Art museums in Athens

The Acropolis Museum is a museum in Athens that is devoted to findings from the Acropolis archaeological site. The museum exhibits almost 4,000 objects. There are mainly sculptures that used to decorate the historical sites located on the Acropolis, but also instruments that the inhabitants of Acrop

The National Archaeological Museum in Athens is the largest archaeological museum in Greece. With more than 11,000 exhibits, the museum has one of the greatest collections of ancient Greek sculptures and pottery in the world. Inside, you can see artefacts that are 9,000 years old, as well as artwork

Founded by a Greek Collector Antonis Benakis, the Benaki Museum displays collections of historic and artistic artefacts. The collection includes pieces from all around the world - Byzantine art, Chinese porcelain and Greek paintings. There are also religious items, musical instruments, books, weapo

The Museum of Cycladic Art is a museum in Athens that houses the Nicholas and Dolly Goulandris collection. This couple started to purchase Ancient Greek antiques in the 60s, with a focus to objects of Cycladic art. In 1981, Nicholas and Dolly Goulandris decided that their collection should be perman

The Byzantine and Christian Museum is a museum in Athens that is located in the former Villa Ilissia that displays Christian art dating back to the third century. There are about 25,000 items, including sculptures, paintings, mosaics, frescoes and icons.

The Benaki Museum of Islamic Art houses the Islamic art collections of the Benaki Museum. The museum is located in a complex of neo-classical buildings in Athens, comprising a three-storey house and a two-storey house. The collection held and displayed by the museum includes examples of all local va

The Frissiras Museum is a museum in Athens that exhibits Greek and other European paintings collected by Vlassis Frissiras.

The Museum of Pavlos and Alexandra Kanellopoulos is a small museum of antiquitie named after the collectors of the exhibited Greek artefacts. The museum is housed in the neoclassical mansion of the Michalea family built in 1864. The collection contains the private collection of Paul and Alexandra Ka

The Marika Kotopouli Museum is a modern art museum in Zografou in Athens that is housed in a building that was built by Greek theater actress Marika Kotopouli as her holiday home in 1926. In 1990, it opened to the public as a museum of modern art hosting art exhibitions as well as the permanent coll

The Athens City Museum was founded in 1973 and is housed in the first royal palace of Greece, consisting of two mansions. The museum is dedicated to the history of the city and holds and exhibits objects collected by art collector Lambros Eutaxias (1905-1996), artifacts illustrating the rise and fal

Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas also known as Niko Ghika or just Ghika (1906 - 1994) was a leading Greek painter, sculptor, author and academician who mainly painted in Cubist style, among other styles. The Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika Gallery - Benaki Museum is housed in his house in which a large collecti

The National Gallery in Athens (National Art Gallery–Alexandros Soutzos Museum) is an art museum in Athens that is dedicated to Greek and European art from the 14th century to the 20th century. Exhibitions in the National Gallery of Athens are focused on post-Byzantine Greek Art, but the museum also

Benaki Museum Benaki - Pireos St. Annexe is a location of the Benaki Museum with temporary exhibitions.

The Cultural Centre Hellenic Cosmos is a hi-tech cultural centre in Athens that introduces visitors to the Hellenic culture with the use of virtual reality tours and performances. The Cultural Centre aims to unravel the complex issues of Hellenism.

The Herakleidon Museum is an interactive center for popularized science in Athens with a permanent interactive exhibition "I Play and Understand" inviting children and adults to come into contact with science, art, and mathematics, through creative play and interactive exhibits.

The B. & M. Theocharakis Foundation is a foundation and a museum in Athens for fine arts and music.

The Centre of Folk Art and Tradition is housed in the former residence of folklorist Angeliki Hatzimichali (1895-1965), who grew up in Plaka. The building is the work of Macedonian architect Aristotelis Zachos. The museum features an attractive interior that was created by folk art craftsmen.

Museum G. Gounaropoulos (The Gounaropoulos Museum) is a museum in Athens that was founded in 1979. The museum is devoted to Greek artist Giorgos Gounaropoulos, who began painting in academic style, then was influenced by impressionism and Paul Cézanne, and eventually developed a very personal surrea

The National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) is a contemporary art museum in Athens focused on collecting and exhibiting contemporary Greek and international art. The collection can be divided into two parts: a historic one, dating from the second half of the 20th century, and a contemporary one.

The Museum of Engravings and Graphic Arts is a museum in Athens that holds a collection of around 3000 works of Greek engravers and 300 books and other objects related to the field of Graphic Arts. The Museum of Engravings and Graphic Arts is housed in a neoclassical building and aims to cover the e