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Acropolis Museum Full of fabled objects of Attic art found on the Acropolis, this... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Acropolis

Archaeological Museum Despite the impressive finds on display, this museum does not... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Pasalimani

Benaki Museum Greece's oldest private museum, established in 1926 by an illustrious... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Kolonaki

Byzantine and Christian Museum One of the few museums in Europe concentrating exclusively on... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Kolonaki

Center of Folk Art and Tradition Exhibits in the comfortable family mansion of folklorist Angeliki... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Plaka

Children's Museum In the courtyard, you may see children forming melted chocolate... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Plaka

Deste Foundation, Center for Contemporary Art Art collector Dakis Joannou, who owns one of the world's largest... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Neo Psihiko

Epigraphical Museum The ancient marble inscriptions here may constitute the world's... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Exarchia

Frissiras Museum Two splendidly restored neoclassical mansions hold Greece's only... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Plaka

Goulandris Cycladic and Greek Ancient Art Museum Funded by one of Greece's richest families, this museum has an... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Kolonaki

Greek Folk Art Museum Run by the Ministry of Culture, the museum focuses on folk art... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Plaka

Hellenic Maritime Museum The 13,000 items on display include scale models and actual sections... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Pasalimani

Ilias LALAoUNIS Jewelry Museum Housing the creations of the internationally renowned artist... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Acropolis

Jewish Museum of Greece The museum's vivid memorabilia, on display in an elegantly renovated... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Plaka

Kanellopoulos Museum The stately Michaleas Mansion, built in 1884, now showcases the... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Plaka

Melina Mercouri Cultural Center Installed in the former Poulopoulos hat factory built in 1886... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Thission

Museum of Greek Children's Art One of the few museums of its kind in the world, this small but... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Plaka

Museum of Greek Popular Musical Instruments An entertaining crash course in the development of Greek music... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Plaka

Museum of Islamic Art Antonis Benakis, founder of the city's outstanding Benaki Museum... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Psirri

National Archaeological Museum By far the most important museum in Greece, this collection contains... Write a review \| Avg. member rating: 5.0/5	Museums / Galleries	Exarchia

National Gallery of Art The permanent collections of Greek painting and sculpture of... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Ilisia

National Historical Museum After making the rounds of the ancient sites, you might think... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Syntagma Sq.

National Museum of Contemporary Art When it's fully open in 2007, this new museum in the former FIX... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Syngrou

New Acropolis Museum After languishing for years in the small museum on the site of... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Acropolis

Numismatic Museum Even those uninterested in coins might want to visit this museum... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries	Syntagma Sq.

Technopolis Gazi, the neighborhood surrounding this former 19th-century-foundry-turned-arts... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries, Arts / Performance Venues	Gazi

Turkish Bathhouse During Ottoman times, every neighborhood in Athens had a hammam,... Be the first to write a review	Museums / Galleries, Architectural Sites	Plaka
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