The Numismatics Museum is one of the most remarkable and significant Greek museums. It is located in the heart of Athens and owns …
The Ilias Lalaunis Jewelry Museum was opened to the public at the end of the 20th century, with over 4,000 exhibits in its collect …
The first section presents examples of contemporary Greek art - paintings and sculptures by leading Greek artists of the second ha …
The Children’s Greek Museum is a good place for children under the age of 12. It is located in two buildings of an ancient mansion …
The Silk Museum in Greece is an interactive museum associated with silk production in the Soufli area. It was opened in September …
The Pavel and Alexandra Kanellopoulos Museum is a small and cozy museum located on the northern slope of the Acropolis. The museu …
The 20th century Design Museum is located in Athens in the Plasma Exposition Center. On its territory of 1200 square meters you ca …
The Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments is located in Athens, the capital of Greece, and is entirely dedicated to the history …
The Byzantine Christian Museum was founded in 1914, when its unique collection began to form. The grand opening for a wide range o …
The Benaki Museum was established in 1930 and bears the name of Emmanuel Benakis, a Greek businessman, politician and public figur …
The new Acropolis Museum, opened in 2009, was designed by Swiss architect Bernard Chum and is located at the foot of the Acropolis …
A little south of the Acropolis, on Webster Street, there is a magnificent house in which once worked and lived the famous Greek a …
The National Archaeological Museum of Athens is the largest museum in Greece. The museum is located on Patission Street, in the ce …
The Herakleidon Museum is a small private museum of contemporary art located in Athens. The museum combines the aesthetics of art …
Emotions Museum of Childhood is located in Athens. The Emotional Museum of Childhood is a museum that opens the world of games, in …
The house-museum of the couple Angelos and Leto Katacuzenos is a symbol of the revival of the historic Athenian house of Greek int …
The Goulandris Natural History Museum opened in 1965 in Kifisia, a northeastern suburb of Athens. Its creators, Angelos and Niki G …
Since 1960, the National Museum of History in Athens is located in the building of the old parliament, which was designed by archi …
The Greek shadow theater was formed relatively recently - in the XIX century, during the assimilation and Hellenization of the Tur …
Today, the museum, officially opened in 1975, is one of the city's most famous buildings, thanks to its unusual shape in the eclec …
The extensive collection of the Museum of Folk Art presents products made of clay, wood, metals. The ceramic exposition consists o …
Founded in 1980, the museum recreates the development of Athens since the Frankish rule. In the mansion on Paparrigopoulou, 7 at o …
The Museum of Islamic Art is one of the branches of the Benaki Family Museum, opened in 2004. The building of the museum with an …
The Exile Museum is dedicated to adults and children who, in numbers of more than 100,000 people, were exiled to Ay Stratis Island …
The National Archaeological Museum in Athens is considered a treasure trove of Greek culture. The collection includes exhibits of …
The Museum of History of the University of Athens was opened in 1974, its exhibitions are dedicated to the history of the Universi …
The Museum of the History of Greek Costume was opened in 1988 with the support of the Minister of Culture Melina Mercouri. The mus …
The exposition of the museum is located on four floors. On the first floor there are objects of decorative and applied arts. The s …
The museum was founded in 1986 and its first exhibits were items from the private collection of Nicholas and Dolly Goulandris. Ove …
In the center of Athens, next to the University, the Academy and the National Library, stands the building of the Bank of Greece, …
The National Museum of Contemporary Art was opened in 2000 and is the only museum in Athens dedicated entirely to contemporary art …
The Museum of Greek Mills is a project of the eponymous institute, the main purpose of which is the study, study and protection of …
Athens is a city where history and modernity meet in museums at every turn. Here you can follow the tracks of antiquity, see rare archaeological finds and get acquainted with living Greek art, without breaking away from the bustling streets of the metropolis. The museum collections of the city form a unique image of the country and make Athens a must-see point in any cultural journey.
There are large gatherings in the city center that cannot be missed: The National Archaeological Museum on Patission Street holds the treasures of ancient Greece, the New Acropolis Museum, opened in 2009, offers a modern space for outstanding artifacts from the Acropolis, and the Benaki Museum tells the multifaceted history of the country through private collections. For fans of design and contemporary art, discover the National Museum of Modern Art (opened in 2000), and the Cycladic Art Museum features unique figurines and objects seen in private collections since 1986. Specialized museums stand out: Numismatics Museum with a rich collection of coins, the Ilias Lalaunis Jewelry Museum with more than 4,000 exhibits, the Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments and interactive spaces for children such as the Children's Greek Museum and the Emotional Museum of Childhood. In the vicinity of Athens, there are also interesting points: in the northern suburb of Kifisia, the Gulandris Natural History Museum (opened in 1965), and in the Soufli district there is a silk Museum, where the traditions of silk farming are shown.
The museum life of Athens is full of events: institutions regularly organize temporary exhibitions, thematic projects and retrospectives. Among the historical milestones are the founding of the Byzantine Christian Museum in 1914, the opening of the War Museum, officially launched in 1975, and the emergence of branches and specialized collections, such as the Museum of Islamic Art (2004). The city hosts imported exhibitions and international projects, and private galleries and small museums, such as the Museum Herakleidon or Frissiras, periodically offer author programs and exhibitions that make each visit unique.
Come to Athens to experience the scale and diversity of the local museum scene, from monumental halls to cozy private collections. When planning a route, use the services of private guides and guides - they will tell you the best routes, help to open rare exhibits and make a trip to museums more vivid and memorable. Book your tour in advance and let the Athens Museum tell you its best stories.
