All history museums and attractions to visit in Athens

Athens (Greece) is a good place to visit if you are interested in history. Below we list all 37 history museums in Athens, to lose yourself in the place's cultural heritage and local history.

Are you a real history buff and are you looking for the best history museums to visit in Athens? These are the ones:

  1. Acropolis Museum1

    Acropolis Museum

     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
  2. Temple of Olympian Zeus2

    Temple of Olympian Zeus

     Athens
    The Temple of Olympian Zeus, also known as the Olympieion, is a significant historical site located at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens. This vast temple, of Corinthian order, is a testament to the rich history and architectural prowess of ancient Greece. Today, only fifteen columns of the original structure remain, but these still offer a glimpse into the grandeur of the past.
  3. National Archaeological Museum3

    National Archaeological Museum

     Athens
    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
  4. Ágora Romana4

    Ágora Romana

     Athens
    The Roman Agora, an ancient public square in Athens, is a significant historical site that offers a glimpse into the city's past under Roman rule. It is conveniently located a bit east of the original Agora and north of the Acropolis, in the current Plaka neighborhood, near Monastiraki square. This location makes it easily accessible for tourists exploring the city.
  5. Kerameikos Cemetery5

    Kerameikos Cemetery

     Athens
    The district of Kerameikos was divided into two by the Wall of Themistocles. The area outside the walls became the largest necropolis of the city. This historical division and the presence of the necropolis provide a unique insight into the ancient city's layout and burial practices, making it a point of interest for visitors.
  6. Museum of the Ancient Agora6

    Museum of the Ancient Agora

     Athens
    The Museum of the Ancient Agora (The Agora Museum) is a museum that is located in the rebuilt Stoa of Attalos on the Agora of Athens. The Museum of the Ancient Agora was opened in 1956 and the most important finds from the Agora are displayed on two floors. The ground floor mainly features statues,
  7. War Museum of Athens7

    War Museum of Athens

     Athens
    The War Museum of Athens (Athens War Museum) is a museum in the capital of Greece that is devoted to the Greek Armed Forces and that covers the history of war in all ages. This museum houses the historic arms collection of the Greek Ministry of Defense, including the collection of the Greek Army wit
  8. Floating Naval Museum Battleship Averof8

    Floating Naval Museum Battleship Averof

     Athens
  9. National Historical Museum9

    National Historical Museum

     Athens
    The National Historical Museum is a historical museum in Athens that is housed in the former seat of Parliament. The museum displays a collection of items dating back to the capture of Constantinople by the Ottomans in 1453. Main focus in the National Historical Museum in Athens is on the period of
  10. Numismatic Museum10

    Numismatic Museum

     Athens
    The Numismatic Museum of Athens is a museum that is housed in the mansion of the archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann. The museum houses one of the greatest collections of coins in the world, both ancient and modern, containing 600,000 objects, mainly coins but also medals, standard masses, dies and st
  11. The Jewish Museum of Greece11

    The Jewish Museum of Greece

     Athens
    The Jewish Museum of Greece in Athens documents as one of three museums (next to the Jewish Museum Thessaloniki and the small Jewish Museum Rhodes) the history of Judaism in Greece. Although Jews have been living in Greece since antiquity, the exhibits are mainly from the modern era. Parts of the sy
  12. Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum12

    Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum

     Athens
    The Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum is a jewelry museum in the Greek capital Athens. The museum was founded by the famous Greek jewelry designer Ilias Lalounis. The Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum holds 24 collections of more than 4000 jewels and small ornaments, dedicated to the history and art of je
  13. Athens University Museum13

    Athens University Museum

     Athens
    The Athens University Museum is a museum in Plaka in Athens that is housed in the Kleanthis - Saubert House, one of the most historic buildings in Athens. It once was a structure of the Ottoman period, but it got completely renovated between 1831 and 1833. The Athens University Museum functions as a
  14. Epigraphical Museum14

    Epigraphical Museum

     Athens
    The Epigraphic Museum of Athens is the third largest museum of ancient inscriptions in the world. The collection of the collection Epigraphical Museum includes 13,500 inscriptions, mainly in Latin, from the beginning of the historical period to the late Roman period. It is located in the south wing
  15. Sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron15

    Sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron

     Athens
  16. Marika Kotopouli Museum16

    Marika Kotopouli Museum

     Athens
    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
  17. Athens City Museum17

    Athens City Museum

     Athens
    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
  18. Melina Mercouri Foundation - Exhibition Area18

    Melina Mercouri Foundation - Exhibition Area

     Athens
  19. Eleftherios Venizelos Museum19

    Eleftherios Venizelos Museum

     Athens
    The Eleftherios Venizelos Museum is a museum in Athens that is dedicated to Eleftherios Venizelos, a prominent Greek leader of the Greek national liberation movement and a charismatic statesman of the early 20th century. The core of the collections of the Eleftherios Venizelos Museum originates from
  20. The Bathhouse of the Winds - Greek Folk Art Museum20

    The Bathhouse of the Winds - Greek Folk Art Museum

     Athens
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    School Life and Education Museum

     Athens
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    Museum of the Center for the Acropolis Studies

     Athens
    The Museum of the Center for the Acropolis Studies is part of the new Acropolis Museum in Athens. The museum is housed in the Weiler Building, named after the Bavarian engineer who constructed it in 1836. After serving as a military hospital and a gendarmes barracks it was converted to a museum. The
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    Permanent Exhibition Man and Tools - Greek Folk Art Museum

     Athens
    The Permanent Exhibition Man and Tools - Greek Folk Art Museum is a branch of the Greek Folk Art Museum that holds objects introducing the tools craftsmen used in the past.
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    Museum of the History of the Greek Costume of the Lyceum Club of Greek Women

     Athens
    Museum of the History of the Greek Costume of the Lyceum Club of Greek Women is a special interest museum in Athens. The museum holds and displays a collection that includes Greek traditional costumes, porcelain dolls with Greek costumes, reproductions of minoan, classic and Byzantine clothes and je
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    Paxinou-Minotis Museum and Archive

     Athens
    The Paxinou-Minotis Museum is a museum in Athens that is devoted to the Greek film and stage actress Katina Paxinou. The museum holds and exhibits a collection of memorabilia of the life of Paxinou, including her furniture, paintings, sketches, photographs, books and personal items donated by Paxino
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    Katakouzenos House Museum

     Athens
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    Spathario Museum of Shadow Theatre

     Athens
    The Spathario Museum of Shadow Theatre (Spathario Shadow Theatre Museum) is a museum in Maroussi in Athens that is named after prominent Greek puppet shadow artist Evgenios Spatharis, who was the most prominent shadow theatre artist in Greece. The Spathario Museum of Shadow Theatre mostly mostly exh
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    Museum of Political Exiles An Stratis

     Athens
    The island of Ai Stratis is located in the North Aegean, southwest of Lemnos and has about 210 permanent residents. Between 1926 - 1967 it was a place of exile for about 10,000 people. The Museum of Political Exiles An Stratis is dedicated to preserving the memory and experience of these people.
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    Institute of Hellenic Mills

     Athens
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    Museum of Asia Minor Hellenism Filio Chaidemenou

     Athens
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    National Bank of Greece Historical Archive

     Athens
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    Emotions Museum of Childhood

     Athens
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    Greek Reptile Centre

     Athens
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    Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology

     Athens
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    Postal & Philatelic Museum of Greece

     Athens
    In the Postal & Philatelic Museum of Greece visitors can take a look into the past and explore the museum's worldwide collection of stamps. It is a philately museum in Athens that is operated by the Hellenic Post.
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    Tactual Museum of Athens

     Athens
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    Design Museum of the 20th Century

     Athens