Museums in Athens
There are over 70 museums in Athens, ranging from archaeological and historical museums to art and modern museums, and much more. Some of the most popular museums in Athens include the Acropolis Museum, the National Archaeological Museum, the Museum of Cycladic Art, the Benaki Museum, the Byzantine and Christian Museum, and the Museum of Greek Folk Art. Here is a list with most of the museums in Athens, and some details about each one so you could plan your visits. The list updates often.
Acropolis Museum
Probably it’s the first museum you will be when in Athens to complete your visit in Acropolis and Parthenon. And you should be there at first if you want to learn more about ancient Greece with exhibits that shed light on the period of prosperity of ancient Athens (5th century, Golden Age of Pericles) through statues and everyday objects, but also through representations of buildings of the Acropolis, such as the Temple of Athena Nike and the Erechtheion. Of course, don’t forget to be at the Parthenon Hall on the top floor of the museum, which includes original and replica marbles representing the entire Parthenon frieze. The Museum has also a fine restaurant on the top with one of the best views to Acropolis. Probably, if you want to dine there, you should make a reservation.
Address: Dionysiou Areopagitou 15, Athina 117 42
Access: Metro Acrpolis (Red line)
Summer Opening Hours (April 1st t0 October 31st): Monday 09.00 – 17.00, Tuesday – Sunday 09.00 – 20.00, Friday: 09.00 – 22.00
Winter Opening Hours (November 1st t0 March 31st): Monday to Thursday 09.00 – 17.00, Friday 09.00 – 22.00, Weekend: 09.00 – 20.00
Site: www.theacropolismuseum.gr
National Archaeological Museum
Acropolis Museum is the most famous museum of the city, but this is the largest one, and it contains a public library too, as well another museum, Epigraphic Museum where you will find out more than 14,000 inscriptions revealing the amazing detail of recording in ancient Greece. So, in this museum you will have the chance to discover the entire history of Greece (Neolithic, Cycladic, Mycenaean, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Venetian, Ottoman and modern) as depicted through statues, miniatures, tombstones, tools, weapons and objects of everyday life.
Address: 28is Oktovriou (Patision Avenue) 44, Athina 106 82
Access: Viktoria Metro (Green Line)
Summer Opening Hours (April 1st – October 31st): Tuesday: 13:00 – 20:00, Wednesday to Monday: 08:00 – 20:00
Winter Opening Hours (November 1st – March 31st): Tuesday: 13:00 – 20:00, Wednesday until Monday: 08:30 – 15:30
Site: www.namuseum.gr
Museum of Cycladic Art
Your visit at the Museum of Cucladic Art would be the best preparation for your summer island hopping in Cyclades or Greek islands in general. It exhibits findings dating back 5,000 years from the Cycladic islands – such as Andros, Naxos, Antiparos, Amorgos and Thera (Santorini) – such as the minimalist marble figurines of men and women from the early Cycladic period, which form the most representative collection. The Museum of Cycladic Art is housed in the Megaron Stathatos, a characteristic and elegant example of neoclassical architecture in Athens and one of the most famous works of the architect Ernesto Chiller.
Address: Neofitou Douka 4, Athina 106 74
Access: Evangelismos Metro (Blue line)
Opening Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 10.00 – 17.00, Thursday: 10.00 – 20.00, Sunday: 11.00 – 17.00, Tuesday: Closed
Site: cycladic.gr
National Gallery
If you are an art lover, this would be your first stop in Athens. This is the place you will see works of the most famous Greek artists as well as European painters such as Rembrandt and Picasso. The building has been recently renovated and is also really impressive. And even if you are not an art lover, but just a history fan, here you can see all the pivotal moments in modern Greek history – from the post-Byzantine period to the revolution against the Ottomans and the creation of the modern Greek state – through more than 1,000 works of art. History through art at its best!
Address: 50 Vasileos Konstantinou str., 116 34, Athens
Access: Evangelismos Metro (Blue line)
Opening Hours: Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 10.00 – 17.00, Wednesday: 10.00 – 21.00, Sunday: 10.00 – 18.00. Tuesday: Closed
Site: www.nationalgallery.gr
Benaki Museum
One of the most popular private museums with works of art and collectibles from the 6th millennium BC to the 20th century. The distinguished art collector Antonis Benakis donated his astonishing collection (and his beautiful neoclassical family mansion) to create the museum, which today houses an even larger exhibition of jewellery, ceramics, marble portraits, manuscripts, religious icons, household utensils, clothing and textiles from all stages of Greek history.
Main Building Address: Koumpari 1, 106 74, Athens
Access: Syntagma Metro (Blue line)
Opening Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 10.00 – 18.00, Thursday: 10.00 – 00.00, Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00
Site: www.benaki.org
The collection is so large that satellite Benaki Museums have been created in Athens, such as the 138 Piraeus Museum, the Museum of Islamic Art, the Gika Gallery and the Toy Museum. You can see the whole list below.
Pireos 138
Address: 138 Pireos & Andronikou St., 118 54 Athens
Opening Hours: Thursday, Sunday: 10:00 – 18:00, Friday, Saturday: 10.00 – 22.00
Museum of Islamic Art
Address: 22 Ag. Asomaton & 12 Dipilou St., 105 53 Athens
Opening Hours: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 10:00 – 18:00
The Ghika Gallery
Address: 3 Kriezotou St., 106 71 Athens
Opening Hours: Friday, Saturday: 10:00 – 18:00. Closed in August.
The Yannis Pappas Studio
Address: 38 Anakreontos St, 157 72 Zografou
Opening Hours: Tuesday, Friday, Sunday:10:00 – 14:00. Closed in August.
Toy Museum
Address: 14 Poseidonos & 1 Tritonos St, 175 61 Palaio Faliro
Opening Hours: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 10:00 – 18:00. Closed in August.
Mentis – Antonopoulos (‘Nema’) Passementerie
Address: 6 Polyfemou St., 118 54 Athens
Opening Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 10:00 – 15:00. Closed in August.
The Valadoros Collection
Address: Οtrineon 13, 118 51, Athens
Delta House
Address: 38 Emm. Benaki & St. Delta St., 145 61 Kifisia
Opening Hours: Wednesday: 10:00-15:00
The Leigh Fermor House
Address: Kardamyli, Messinia
Opening Hours: MondayThursday:11:00 – 12:00
National Museum of Contemporary Art Αthens (EMST)
Your second absolute stop in Athens if you are an art lover, after National Gallery, should be this Museum. A real gem for contemporary art lovers in one of the most emblematic buildings of Athens: the fully renovated former FIX brewery in the Koukaki area. Don’t forget to have a break on the terrace of the museum to admire the view to Acropolis!
Address: Kallirois Avenue & Amvr. Frantzi, 117 43, Athens
Access: Syggrou-Fix Metro (Red line)
Opening Hours: Tuesday: 10.00 – 19.00, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 11.00 – 19.00, Thursday: 11.00 – 22.00, Monday: Closed
Site: www.emst.gr
Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation (Athens)
A museum that started as a private collection of a couple from Athens, Vassilis and Elise Goulandris, and transformed into an art museum including works by 19th and 20th century artists such as Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet, Cézanne, El Greco, Gauguin and Pollock. Realism, impressionism, cubism, abstract art – all currents of contemporary art come together in this museum, and in the smaller one, in their home town, the island of Andros.
Address: Eratosthenous 13, Athina 116 35
Access: Syntagma Metro (Blue line)
Opening Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday: 10.00 – 18.00, Friday: 10.00 – 20.00, Tuesday: Closed
Site: goulandris.gr
Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation (Andros island)
Address: Basil & Elise Goulandris Street, Chora, Andros, 845 00
Museum of Ancient Agora
The Museum of the Ancient Agora is located in the restored Stoa of Attalos, a building of the 2nd century BC, which was donated to the Athenians by the King of Pergamum Attalus II and which constitutes the first commercial center of ancient Athens. The museum displays objects discovered during the excavations of the Ancient Agora, including everyday objects such as product identification labels, a clay water clock and official bronze ballots, as well as busts from the Roman period.
Address: Adrianoy 24, 105 55, Athens
Access: Monastiraki Metro (Blue line)
Winter Opening Hours: 08.00 – 17.00, Tuesday: 10.00 – 17.00
Summer Opening Hours (April 1st to October 31st): 08.00 – 20.00, Tuesday: 10.00 – 20.00
Site: odysseus.culture.gr
Byzantine and Christian Museum
Another Athens museum not to be missed as here you will admire more than 2,500 objects from the Byzantine and Christian history of Greece dating from the 3rd century AD to modern times. Pictures, frescoes, manuscripts and ceramics, textiles, mosaics and other objects are collected chronologically according to five “thematic routes” and introduce you to the culture as well as the spiritual life of their time.
Address: Leof. Vasilissis Sofias 22, 106 75, Athens
Access: Evangelismos Metro (Blue line)
Opening Hours: Monday, Wednesday t0 Sunday: 08.30 – 15.30, Tuesday: Closed
Site: www.byzantinemuseum.gr
National Historical Museum
It is the oldest museum of its kind in Greece. The National Historical Museum features everyday objects from the Historical and Ethnological Society of Greece (founded in 1882). The bulilding itself is impressive and it was the Old Greek Parliament, which served as the Greek Parliament from 1875-1935, and even earlier was the National Technical University. It has objects representing iconic moments in Greek history, including weapons, manuscripts and a large collection of traditional costumes from the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 to World War II, with an emphasis on the Greek War of Independence in 1821.
Address: Stadiou 13, 105 61, Athens
Access: Panepistimio Metro (Red Line)
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00, Monday: Closed
Site: www.nhmuseum.gr
Museum of City of Athens
The Museum of the City of Athens is located in two connected buildings in the heart of Athens. It features paintings, prints, sculptures, furniture and important documents of a wealthy middle-class Athenian household of the 19th and early 20th century. The neoclassical house at number 7 belonged to Stamatos Dekozis-Vouros (1792-1881), a wealthy banker from Chios, but is known as the Old Palace, as it was the residence of the first royal couple, King Otto and Queen Amalia (1836-1843), when the capital of Greece was moved to Athens. The New Building at number 5 preserves the memories and history of the Dekozis-Vouros family.
Address: loannou Paparrigopoulou 5-7, Athina 105 61
Access: Panepistimio Metro (Red Line)
Opening Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 09.00 – 16.00, Saturday, Sunday: 10.00 – 15.00, Tuesday: Closed
Site: athenscitymuseum.gr
Numismatic Museum of Athens
The Numismatic Museum of Athens has one of the richest collections of its kind with over 500,000 coins, medals, gems, weights, stamps and related objects from 1400 BC to modern times. It is also located in an iconic building in Athens (known as the Ilium Melithron), which was designed in 1878-1880 for the famous archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann by Ernesto Chiller (one of Athens’ most important architects). The mansion’s restored mosaics and frescoes are part of the experience.
Address: El. Venizelou 12, 106 71, Athens
Access: Panepistimio Metro (Red Line)
Opening Hours: 08.30 – 15.30. Tuesday Closed.
Site: www.nummus.gr
Goulandris Natural History Museum
Goulandris Natural History Museum is located in the suburb of Athens, Kifissia, and plays a key role in the promotion and advancement of natural sciences. It was the first in Greece to teach environmental awareness and to this day it has consistently encouraged the protection of Greece’s wildlife and endangered species. In addition to exhibiting a large number of insects, mammals, birds, reptiles, shells, rocks, minerals and fossils from all over Greece, it also has an exhibition of hundreds of thousands of plant species, including some that have been identified through the museum’s own research.
Address: 13 Levidou Street & 100 Othonos Street, 145 62, Kifissia
Access: Kifissia Metro (Green Line)
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 09.00 – 14.30, Weekend: 10.00 – 15.00. Closed in August.
Site: www.gnhm.gr
Hellenic Maritime Museum
If you love the sea and ships, then you won’t miss this museum! The Hellenic Maritime Museum, near the Marina Zea in Piraeus, the biggest port of Greece, has more than 2,500 objects from Greece’s famous maritime history. Here you can find out ship models from the Archaic and Classical eras, exhibits from the Byzantine years of Greek history and the 1821 War of Independence and beyond. The turret of the submarine Papanikolis (from World War II) is outside, along with anchors from ships from the 1827 Battle of Navarino (a showdown between East and West off the western coast of the Peloponnese, known as the last great naval battle fought exclusively with sailing ships).
Address: Akti Themistokleous, 185 37, Pireas
Access: Dimotiko Theatro Metro (Blue Line)
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Saturday: 09.00 – 14.00, Monday, Sunday: Closed
Site: www.hmmuseum.gr
Jewish Museum of Greece
A museum that commemorates the history of the Jewish population of Greece, which became one of the largest in Europe until the beginning of the 20th century. Jewish Museum of Greece exhibits personal items, jewelry, documents and synagogue artifacts detailing the history and daily life of the Jews of Greece. Excavations in Delos revealed an ancient synagogue, but the number of Jews swelled from the 15th century onwards, with persecuted Sephardic Jews finding refuge in Greece (especially in Thessaloniki). Having grown to more than 100,000, the Jewish community lost an overwhelming 87% of its population during the Nazi occupation of Greece.
Address: Nikis 39, 105 57, Syntagma
Access: Syntagma Metro (Blue Line)
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 09.00 – 14.30, Sunday: 10.00 – 14.00, Saturday Closed.
Site: www.jewishmuseum.gr
Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments “Fivos Anoyanakis” – Centre for Ethnomusicology
In one of the oldest buildings in Plaka (built in the mid-19th century), the Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments commemorates the rich history of musicology and instrument making in Greece. Many of the objects come from Phoebus Anogeianakis (a musicologist born in 1915 and whose collection was one of the most important in Europe), grouped according to the type of instrument: percussion (drums and tambourines), aerophones (flutes and tambourines), strings (lutes, guitars and mandolins) and echoes (bells and cymbals).
Address: Diogenous 1, 105 56, Athens
Access: Monastiraki Metro (Blue Line)
Opening Hours: 08.30 – 15.30. Tuesday Closed.
Site: Facebook Page
Museum of Ancient Greek Technology Kotsanas
Robotics and computers, steam and jet propulsion, the automotive industry and automatic navigation, telecommunications, the harnessing of hydraulic and wind energy and cryptology were invented… guess what!… in ancient Greece. That’s what the Museum of Ancient Greek Technology tells us through authentic objects and reconstructions that show how ancient Greece was a breeding ground for many of today’s inventions and technology. What, you don’t believe it? There’s only one way to find out. Visit it!
Address: Pindarou 6, 106 71, Athens
Access: Panepistimio Metro (Red Line)
Opening Hours: 10.00 – 18.00
Site: kotsanas.com
Modern Ceramics Study Center
The Museum of Traditional Greek Karamics explores the modern version of this ancient Greek art. In addition to the ceramics courses it offers, the museum studies the traces of pottery making in 19th and 20th century Greece through a series of workshops. Still here you will find representations of different ways of making ceramics (with or without a hand wheel or with a pedal wheel), explaining the cultural context and the art of making vases and other ceramics.
Address: Melidoni 4, 105 53, Athens
Access: Monastiraki Metro (Blue Line)
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 09.00 – 15.00. Saturday Closed. Sunday upon request.
Site: potterymuseum.gr
Museum of Modern Greek Culture
The Museum of Modern Greek Culture consists of more than a dozen 19th and early 20th century buildings in Plaka, recreating a neighbourhood of Athens of that era. The complex includes the Bath of the Aeres (the only public bath in Athens since Otto’s reign near the Roman Agora) and the Museum at 22 Panos Street (includes an exhibition of objects such as archives, personal testimonies, images and words that encourage visitors to explore the narratives behind them).
- The Bathouse of the Winds (Kirristou 8, Athens)
- The Mosque (Areos 1, Athens)
- The Museum at 22 Panos Street
Address: Kidathineon 17, 105 58, Athens
Access: Monastiraki Metro
Opening Hours: 08.30. 15.30. Tuesday Closed.
Site: www.mnep.gr
War Museum Athens
The War Museum was inaugurated in July 1975 to honor all those who fought for the Freedom of Greece. It’s the largest museum of military history in Greece and one of the largest in Southeastern Europe. Relics related to the history of the Greeks from all wartime periods are exhibited in its premises , while sections of historical, photographic and cinematographic archives alsooperate within the museum. In 1988, the War Museum inaugurated its first Branch in Nafplio, in 1995 its second in Chania, while in 2000 it inaugurated its Branches in Thessaloniki and Tripoli.
Address: Rizari 2-4, 106 75, Athens
Access: Evangelismos Metro (Blue line)
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 09.00 – 17.00. Monday Closed.
Site: warmuseum.gr
Herakleidon Museum (Science, Art, Mathematics)
The Herakleidon Museum, a private initiative operating as a Non-Profit Society, was founded by the couple Pavlos and Belinda Fyrou in 2004, mainly to present to the Greek public the collections of its founders. Until 2012, works by artists such as M.C. Escher, Vasarely, Lautrec, Degas, Xenakis, Luther, Munch and others passed through the museum’s halls.
Already, from the first years of its operation, the museum embraced the sciences and especially mathematics and created the educational program “Art and Mathematics” with the collaboration of brilliant collaborators – mathematicians.
This coexistence between the Museum and Science was the catalyst in its evolution, since 2014, into a cultural centre that discovers, promotes and highlights the multiple and complex interrelationships between science and art, promoting both seemingly unrelated aspects of human activity. In this endeavour, it was impossible not to encounter technology, since the latter walks hand in hand with the sciences without losing its blood relationship with its linguistically formative art.
The Museum of Herakleidon receives more than 30,000 visitors per year, and during the school year, around 18,000 students visit the Museum and attend its educational programmes.
Address: Iraklidon 16, 118 51, Athens & Apostolou Pavlou 37, 118 51, Athens
Access: Thission Metro (Green Line)
Opening Hours: 10.00 – 18.00
Site: www.herakleidon.org
National Observatory of Athens
The National Observatory of Athens, the first research centre of modern Greece, has been operating continuously since 1842, offering its services to science and society. Its public character has existed since 1846, the year of its first operation on the Hill of the Nymphs in Thiseion, while its course is interwoven with the history of modern Greece itself. The Centre’s course is marked by enlightened and renowned scientists who have transmitted scientific methodology to Greece and opened the way to knowledge.
The National Observatory of Athens today plays an important role in the developments and research trends in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications, Environment, Energy and Meteorology, Seismology and Geodynamics, at European and international level. It implements major research programmes funded by the European Community, the European Space Agency (ESA) and other international organisations, contributing to the promotion of research, scientific development and the attraction and employment of young talented researchers and scientists from Greece and abroad.
Address: Hill of Muses, 118 10, Athens
Access: Thissio Metro (Green Line)
Opening Hours: Monday, Tuesday 10.00 – 13.30, Wednesday, Friday 10.00-13.30 & 19.00-20.30, Thursday 10.00-13,30-20.00-20.30
Site: www.noa.gr, Visitor Center
Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum
The Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum (ILJM) is the first museum devoted to the art of jewelry in Greece and one of the three of its kind in the world. It opened to the public in December of 1994, and acts as an international center for jewelry and decorative crafts, with an emphasis on silver and goldsmithing as well as contemporary studio jewelry.
The Museum is located under the sacred hill of the Acropolis at the footsteps of the Parthenon in two buildings: the Lalaounis’ family home which was constructed in 1927 and the jewelry workshop of its founder Ilias Lalaounis which is a 1925 apartment building totally renovated in 1992 for the Museum spaces. The family home has been kept intact and is accessible to visitors since it houses the library and the administration.
Address: Kallisperi 12, 117 42, Athens
Access: Acropolis Metro (Red Line)
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Saturday 09.00 – 15.00. Sunday & Monday Closed.
Site: www.lalaounis-jewelrymuseum.gr
Foundation New Digital Planetarium
Touch the stars in one of the best and largest planetariums in the world. Educational shows, presenting the latest developments in astronomy and other natural sciences, are projected on the 24,5m diameter and 900m2, hemispherical dome.
Address: 387 Syggrou Ave. (entrance 11, Pentelis st), 175 64, Athens
Access: Tzitziphies Tram Stop
Opening Hours: Monday, Tuesday 09.00-16.00, Wednesday to Friday 09.00-21.00, Weekend 10.30-21.00
Site: www.eef.edu.gr
School Life and Education Museum
The Museum of School Life and Education took its first steps in the historic Tripodon Street of Athens, eight years ago with the vision and goal of preserving historical memory through the preservation, research and study of the history of education and schools. Over the years it has carved its own path with its characteristic extroversion and has highlighted the Plaka area as a place where history goes hand in hand with education and culture.
It has established historical educational walks, embraced literacy activities, fairy tale festivals, experimental theatrical performances, musical and musical-movement events, painting exhibitions, and welcomed audiences from all over the world, passing on the values of our education and culture.
On 2022, the museum moved to another building in Plaka, on a street charged with memories and with the action of one of the most important Athenian women: Agia Filothei. In the place where she founded the monastery and the commune which was a help for Christians and Muslims during the years of Turkish rule. In the complex called ‘Parthenon’ hundreds of women found shelter and were educated.
The educational programmes continue to be renewed and the Museum’s exhibits always provide the opportunity for an experiential journey through the history of education, while for scientists there is also a wealth of material for their research and studies. The Museum of School Life and Education is addressed to all ages: its programmes and activities are intended for children from 18 months of age and it implements special programmes for school groups.
Address: Agias Filotheis 17, 105 56, Athens
Access: Syntagma Metro (Blue Line)
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday 10.00-16.00, Weekend 11.00-15.00. Monday Closed.
Site: ekedisy.gr
Plato’s Academy Digital Museum
The Digital Museum of Plato’s Academy operates in a specially designed building that forms part of the exhibition in the Plato’s Academy area and includes a range of physical exhibits and multimedia applications. Through multiple layers of information, visitors are guided through both the Plato’s Academy site and Plato’s “world of ideas”. This tour aims to highlight the area and Platonism and to create stimuli for discussion inside and outside the site.
The exhibition is a “dive” in time. It starts from the present-day Athenian neighbourhood of the Plato Academy. Time rolls backwards and we follow the stages of the discovery and discovery of the archaeological site. We prepare ourselves for the “acquaintance” with Plato.
Address: Alkmeonos 1, 104 42, Athens
Access: Sepolia Metro (Red Line)
Opening Hours:
Site:
Athens Olympic Museum
The Olympic Games from Antiquity to date; the spirit of fair play as a universal value; Greece’s critical role in promoting Olympism and Athens’ promotion as an Olympic Capital; paying tribute to Greek athletes and presenting the Greek Olympic and Paralympic Champions who have won medals. These are the basic imperatives for the foundation of the Athens Olympic Museum, together with offering an unprecedented experience to the visitors, an idea that was born during the 2004 period.
The overall architectural approach and building philosophy of the Athens Olympic Museum has been designed so as to be worthy of promoting the culture and history of the Olympic Games, while at the same time it is fully compatible with modern environmental requirements. It is also linked to the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens “Spiros Louis” (OAKA) with a footbridge, thus giving the visitor another opportunity to live a special experience, traveling back in time to the 28th Olympiad, the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
Address: Leof. Kifisias 37a, 151 23, Marousi
Access: Eirini Metro (Green Line)
Opening Hours: Monday to Thursday 09.00-17.00, Friday 09.00-21.00, Weekend 10.00-21.00
Site: athensolympicmuseum.org
Shadow Puppet Theater Museum of the Municipality of Amaroussion “Evgenios Spatharis”
The operation of the Spatharion Museum began in January 1996, with organized guided tours and educational programs for young and old, while since 2000, a particularly important cultural institution has been established: the annual Shadow Theatre Festival – “Spatharia”, with the participation of remarkable clowns from both Greece and abroad. The aim of the Museum is to preserve, protect and promote in every way, one of the most important parts of our cultural heritage that represents popular theatre: the Karagiozis. The tour of the Museum enchants the visitor with the colours of the figures, the cheerful expression of the heroes’ physiognomies and the readily apparent humour.
Address: Voriou Ipirou 27, 151 26, Marousi
Access: Marousi Metro (Green Line)
Opening Hours: 09.00 – 14.00. Wednesday 09.00 – 14.00 & 18.00 – 20.00. Weekend Closed.
Site: karagiozismuseum.gr
Emotions Museum
A unique interactive museum about emotions! It uses interactive exhibitions, play and fairytales, in order to encourage children and teenagers to discover their emotional world, to learn more about themselves and others. Moreover, it sensitizes adults, parents and teachers on subjects which deal with the children’s emotional development and socialization. Member of Association of Children’ s Museums HOI «Hands On International».
Address: Karatza 7, 117 41, Athens
Access: Syngrou-Fix Metro (Red Line)
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 09.00-14.30, Weekend 10.00-14.00
Site: www.mce.gr
Museum of Political Exiles of Agios Stratis
The museum consists mainly of material on places of exile, prisons and camps for political prisoners, political refugees, and political persecution in the 20th century. At the same time, based on the source of origin, it contains materials relating to before and after the persecution, participation of the owner of the material in political and social history and cultural creation. Chronologically it covers so far the period from the twenties to the post-war period.
There is also a library inside museum that has been open since 2006, the year the museum was inaugurated. So far, 2,500 titles have been collected and the list is constantly enriched with new titles. The content of the books is in direct relation to the archival material and the museum collection, and thematically covers contemporary Greek political history with emphasis on the National Resistance, the Civil War, the Junta, and especially on Exile and Prisons (personal testimonies and artistic creation), and global political and social history. Finally, the library includes part of the lending library of Ai Stratis as well as printed material written and used in prisons and exile. The library is open to the public for study, but does not function as a lending library.
Address: Pl. Agion Asomaton 31, 105 53, Athens
Access: Thissio Metro (Green Line)
Opening Hours:
Site: www.exile-museum.gr
Museum of Mineralogy and Petrology
It is not only the oldest collection of minerals and rocks in Greece, but it is also one of international repute. The original collections of the Mineralogy and Petrology Museum were created at the Natural History Society that was established in Athens in 1835. The University acquired the collections in 1837. The University Museum of Mineralogy-Petrography was created in 1908. It has been part of the Geology Department since 1982.
The importance of the collection does not reside solely in the presentation of particularly beautiful samples, but in the abundance and quality of the minerals from “classical” sites in former states of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the German Empire and Tsarist Russia, primarily from sites which have today been exhausted and are known only from the literature. The Museum occupies a total area of about 1100 m2. The collections are exhibited in the three halls, while the fourth hall is for audio-visual presentations and lectures.
Address: Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, Panepistimioupoli Campus Zografou, 15784 Athens
Access: Bus 220 from Evangelismos Hospital (Blue line of Metro)
Opening Hours: 08.30 – 14.00
Site:en.uoa.gr
Zoological Museum of the University of Athens (ZMUA)
The Museum of Zoology of the University of Athens belongs to the Department of Biology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. It is housed on the University campus and occupies an area of 2,200 m². The Museum has existed for around 160 years. It was the first and largest museum of its kind in Greece. The history of the Museum begins around the same time that Athens became the capital of the new Greek state.
Today the Museum is visited annually by more than 10,000 school children, while the building itself continues to be improved and the exhibits modernized by the addition of audiovisual media. The Museum caters for the general public, primary and secondary school pupils, as well as the University’s students. Its main goal is to promote an understanding of the value of biodiversity, so that the conservation and protection of biodiversity become important for all citizens. Additionally, younger visitors are given the opportunity of learning about the wonderful world of animals up close, at a time when most exposure to animal diversity is through electronic means.
Address: Leof. Eth. Antistaseos, 161 22, Kesariani
Access: Bus 250 from Evangelismos Hospital (Blue line metro)
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 09.00-14.00. Weekend Closed
Site: zoolmuseum.biol.uoa.gr
Melina Mercouri Foundation
The Melina Mercouri Foundation, adopting the fundamental ideas of the policy that Melina Mercouri planned and implemented when she was Minister of Culture, aspires to contribute to the promotion and dissemination of Greek culture in Greece and abroad.Located on Polygnotou Street in Plaka, the 19th-century manor housing the foundation is a neoclassical building, which was fully restored and restructured in the late 20th century The foundation has organised numerous international exhibitions, produced a variety of historically relevant publications and sponsors other important social, environmental and artistic causes.
Address: 9-11 Polygnotou st., 105 55, Athens
Access: Monastiraki Metro (Blue Line)
Opening Hours: Tuesday 10.00 – 15.00. Monday Closed.
Site: melinamercourifoundation.com
Museum of Asia Minor Hellenism Filio Chaidemenou
In the Museum of Asia Minor Hellenism “Filio Haidemenou” there is a collection of historical and folklore material (such as heirlooms and memorabilia) from regions of Asia Minor where Hellenism lived and worked from ancient times, focusing especially on the early 20th century until the Asia Minor catastrophe. The classification and display of this material is on a permanent basis.
The Museum of Asia Minor Hellenism “Filio Haidemenou” was created for the purpose of collecting historical and ethnological material and gathering folklore material and other memorabilia from Asia Minor, Constantinople, Pontus, as well as from the Forgotten Lands, which will contribute to the preservation of the memory and historical tradition of Hellenism throughout the centuries.
Address: Dekeleias Avenue 152 &, Attalias, 143 42, Nea Filadelfia
Access: Perissos Metro (Green Line)
Opening Hours: 09.00-14.00 & 18.00-21.00. Weekend Closed.
Site: odysseus.culture.gr
Greek Reptile Center
The Greek Reptile Center offers one of the largest collections of reptiles in all of Europe. The center hosts live snakes and lizards from all over the world including 6 types of pythons (up to 6 meters in length!), 3 types of boas, 7 types of rattlesnakes, 6 types of cobras and king cobras, black mambas, anacondas, iguanas, and dozens of other reptiles. The only poisonous snakes in Greece, vipers (οχιάς in Greek), are also on display.
A trip to the Greek Reptile Center is a special treat for children. The center provides an opportunity for children to experience the world of snakes first-hand and learn from an expert who has been caring for the snakes for over 30 years.
The center is located just outside of Athens, Greece in the in Antonis Tritsis Environmental Education & Sensitization Park and is open daily from 8am to 10pm. For information about the center — including directions, visiting hours, and more — click here.
Address: Antonis Tritsis Environmental Education & Sensitization Park, 23 Spyrou Moustakli, 13121, Ilion
Access: Pyrgos Vasilissis Suburban Stop
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 09.00 – 21.00, Saturday 10.00 – 18.00. Sunday Closed.
Site: sites.google.com/site/erpetaorg
Maria Callas Museum
The Maria Callas Museum, the first of its kind worldwide, will be located in the heart of Athens in a renovated neoclassical building – a former hotel – on Mitropoleos St and will exhibit historical material, audio archives, rare recordings, as well as a unique collection of records and personal items. Visitors will also have the chance to experience the great Callas through interactive applications. The brand new museum dedicated to the great Greek soprano Maria Callas will open to the public in the summer of 2023 coinciding with the 100-year anniversary since the universal artist’s birth.
Address: Mitropoleos Street
Access: Syntagma Metro (Blue Line)
Opening Hours: From summer 2023.
Site:
Μuseum and Study Center of Greek Theatre
In the Museum’s rooms are exhibited memorabilia of theatrical life, stage costumes and props, photographs, models of stage settings, personal belongings of leading figures of the theatre, as well as posters and programmes. The library includes about 25,000 volumes on the treatre, from Greek and foreign bibliography. The theatrical archives include 18th-century manuscripts, programmes and posters of theatre companies from the 19th century on.
Address: 50 Akadimias Street, 10679, Athens
Access: Panepistimio Metro (Red Line)
Opening Hours: 08.30 – 15.oo
Site: www.theatremuseum.gr
Museum of Philhellenism
The Museum presents the evolution of philhellenism from the Renaissance to the present day, with an emphasis on its contribution to the national independence of Greece, the cradle of Western civilization. The Museum supports classical education, the evolution of humanity on the basis of the values of Greek culture and continuous Philhellenism. The Museum’s collections document the impact that Greek and culture and civilization had on the arts, politics, creativity and social progress from the Renaissance to the present day.
The first floor is dedicated to the perception of antiquity and the progressive adoption of classical culture from the Renaissance to the 19th century. The second floor of the Museum is dedicated to the idealized Greece, as seen and perceived by Philhellenes artists. This art demonstrates the feelings of admiration and love that Philhellenes expressed for Greece and Greek culture. The third floor is dedicated to philhellenism during the Greek Revolution, and the contribution of the Philhellenes to the struggle for the liberation of Greece, the cradle of Western civilization. The fourth floor highlights the relations that the American revolution had with the Greek one, and presents the portraits and the contribution of important American Philhellenes. It also highlights the impact that the Greek Revolution had on the struggle for the abolition of slavery and human rights. Finally, it depicts the influence of Greek culture and the Athenian democracy on the political system and architecture in the USA.
Address: Zisimopoulou 12, 115 24, Athens
Access: Katehaki Metro (Blue Line)
Opening Hours: Wednesday to Sunday 10.00 – 18.00. Monday, Tuesday Closed.
Site: phmus.org
Railway Museum of Athens
Athens Railway Museum was founded in 1979 and is the largest railway museum in Greece. Located in the centre of Piraeus. The halls of the museum “tell” the history of the Greek railway. Among the exhibits stand out the rolling stock of the era, such as the “Tiryns”, the oldest surviving German-built steam carriage (1884), the royal vehicle of George I which was built in Piraeus, the unique wagon-smokehouse of Sultan Abdul-Aziz, but also the historic tram of Piraeus Beach, known from films such as “Never on Sunday”. Fire pumps and fire extinguishers, ticket punches, old tickets, maps, timetables, timetables, stamps and trumpets complete the picture of train travel in other times – from the purchase of the ticket to the disembarkation at the destination. Of particular interest to the modern visitor are period costumes, historical photographs, old dinner sets and all kinds of printed material. The open-air area of the museum is designed for events and also hosts the children’s entertainment train.
Address: former Train engine room of Piraeus
Access: Pireas Metro (Blue Line)
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday
Site:
Hellenic Motor Museum
With a total built-up area of currently 30,000 sq.m. of which 50% is parking and support areas, the main areas of the museum, which exceed 5,000 sq.m., apart from an exhibition area for 111 vehicles, include a modern amphitheatre with an exhibition area in the foyer, simulators and a special room for training children in road safety issues and young people in racing driving, an event area, a café and a shop. It is noted here that 72 exhibits of the history of vehicles through the history of wheels are distributed on the spiral ramp from the ground floor to the 4th floor and are accessible without a ticket.
The purpose of the Hellenic Motor Museum is to inform the public about the achievements of the global automotive industry and to educate young people about road safety and behaviour.
Address: Ioulianou 33-35, 104 33, Athens
Access: Viktoria Metro (Green Line)
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday 10.00 – 14.00, Weekend 11.00 – 18.00. Monday Closed.
Site: www.hellenicmotormuseum.gr
Dodecanese House
The Dodecanese House was founded by the professor, writer and folklorist Vassilis Moskovis, who was born in Symi. It operates as a Dodecanese folklore and art collection, seeking to provide knowledge about the culture of the Dodecanese.
The collections of exhibits include: books, artworks of modern Greek art, objects of folklore art, wooden carvings, faithful copies of interior space. The woodcarvings are in models by Angeliki Hadjimichalis and Athena Tarsoulis, traditional authentic costumes, historical manuscripts, a collection of Christian icons, stained glass inks , a collection of clown figures from Sikeliotis. Every year the “Vassilis Moskovis” Award is awarded for the best scientific study concerning the folklore-history of the Dodecanese, as well as the preparation of educational programmes for all levels of education.
Address: Dodonis 119, 104 43, Athens
Access: Sepolia Metro (Red Line)
Opening Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 10.00 – 14.00. Thursday, Saturday, Sunday: Closed.
Industrial Gas Museum
The Industrial Gas Museum launched in 2013 aiming to showcase and protect the old Athens Gasworks, a unique historical site of great industrial heritage, which provided the city with energy and lighting for 130 years. The collection of the Industrial Gas Museum includes a significant number of relevant to the gas production devices, tools, machinery and equipment (gas meters, cookers, water heaters, lights etc.) as well as factory items and a plethora of audiovisual material.
Address: Pireos 100, 118 54, Athens
Access: Kerameikos Metro (Blue Line)
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 10.00 – 20.00. Monday Closed.
Site: gasmuseum.gr
Archaeological Museum of Kerameikos
The Archaeological Museum of Kerameikos houses exhibits, almost exclusively of funerary character, which come from the excavations of the German Archaeological Institute in the archaeological site of Kerameikos, covering an area of 38.500 sq.m.
The museum is located in the archaeological site of the same name and can be accessed from the pedestrian street Ermou Street, near Pireos Street. It is a ground floor square building, the façade of which is flanked by a roofed, L-shaped external arcade. Inside there are four exhibition spaces surrounding the covered atrium, landscaped with olive and laurel trees as a small indoor garden. The first room and the atrium house the works of sculpture, covering all periods of antiquity, while the other three rooms exhibit ceramics and other finds, mainly from the necropolis of Kerameikos.
Address: Ermou 148, 105 53, Athens
Access: Kerameikos Metro (Blue line)
Opening Hours: Monday, Wednesday to Sunday 08.00 – 17.00, Tuesday: 10.00 – 17.00
Site: odysseus.culture.gr
Museum of the History of the Greek Costume
The Museum of the History of Greek Costume is a predominantly thematic museum with costume content. Its collections include about 25,000 objects, mainly authentic local costumes and jewellery of the historical Greek area (late 19th – early 20th century), copies of Minoan, Archaic and Byzantine costumes, as well as 23 porcelain dolls dressed in traditional costumes, which were donated by Queen Olga to the Lyceum of Hellenic Women. The purpose of its existence is the collection, preservation, study and promotion of the history of Greek local costume.
The Museum of the History of Greek Costume is part of the Lyceum of Greek Women, a non-profit organization founded in 1910 by Callirroi Parren. Since 1997 it has been a regular member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM).
Address: Dimokritou 7, 10671, Athens (Kolonaki area)
Access: Panepistimio Metr0 (Red line)
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 10.00 – 14.00
Site: lykeionellinidon.com
Angelos & Leto Katakouzenos Foundation
The Angelos & Leto Katakouzenos Foundation deals with the revival of an historical Athenian house from a residential venue to a community-oriented and education-based institution, following the principles and expanding the possibilities of house museums. The former owners of the house, Angelos and Leto Katakouzenos, belonged to the intellectual elite of their times, the so-called “1930s generation,” and functioned as cultural ambassadors of their country abroad and arbiters of international tendencies to Hellas. The Katakouzenos House Museum belongs to a specific group of museums, the house museums.
The fairytale life of Angelos and Leto began in the 1930s and ended in 1997. Active members of the Athenian society and yet deeply cultured and creative, the important neurologist and his wife experienced a life of literary and artistic merits. The totality of poets, authors, artists and scholars that placed their mark on modern Greece belonged to their company of friends alongside many European and American intellectuals.
Address: Leof. Vasilisis Amalias 4, 105 57, Athens
Access: Syntagma Metro (Blue line)
Opening Hours: Contact form
Site: katakouzenos.gr
Hellenic Children’s Museum
The Hellenic Children’s Museum is a non-profit organization of public welfare, legally established in Athens, Greece in 1987 by a group of young professionals. Its purpose is to help children develop all aspects of their personality in order to become citizens who respect their own individuality and to obtain a social conscience. It is a multi-subject and multi-oriented museum and it derives its subjects from science and technology, the natural environment, arts, social studies, language, mathematics and children’s daily life and interests. The exhibit area of the Museum presents both permanent and temporary exhibits.
Address: Vasileos Georgiou B 19, 106 75, Athens
Access: Evangelismos Metro (Blue line)
Opening Hours: Friday 17.00 – 20.00, Saturday, Sunday 11.00 – 15.00
Site: www.hcm.gr
Eleftherios Venizelos Museum
The Eleftherios Venizelos Museum was founded in 1984 and opened its doors to the public on 30 March 1986. It is housed in an autonomous building next to the Arts Centre in Eleftherias Park. The exhibition material is presented on two floors of the building and includes personal belongings of Eleftherios Venizelos, documents, printed matter, photographs and letterheads, as well as portraits and depictions of him in various materials. It is also equipped with audiovisual material, which provides detailed information and includes excerpts of Venizelos’ speeches, as well as a rhizitiko song recorded by him. The Museum has a Library with books on the life and work of Eleftherios Venizelos. It is located behind Eleftherias Park, next to Athens Concert Hall at Ilisia area.
Address: Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, Eleftherias Park, 11521, Athens
Access: Megaro Mousikis Metro (Blue line)
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 10.00 – 14.00
Site: opanda.gr
And if you travel to Crete, and more specifically the most beautiful city of the island, Chania, don’t forget to visit also the Residence – Museum “Eleftherios K. Venizelos”.
Criminology Museum
The Criminology Museum belongs to and functions in the grounds of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. It is a unique museum of its kind in Greece, which illustrates history of crime by presenting some of the most notorious crimes that took place during 19th and early 20th centuries. The Museum was founded in 1932 by Professor Ioannis Georgiadis (1874-1960), although the gathering of various criminalistic evidence had begun some years ago. The Museum is a non-profit institution that provides a valuable source of teaching reference for medical, law and police academy students, while also acting as a dynamic study and teaching space. The Museum’s collections present a rich source of data for researchers in forensic medicine and toxicology, and other forensic sciences, and also areas of sociology that focuses on the study of crimes and their causes, effects, and social impact.
In the same place, the Museum of Anatomy is also located. Founded in 1877 by Professor Damianos George Drasca, of Macedonian origin, in a small old building, which had only one room for two anatomical tables. The great benefactor Georgios Sinas, in 1833, donated a skeleton and a series of dry adult skulls to the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, while Georgios Manousis donated an optical microscope.
Address: Mikras Asias 75, 115 27, Athens
Access: Ampelokipoi Metro (Blue line)
Opening Hours: Due to the nature of its exhibits, the Criminology Museum is open to the public only by appointment, [email protected]
Site: en.uoa.gr
Takis Foundation – Research Center for the Art and the Sciences
The sculptor Takis buys a 10 acre land in Gerovouno hill, located at the foot of mount Parnitha. It is a distinct geographic location, at a height of 175 meters- 19 meters higher than the Acropolis; thus in the past it was named “Holy Mountain”. Prompted by the strong magnetic fields of the hill, takis begins the construction of a nonprofit cultural organization, aspiring to promote the Arts and the Sciences. The Research Center for the Art and the Sciences (K.E.T.E.) as it is known today, was founded in 1986, although officially inaugurated in 1993. The main premises of the Foundation include the museum, “theater”, gardens, and the atelier of the artist, all of which are adorned by distinctive works of his entire artistic career, along with pieces created by friends, both foreign and Greek artists.
Address: Dervenakion Terma, 134 51, Athens (Gerovouno)
Access: Acharnai Suburban Station
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 09.00 – 18.00, only with appointment
Site: takisfoundation.org
Meteorite Museum
In this Museum, visitors can observe more than 400 authentic meteorites & imbactic rocks that have been created by the impact of large asteroids on our planet. There are meteorites from more than 60 subcategories of classification. The museum additionally has a laboratory for the conservation and processing of meteoritic material.
Address: Iakovidou 27, 111 44, Athens
Access: Agios Eleftherios (Green line)
Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday 10.00 – 20.00, only in appointment, tel. +302102011543
Site: www.meteoritemuseum.gr
Alekos Fassianos Museum
The Alekos Fassianos estate is a non-profit civil company founded in 2020 by Alekos Fassianos and his family. It is dedicated to collecting, preserving, protecting, defending by all legal means, exhibiting and interpreting the oeuvre of Alekos Fassianos.
The Museum is a building jointly conceived and designed by Alekos Fassianos and the architect Kyriakos Krokos. The idea was to renovate the existing family building located in Metaxourgeio with the vision to house the Alekos Fassianos Collection. This original Athenian polykatoikia was first built in the sixties by the artist’s family with no preoccupation of the architectural canons. The building proved to be an experimental ground for the architectural visions and ideas of Krokos and Fassianos and it illustrates their aesthetic and philosophic principles. The original building from the sixties is transformed into a modernist building, which is of significant importance in the architectural map of Athens. It is also one of the few museums in the world in which the complicity between artist and architect underpins the dialogue between the works and the space that houses them. The Museum will organize exhibitions, talks and educational programs for children and families.
Address: Neofitou Metaxa 15, 104 39, Athens
Access: Stathmos Larissis Metro (Red line)
Opening Hours: Wednesday to Friday 11.00 – 15.00, Saturday, Sunday 11.00 – 16.00
Site: www.alekosfassianos.gr
Tactual Museum of Athens
The Tactual Museum was created in 1984 and it’s unique in Greece and one of the 5 Museums of its kind in the world, offers equal opportunities to blind or partially sighted visitors from Greece or abroad to perceive the magnitude and richness of our cultural heritage, through the sense of Touch. At the same time, it is a cultural and educational destination for sighted people, adults and children, since through its special interactive programs visitors can explore the Ancient Greek civilization, as well as get informed and activated for the welfare of the visually impaired people.
Address: Doiranis 198, 176 73, Athens (Kallithea)
Access: Tzitziphies Tram Station
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 09.00 – 14.00
Site: tactualmuseum.gr
And now… let’s have some fun in the museums!
Museum of Illusions Athens
It is the museum that challenges all your senses whether you are young or old. Here you’ll enjoy holograms and other optical illusions amidst a range of specially designed sets. Have your phone ready-you’ll definitely take tons of pictures.
Address: Ermou 119 Entrance from, Astiggos 12, 105 55, Athens
Access: Thissio Metro (Green Line)
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 10.00 – 21.00. Weekend 10.00 – 22.00
Site: museumofillusions.gr/athens
Limba Rage Room
“Limba” is the first rage room in Greece and one of the first in Europe. Visitors of the room necessarily wears the appropriate equipment, such as overalls, gloves, glasses and helmet, and then chooses the objects that want to break. They could choose one of the two available rooms, one reminiscent of a home and the other of the inside of a box, and spend the next few minutes getting their shit together to the sounds of classical or trance music (although the playlist is constantly being updated).
Address: Pittaki 6, 105 54, Athens
Access: Monastiraki Metro (Blue line)
Opening Hours: Wednesday to Sunday 17.00 – 21.00
Site: Facebook Page
VR Planet
The first virtual reality salon in Athens. A place for entertainment, fun, but also for training, through 250 different Virtual Reality Applications (gaming, documentary, meditation, painting/sculpture, exploration, sports, etc.).
Imagine being able to breathe underwater & swim at the bottom with dolphins or seals. Being inside a Spaceship on an exploration mission & discovering the uncharted species of life on a new Planet. Have an Alchemy lab inside a Medieval Castle. See the 7 Wonders of Antiquity up close or the Acropolis of Athens during the Golden Age. Climb the most beautiful mountains on the planet, even Mount Everest. Wear the Spiderman suit & trap enemies with your webs. Be invited to a little hedgehog’s house for his birthday.
Address: P. Mela 43, 121 31, Peristeri
Access: Agios Antonios Metro (Red line)
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 16.00 – 21.00, Saturday, Sunday 14.00 – 21.00. Need appointment.
Site: vrplanet.gr
Acropolis Treasure Hunt
Treasure Hunting is an alternative, engaging and mainly a fun way to explore classical destinations, combining the thrill of the game along with unique sight-seeing in the heart of Athens, offering much more than a conventional walking tour. In the area around the hill of the Acropolis, you will visit some of the most evocative historic and mythical gems and will reveal their stories through interactive and on-the-spot challenges. All the sites are free to walk to. The duration (usually 3+ hours) depends on the players’ pace and is adjustable to your plans. This walking game is technology-assisted and will require imagination, creativity and a keen eye for riddles & puzzles to complete.
Address: Roumpesi 51, 117 44, Athens
Access: Neos Kosmos Metro (Red line)
Opening Hours: 10.00 – 20.00
Site: www.theacropolistreasurehunt.com
Free entrance to archaeological sites, monuments and museums belonging to the public sector on the following days. Entrance to archaeological sites, monuments and museums is free of charge on the first Sunday of each month from 1 November to 31 March each year. Some additional days on which museums are free of charge: National Day of 28 October, 18 April (International Monuments Day), 18 May (International Museum Day), European Heritage Days (last weekend of September each year) and 6 March (Melina Mercouri Memorial Day).