The Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum

The Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum is a unique cultural institution and the first jewelry museum in Greece promoting the art of jewelry internationally. The permanent exhibition displays 3000 selected pieces of jewelry and microsculpture and 17.000 designs made by the founder Ilias Lalaounis, a renowned jeweler and goldsmith. The permanent collections are now being enriched with private collections including jewelry from different periods such as Greek Traditional jewelry from the 19th century. Temporary exhibitions include a variety of objects from the applied arts. The highlight is the prototype jewelry model workshop where craftsmen can be seen working with ancient and modern techniques and tools.