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If you're a history buff, art aficionado, archaeology fiend, or dabbler in the sciences, our museum picks are perfect for a rainy day or afternoon excursion! Our selections center around notable collections of historical and cultural items. Many have excellent rotating displays in addition to exceptional permanent collections.
Category: Museums - Athens Attractions & Activities
Address: 7 Paparigopoulou, Klathmonos Square, Athens
As late as the mid-1800s, Athens was little more than a village. This museum, located in a neo-classical townhouse that was once a royal residence, showcases furniture, clothing, and a city diorama of the mid-19th century. There's also an extensive collection of paintings and sketches, many by Edward Lear of "The Owl and the Pussycat" fame.
Category: Museums - Athens Attractions & Activities
Address: 1 Koumbari, Athens
In 1931, Antoine Benaki presented his family home and collections to Greece, establishing the country's oldest – and many say best – museum. More than 20,000 works of art chronicle Greece's history from its beginnings to the modern era. High points of the collection are folk art, early Christian textiles, and Bronze Age artifacts from Mycenae and...
Category: Museums - Athens Attractions & Activities
Address: 22 Vasilissis Sofias Ave, Athens
This is one of the few European museums dedicated to Byzantine art. Each room in the museum depicts a Greek church and represents a specific period; the displays include an early Christian basilica and a medieval domed church. Most exhibits are of religious art too. There's also an extensive collection of icons, bibles, altars, and mosaics. A word...
Category: Museums - Athens Attractions & Activities
Address: 17 Kidathineon, Athens
Learn about the life of an average Greek citizen from 1650 until modern times. This museum showcases a variety of major handicrafts, including embroidery, weaving, pottery, woodcarving, metalwork, and folk painting. An exhibit of traditional Greek clothing is particularly interesting. In addition, the museum offers educational programs and houses...
N. P. Goulandris Foundation Museum of Cycladic Art
Category: Museums - Athens Attractions & Activities
Address: 4 Neophytou Douka, Athens
Cycladic style has had a huge influence on modern artists like Picasso, Modigliani, and Brancusi. This museum displays figurines dating from the third millenium BC, along with vases and bowls from the Classical period in the 5th century BC. The facility is one of the most organized museums in Athens. Lighting is perfect, descriptive placards are...
National Archaeological Museum
Category: Museums - Athens Attractions & Activities
Address: 44 Patission, Athens
It comes as little surprise that the "Cradle of Civilization" boasts one of the world's best archaeology museums. What is stunning is the amazing collection of art and artifacts – no visit to Athens would be complete without a visit. Come early morning or late afternoon to avoid crowds, and consider making repeat visits – trying to see everything...
Category: Museums - Athens Attractions & Activities
Address: 50 Vasileos Konstantinou, Athens
This small museum has the city's best selection of modern Greek and European art. Be sure to study modern paintings by Ghikas (found on the ground floor) and works by Primitavist painter Theophilos (located on the mezzanine). The museum always hosts at least one temporary exhibit too – the "Athens News" lists the most recent one in its pages.
