Museums & Antiquities
So you know about the Acropolis Museum and the Parthenon, but Athens has plenty more cultural sites worth visiting. You won’t want to miss The Byzantine Museum, Greek National Opera or family-friendly Technopolis. If you've already ticked off all the must-see sights in Athens, check out our selection of unusual museums, and click through for even more antiquities and attractions.
History Museums
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View ArticleNational Archaeological Museum -
View ArticleMuseum of Cycladic Art -
View ArticleThe Benaki Museum of Greek Culture -
View ArticleAthens Olympic Museum -
View ArticleMuseum of the Ancient Agora -
View ArticleMuseum of Modern Greek Culture (MNEP) -
View ArticleThe Cavafy Archive -
View ArticleMuseum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments -
View ArticleThe Acropolis Museum -
View ArticleThe Byzantine and Christian Museum -
View ArticleNumismatic Museum -
View ArticleAthens City Museum -
View ArticleNational Historical Museum -
View ArticleThe Goulandris Museum of Natural History -
View ArticleThe Epigraphic Museum -
View ArticleThe Jewish Museum of Greece -
View ArticleWar Museum -
View ArticleThe Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology -
View ArticleMuseum of the History of the Greek Costume -
View ArticlePiraeus Archaeological Museum -
View ArticleThe Hellenic Maritime Museum -
View ArticleMuseum of Traditional Greek Pottery -
View ArticleNational Bank of Greece Historical Archives -
View ArticleFloating Naval Museum - Battleship Averoff -
View ArticleThe Canellopoulos Museum -
View ArticlePlato Academy Digital Museum -
View ArticleAi Stratis Political Exiles Museum
Art Museums
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View ArticleNational Gallery -
View ArticleNational Museum of Contemporary Art Athens (EMST) -
View ArticleBasil and Elise Goulandris Foundation -
View ArticleMaria Callas Museum -
View ArticleAlekos Fassianos Museum -
View ArticleThe Benaki Museum: Pireos 138 -
View ArticleMOMus-Museum Alex Mylona -
View ArticleYannis Tsarouchis Foundation Museum -
View ArticleThe Benaki Museum: Ghika Gallery -
View ArticleB&M Theocharakis Foundation -
View ArticleMuseum of Folk Art & Tradition -
View ArticleThe G. Gounaropoulos Museum -
View ArticleVorres Museum -
View ArticleThe Benaki Museum of Islamic Art -
View ArticleThe Yiannis Pappas Studio -
View ArticleMunicipal Art Gallery of Athens -
View ArticleThe Frissiras Museum
Unusual Museums
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View ArticleThe Tactual Museum -
View ArticleThe Benaki Toy Museum -
View ArticleMuseum of Illusions -
View ArticleThe Hellenic Motor Museum -
View ArticleThe Industrial Gas Museum -
View ArticleThe Hellenic IT Museum -
View ArticleSpathario Museum of Shadow Theatre -
View ArticleThe Hellenic Children’s Museum -
View ArticleIlias Lalaounis Jewellery Museum -
View ArticleThe Museum of Greek Children's Art -
View ArticleThe Katakouzenos House Museum -
View ArticleThe Herakleidon Museum -
View ArticleMuseum of Mineralogy and Petrology