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The National Archeological Museum due to its remarkable exhibits can carry away even those who do not like visiting museums. Several works of art that apart from their archeological significance have a rich visual interest, as they represent several styles, periods and regions of Greece. Among the 11.000 exhibits, the child with the horse, the...
Here, we refer to the new Acropolis Museum, which was inaugurated in 2009. Located at DionysiouAreopagitou Street across the Acropolis, it was designed with glass exterior walls so that the visitors would be able to see Acropolis from almost all its premises. The entrance to the museum is impressive, since the visitor, while walking onto a...
What kind of people might have built these sculptures of futuristic style? The world-famous statuettes of the Cycladic civilization of 2800 BC are displayed in the show cases on the first floor in the Museum of Cycladic Art and evoke the admiration of thousands of visitors from all over the world. In this particularly meticulous museum is...
It is the greatest foundation about the history of the Greek and Western European art in the country. It was founded in 1900 and, after spending a long nomadic period, was housed in 1974 in the building located today, which is about to expand in order to better project the treasures it hosts. Among the 17.000 works of its collection is included...
The Numismatic Museum is housed in the wonderful IliouMelathron buildings, one of the oldest public museums (founded in 1834) and one of the few of its kind in the world. The museum's collection consists of coins, medals and gems from ancient and modern Greece, the Roman times, Byzantium, the Western European Middle Ages and the modern era. The...
In the halls of the museum, which is housed in the mansion of the Old Parliament, is presented the history of modern Hellenism, the period of the Ottoman and Frank Empire, the revolution of 1821, the liberation struggles, the creation of an independent country as well as the political, social and spiritual development of Hellenism till our...
The Byzantine and Christian Museum, founded in 1914, has contributed to the collection, study and exhibition of the Byzantine and post-Byzantine cultural heritage. Collections of icons, sculptures, murals, ceramics and mosaics dated from the 3rd to the 20th century are included among the museum's exhibits. Featuring more than 25,000 items is...
Opposite the National Garden at VasilissisSofias Street is located the main building of the Benaki Museum, founded in 1930. The building, in which it is housed, was the house of AntonisBenakis, the founder of the museum, which after configurations took its current form and can now house the permanent exhibition and several other events. Its...
The Museum of Islamic Art is an annex of the Benaki Museum in which the collection of Islamic works of art by the national benefactor AntoniosBenakis is displayed. In the specially designed neoclassical building are displayed about 10 thousands items, dated from the 7th till the 19th century and it is considered to be one of the most important...
Works of Modern Greek cultural heritage are gathered and displayed in the rich collection of the Museum of Greek Folk Art. It includes representative samples of Greek folk art that highlight the elements, which shaped the cultural identity of modern Hellenism during the period from the mid-17th till the 20th century. The permanent exhibitions...
In a beautiful neighborhood of Athens, Thissio, the modern Museum "Herakleidon, Experience in Visual Arts" was founded in 2004, in which several artists, who have played and still play an influential role in the evolution of Art, are presented. Its inspirers and creators are Pavlos Fyros and his wife, Anna-Belinda, collectors and votaries of...
The museum is housed in a two-storey building of 1920 in Kolonaki. With a collection of about 25,000 items, mainly authentic regional costumes and jewelry of Greece (late 19th-early 20th century), copies of Minoan, Archaic and Byzantine clothing as well as 23 porcelain dolls dressed in traditional costumes, which were donated by Queen Olga to...
In the so called Museum of the City of Athens have been gathered several paintings, engravings and maps that depict the development of the city, Athens through the centuries. It is housed in two of the city's oldest classical buildings and the touring in its rooms with the old furniture and other important heirlooms contribute to the...
The museum was inaugurated in 1975 to present the military history of the Greek Nation from antiquity till our days. A collection of weapons from all over the world, aircrafts of various types and eras as well as related books and publications are displayed here.
Opening Hours: Summer: 09:00-19:00 on a daily basis except for Monday.
Winter:...
This museum is located on the moored for decades armored battleship "Averof", a man-of-war, which while it was intended for the Italian Navy ended up in the Greek Navy and proved to be an ace in the hole, noting repeated triumphs in the Aegean Sea. The purchase of Averof, although expensive, was co-funded by a part of the legacy of G. Averof...
The Hellenic Maritime Museum is the captain of the maritime museums. It hosts exhibits referring to the Greek attainments in the sea and the trade throughout the centuries presenting the development of the Greek navy from prehistoric times till nowadays. Moreover, the visitor can admire sea pieces of artists of the 19th-20th century in the...
This museum was created to house the rich archeological findings excavated mainly in the area of Piraeus and the attic beach dated from the Mycenaean till the Roman era. In its permanent exhibition are also included two private donations, Meletopoulos-Nomidos Collection and Geroulanos Collection. Yet, the impressive monument of Kallithea, the...
The rare exhibits are displayed in six large halls.
GALLERY 1: Visitors become acquainted with the Neolithic period as this is represented by the nearby Cave
of Pan. After the battle of Marathon, Pan was worshipped as a hero in the region because he had assisted the Athenians.
GALLERY 2: The second gallery includes objects dating to...
The Hellenic Children’s Museum is a non-profit organization that serves the public interest. The museum was founded in 1987 in Athens by a group of young scientists on the initiative of Sophia Rok-Mela, a teacher whose specialty is museum education.
The Children’s Museum is one of the first museum experiences for children, where they’re...
The Museum of Children’s Art is a pioneering museum, one of the very few worldwide that exhibits exclusively drawings and three dimensional artworks created by 5 to 14 years old children.
The Museum of Children’s Art focuses on education through art. It suggests a new model of Museum-School, aiming to promote the uniqueness of children’s art....
The Emotions Museum of Childhood is an internationally unique interactive museum which uses its exhibits, play and fairytales, in order to encourage children to discover more about themselves and comprehend the world of emotions. Moreover, it sensitizes the adults on subjects which deal with the children’s emotional development. The museum was...
