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National Archaeological Museum
This rich and varied museum has one of the best collections of Greek art and artifacts in the world, and is one of the most popular of Athens’s museums. The collections reflect all of the different cultures that have flourished in Greece, with an emphasis on very early art works. Some of the highlights include Mycenae treasures unearthed from archaeological sites, a vast array of sculpture including the earliest known Greek figurines from 2,000 BC, and frescoes from the island of Santorini. The museum is very large, and it will be impossible to absorb it all in one visit. The museum itself was designed by a German architect, Ernst Ziller, in 1889.
Opening times: Mon 12.30 pm - 5 pm, Tues - Fri 8 am - 5 pm, Sat and Sun 8.30 am - 3 pm
Entrance prices: € 6 adults, € 3 reduced fare, free on Sundays
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44 Patission St.
106 82
Athens
Tel: +30 210 8217717
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The Acropolis Museum
The Acropolis is part monument and part museum, and the museum section is located in the southeast corner of the Acropolis site. It is full of many masterpieces from ancient Greek civilization and has some fabulous examples of Attic art. Sculptures make up an important part of the collection, from both the Archaic and Classical periods, and notable examples include the Rampin Horseman and the Hound by Phaidimos, and the Calf-Bearer, showing a man carrying a calf on his shoulders to be sacrificed. There is also an interesting “three-headed demon,” some colourful statues of women, and some 5th century reliefs, among a wide variety of scultpures and artifacts from a number of ancient ruins.
Opening Times: Apr - Oct: Daily 8 am - 7.30 pm, Nov - Mar: Mon 10 am - 3 pm, Tues - Sun 8.30 am - 3 pm
Entrance prices: € 12 (admittance to all Unifaction of Archaeological sites)
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Dionyssiou Areopagitou
105 58
Athens
Tel: +30 210 3236665
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Byzantine and Christian Museum
This museum is one of the few in Europe concentrating on Byzantine art., and contains over 25,000 artifacts dating from the 4th to the 9th century. There are many different kind of mediums featured, and exhibits display sculptures, tapestries, icons, wall paintings, ceramics, fabrics, manuscripts, engravings and drawings. There are also copies of wall paintings from the Byzantine as well as later periods. In addition to the permanent collection, there are always some special temporary exhibits. The museum is housed in a large Florentine-style villa, but also includes an outdoor area where there is an open-air archaeological park.
Opening times: Tues - Sun 8.30 am - 3 pm
Entrance price: € 4
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Vasilissis Sofias 22
115 28
Athens
Tel: +30 210 7211027
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National Art Gallery
This art museum of Greek and Western European art includes works from the medieval period to the present, though it focuses on the period from the 17th-20th centuries. There is an extensive permanent collection, but temporary exhibitions and travelling shows often enliven the space. The museum’s collection includes some wonderful works by El Greco, a number of Dutch paintings from the 17th century, and an extensive collection of Greek paintings and sculptures from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Opening times: Mon and Wed 9 am- 3 pm and 6 pm- 9 pm, Thurs- Sat 9 am- 3 pm, Sun 10 am- 2 pm
Entrance Price: € 6.50
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Vasileos Konstantinou 50
115 28
Athens
Tel: +30 210 7235857
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National Historical Museum
Most of the musuems in Greece are dedicated to ancient history, but this one fills in some of the gaps, and focuses on Greek history after the fall of the Byzantine empire. There are some famous and striking works here, such as Eugene Delacroix’s Massacre of Chois, many other paintings, some historic costumes, and assorted martime artifacts. Important wars or battles that have special exhibits include the Battle of Lepanto, World War II and the Battle of Crete. There is a nice gift shop on the way out where you can find unique souvenirs.
Opening times: Tues - Sun 9 am - 2 pm
Entrance price: € 3, free on Sundays
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Stadiou 13
105 61
Athens
Tel: +30 210 3237617
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Archaeological Museum
Another museum focusing on archaeological artifacts, this one also has much to offer, and focuses on bronze works and a slightly later period. It is located a bit outside of the city centre, which makes it much less visited than other museums, and is therefore almost never crowded. The exhibits include four of the very rare bronze statues that have survived the classical period. Besides these four, there are only a handful throughout the entire world. The statues are life-size and exquisitely crafted, dating from the 6th-4th centuries BC. The statue of Athena is particularly lovely, and she is wearing a unique helmet decorated with griffins and owls. Other exhibits display Mycenaen chariot figurines, musical instruments and funerary monuments.
Opening times: Tues - Sun 8.30 am - 3 pm
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Harilaou Trikoupi 31
145 64
Athens
Tel: +30 210 4521598
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Benaki Museum
An extensive art museum with over 20,000 works, here you can experience Greece’s entire history through art. The Benaki is the oldest private museum in Greece, established in 1926 by a wealthy native family. They played an important role in the preservation of Byzantine artifacts, at a time when other archaeologists were destroying these in order to access more ancient objects buried underneath. The collections in the museum are presented chronologically from the ground floor upward, and run the whole gamut from prehistory to the modern state. In addition to artifacts and artworks, you will also find interesting exhibits such as a recreation of a Macedonian living room and a collection of costumed mannquins. The grandeur of the Benaki home gives an added elegance and appeal to the museum.
Opening times: Mon- Fri and Sat 9 am- 5 pm, Thurs 9 am- 12 am, Sun 9 am- 3 pm
Entrance prices: € 6, free on Thursdays
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138 Pireos St.
106 74
Athens
Tel: +30 210 3671000
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Museum of Cycladic Art
Cycladic civilization refers to an early Bronze Age culture of the Cyclades near the Aegean sea. This museum was founded in 1986 to house the collection belonging to wealthy locals Nicholas and Aikaterini Goulandris. The location is a grand and spacious neoclassical building, and includes artifacts from over 5,000 years of Cycladic history. There are hundreds of items from the Bronze Age, featuring a variety of interesting and mysterious marble figurines. These sculptures fascinated artists such as Picasso, Modigliani and Brancusi, and the influence can be seen in their work.
Opening times: Mon, Wed - Fri 10 am - 4 pm, Sat 10 am - 3 pm
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Neofitou Douka 4/Irodotou 1
106 74
Athens
Tel: +30 210 7728321
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Hellenic Maritime Musem
A musuem dedicated to the legendy Greek maritime culture, here you will find artifacts, information and demonstrations about boats both ancient and modern. There are around 13,000 items on display, including to-scale models of triremes and other famous boats. There are also artifacts such as figureheads, uniforms, flags, and maritime documents.
Opening times: Sept - July: Tues - Fri 9 am - 2 pm, Sat 9 am - 1.30 pm
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Akti Themistokleous, Freattida Square
185 37
Athens
Tel: +30 210 4516264
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