Today, a mere four years after the creation and staffing of the institution, it is succeeding in its aims through commercial activity based on the principles of modern marketing that gives the Greek state a new business face.

Nine shops have already been opened at archaeological sites and museums and recently an electronic shop was launched that can accommodate customers around the world.

The H.C.O shops combine sales points of the highest aesthetic level with an impressive range of products - authentic copies and applications of artefacts exhibited in the most important Greek museums. These provide both foreigners and Greeks with the opportunity to take away souvenirs that will make their visits to the leading archaeological sites of Greece literally unforgettable!