Museums/Galleries in Athens

Museums/Galleries in Athens

Sights Overview
Name Category Location
 
Benaki Museum
Just in time for the 2004 Olympics, Greece's oldest private museum...
Museums / Galleries Syntagma Square to Kolonaki
 
Byzantine and Christian Museum
One of the few museums in Europe focusing exclusively on Byzantine...
Museums / Galleries Syntagma Square to Kolonaki
 
Center of Folk Art and Tradition
Exhibits in the neoclassical family mansion of folklorist Angeliki...
Museums / Galleries Plaka and Anafiotika
 
Greek Folk Art Museum
Run by the Ministry of Culture, the museum focuses on folk art...
Museums / Galleries Plaka and Anafiotika
 
Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum
Housing the creations of internationally renowned artist-jeweler...
Museums / Galleries The Acropolis and Environs
 
Kanellopoulos Museum
The stately Michaleas Mansion, built in 1884, now showcases the...
Museums / Galleries Plaka and Anafiotika
 
Melina Mercouri Cultural Center
Named in honor of the famous Never on Sunday Greek actress who...
Museums / Galleries The Ancient Agora, Monastiraki, and Thission
 
Museum of Cycladic Art
Also known as the Nicholas P. Goulandris Foundation, and funded...
Museums / Galleries Syntagma Square to Kolonaki
 
Museum of Greek Popular Musical Instruments
An entertaining crash course in the development of Greek music...
Museums / Galleries Plaka and Anafiotika
 
National Archaeological Museum
Many of the greatest achievements in ancient Greek sculpture...
Museums / Galleries From Central Athens to National Archaeological Museum
 
National Gallery of Art
The permanent collections of Greek painting and sculpture of...
Museums / Galleries Syntagma Square to Kolonaki
 
National Historical Museum
After making the rounds of the ancient sites, you might think...
Museums / Galleries From Central Athens to National Archaeological Museum
 
New Acropolis Museum
Designed by the celebrated Swiss architect Bernard Tschumi in...
Museums / Galleries, Archaeological Sites The Acropolis and Environs
 
Numismatic Museum Iliou Melathron
Even those uninterested in coins might want to visit this museum...
Museums / Galleries From Central Athens to National Archaeological Museum
 
Technopolis
Gazi, the neighborhood surrounding this former 19th-century-foundry-turned-arts...
Museums / Galleries From Central Athens to National Archaeological Museum
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