτου προγράμματος Jewelry Artist in Residence στον κόσμο 💎

🕙 Ωράριο:
Κυριακή 17/05: 10:00 – 15:00
Δευτέρα 18/05: 10:00 – 16:00

📍 Καλλισπέρη 12 & Καρυατίδων 6, Ακρόπολη

✨ International Museum Day 2026 ✨
Free Entrance at the ILJ Museum | 17 & 18 May

This year’s theme explores how museums can unite a divided world 🌍
To celebrate, the Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum opens its doors with free admission and a rich program of activities.

📍 What’s on:
🔸 Free Entrance
🔸 Guided tours of our temporary exhibition “Lila: The Art of Hosting – From the Banquet to the Coffee Table” at 11:00 & 13:00
🔸 Live demonstrations at our workshops featuring artists from JaIR, the world’s first Jewelry Artist in Residence program 💎

🕙 Opening Hours:
Sunday 17/05: 10:00 – 15:00
Monday 18/05: 10:00 – 16:00

📍 12 Kallisperi & 6 Karyatidon Str., Acropolis

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KALLISPERI 12
Athens
11742

Opening Hours

Monday 09:00 - 15:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 15:00
Wednesday 10:00 - 18:00
Thursday 09:00 - 15:00
Friday 09:00 - 15:00
Saturday 10:00 - 18:00

Telephone

+302109221044

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