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Athens Greece Museum Guide

Athens Museum Guide

Many Athenian Museums and museums all over Greece are free on Sundays, and closed Mondays or Tuesdays. EU Students get a discount if they have their student card. Using your still camera is allowed in Greek museums but not with the flash. They wont say why, but I figure its because, if they let everybody use a flash, then they couldnt charge people doing books and commercial work a fee.

Major Museums

The National Archeological Museum 44 Pattision St., Monday hours 12:30 to 7 p.m., April-Oct., Tuesday-Friday 8 am -7 p.m., Sat,Sun, and holidays 8:30-3 p.m. Admission, 8 Eu., students 1/2 off. Free Sundays.

The War Museum 26 Vassilias Sophias St., 725-2975, T-Sun 9-2, Free. Ancient to modern weapons, great maps! Free.  I like this museum a lot!

The Byzantine Museum 22 Vassilias Sophias St., Tel:723-1570, hours: Tu.-Sun 8:30-2:45, Admission Goulandris Museum of Cycladic and Ancient Greek Art 4 Neophytou St., Tel:722-8321, Hours: mon and wed-fri.:10-4. Sat 10-3 Admission

The Acropolis Museum the Acropolis.Days-hours: The winter opening hours are valid from 1-01-2003 to 31-03-2003: Tuesday-Sunday 08.30-15.00, Monday 10.00-15.00 Telephone +30-210-32.14.172, 32.36.665, 92.38.724 Fax: +30-210-92.39.023

Keramikos ancient Cemetery Museum
The Oberlander Museum, 148 Ermou St. Athens 11859 Greece. Tel: 210-346-3552. Daily except Monday. Hours: 8:30-2-30pm Fee.

Stoa of Attalos Museum Ancient Greek Agora
The long Builidng with the columns in the Agora enclosure.

The National Gallery 50 Vassilias Sofias St.,Tel: 723-5857, Hours: Mon. & W-Sat. 9-3, Sun:10-2. Admission. Modern Greek and International paintings and sculpture.

The Benaki Museum Vassilias Sophias St., near Kolonaki with a nice cafe on the roof. Admission.

The Children's Art Museum 9 Kodrou St., Plaka. Greek kids paintings. Tu.-Sat. 10 am to 2 p.m. Sun.11 am to 2 pm.

The Children's Museum 14 Kidatheneon, Plaka, odd hours, Tel: 3312-995. Free.

The Jewish Museum 39 Nikis St., Plaka. Tel: 3225-582 M-F:9am to 2 pm, Sun:10 am to 2pm, closed Sat. Fee. Traces Jewish history in Greece, very interesting.

Greek Folk Art Museum 17 Kidatheneon St., Plaka, Tel: 3229-031, Sun-Fri: 10 am to 2 p.m.

The National Historical Museum 13 Stadiou St., the Old Parliament Bldg., Free Sunday,closed Monday, Tu..-Sun: 9am to 2 p.m. Fee. Excellent museum about the War of Independence from the Turks.

Numismatic Museum 12 Panepistimiou St., near Syntagma, this museum is housed in Heinrich Schlieman's oppulent and interesting mansion. He discovered Troy among other things. If you're interested in old coins its excellent. Closed Mondays, free Sundays. 8 am to 2:30 pm. Admission.

Museum of Popular Musical Instruments 1-3 Diogenous St., Plaka. Old and new Greek instruments including the bag pipes! Mon - Fri 10 am to 2pm, except Wednesdays: 12 noon to 6 pm, closed Mondays, Free!

Theatrical Museum, 50 Academias St., near Syntagma, M-F: 9am to 2:30pm, free unless you are Greek. Closed on weekends.

 

MUSEUM & ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES OF ATHENS 

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND MUSEUMS IN GREECE

Note: Museums and archaeological sites are closed on the following public holidays: New Year's Day, 25 March, Good Friday, Easter Day, 1 May, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. On other holidays such as Ash Monday and Good Saturday, museums have abbreviated hours.

SITES

OPENING HOURS

CLOSED

ACROPOLIS ARCHAELOGICAL SITE
tel 3210219

MON-SUN:08.00-19.00

 

ACROPOLIS MUSEUM
tel 3236665

TUE-SUN:08.00-19.00
MON:12.00-19.00

 

ATHENS NATIONAL ARC MUSEUM
44 PATISSION ST / tel 8217717 

MON:08.00-19.00
TUE-SUN:08.00-19.00

 

ACROPOLIS STUDY CENTRE
2-4MAKRIGIANNI ST / tel:9239381

DAILY:8.30-15.00

 

ANCIENT AGORA & TEMPLE OF HEPHAESTUS
STOA OF ATTALUS MUSEUM / tel:3210185

TUE-SUN:830.-14.30

MONDAYS

ATHENS CITY MUSEUM
7 PAPARIGOPOULOU ST / tel; 3246164

MON-WED-FRI-SAT-SUN

TUE-THU

BENAKI  MUSEUM
1 KOUMBARI & VAS SOFIAS AVE / tel: 3611617

TEMPORARILY CLOSED

 

BYZANTINE MUSEUM
22 VAS SOFIAS AVE / tel:7231570 

TUE-SUN:08.00-14.30

MONDAYS

CENTRE OF FOLK ART AND TRADITION
6 HATZIMIHALI ST / tel:3243987

DAILY: 09.00-13.00 &  17.00-21.00
SAT,SUN:09.00-13.00

MONDAYS

DIONYSUS THEATRE
D AREOPAGITOU ST / tel:3224625

DAILY: 08.00-19.00

 

ELEFTHERIOS VENIZELOS MUSEUM
ELEFTHERIAS PARK / tel: 7224238

TUE-SUN:10.00-13.00&18.00-20.00 

MONDAYS

EPIGRAPHICAL MUSEUM
1 TOSITSA ST / tel: 8217637

TUE-SUN:08.00-14.30 

MONDAYS

GREEK FOLK ART MUSEUM
17 KIDATHINEON ST / tel: 3213018

TUE-SUN:10.00-14.00

MONDAYS

GREEK POPULAR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
AERIDES SQ / tel 3250198

TUE-SUN:10.00-14.00
WED:12.00-18.00

MONDAYS

ILLIAS LALAOUNIS JEWELERY MUSEUM
4a KARYATIDON ST / tel:9221044

MON,THU,FRI,SAT,SUN
09.00-16.00
WEN:09.00-21.00

TUESDAYS

KANELLOPOULOS MUSEUM
THEORIAS & PANOS ST / tel:3212313

TUE-SUN:08.00-14.00

MONDAYS

KERAMIKOS ARC SITE & MUSEUM
148 ERMOU ST / tel:3463552

TUE-SUN:08.00-14.30

MONDAYS

MUS OF HISTORY OF THE GREEK COSTUME
7 DIMOKRITOU ST / tel: 3629513

MON,WED,FRI:10.00-13.00

TUE.THU,SAT,SUN

NATIONAL HISTORICAL MUSEUM
13 STADIOU ST / tel:3237617

TUE-SUN:08.00-14.30

MONDAYS

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
13 LEVIDIOU ST KIFISIA / tel:8046405

SAT-SUN:09.00-14.00

MON-FRI

MUSEUM OF CYCLADIC ART
4 NEOFITOU DOUKA ST / tel:7228321

MON-FRI:10.00-16.00
SATURDAYS:10.00-15.00

TUE,SUN

NUMISMATIC MUSEUM
12 PANEPISTIMIOU ST / tel:8217769

TUE-SUN:08.00-14.30

MONDAYS

PHILATELIC MUSEUM
2 FOKIANOU ST / tel:7519066

MON-FRI:08.00-14.00

SAT,SUN

ROMAN FORUM
EOLOU ST / tel:3245220

TUE-SUN:08.00-14.30

MONDAYS

TEMPLE OF THE OLYMPIAN ZEUS
AMALIAS AVE / tel:9226330

TUE-SUN:08.00-14.3

MONDAYS

TRAIN MUSEUM
4 SIOKOU ST / tel:5246580

FRIDAYS:09.00-13.00
SAT,SUN:09.00-13.00

 

WAR MUSEUM OF GREECE
VAS SOFIAS ST / tel 7239560

TUE-FRI:09-14.00
SAT,SUN:09.30-14.00

MONDAYS

 

CHILDREN'S MUSEUM & ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES

HELLENIC CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
14 KIDAATHINEON ST PLAKA / tel:3312995

MON-WED:09.30-13.30
FRI:09.30-13.30& 17.00-20.00
SAT-SUN:10.00-13.00

TUE,THU

MUSEUM OF GREEK CHILDREN'S ART
9 KODROU ST PLAKA / tel: 3312621

DAILY :10.00-14.00
SUN:11.00-14.00

MONDAYS

 

 MUSEUM & ARCEOLOGICAL SITES OF PIRAEUS 

ARC MUSEUM OF PIREAUS
31 HAR TRIKOUPIST / tel: 4521598

TUE-SUN:08.00-14.30

MONDAYS

MARITIME MUSEUM
AKTI THEMISTOKLEUS  / tel:4516264

TUE-FRI:09.00-14.00
SAT,SUN:09.00-13.00

MONDAYS

 

  MUSEUM & ARCEOLOGICAL SITES OF ALL OVER GREECE

CORINTHOS MUSEUM   tel:  0741 31207 

DAILY:08.00-19.00

 

ANCIENT CORINTHOS tel: 0741 314430

DAILY:08.00-19.00

 

ARC SITE OF MIKINES tel: 0751 76585

DAILY:08.00-19.00

 

EPIDAVROS MUSEUM tel: 0753 22009

MONDAYS: 12.00-17.00
TUE-SUN:08.00-17.00

 

ARC SITE OF EPIDAVROS tel: 0753 22587

DAILY:08.00-19.00

 

PALAMIDI tel: 0752 28036

DAILY:08.00-19.00

 

NAFPLIO MUSEUM tel: 0752 27502

DAILY:08.00-14.30

MONDAYS

MUSEUM OF OLYMPIA  tel: 0624 22742

TUE-SUN:08.00-19.00
MON:12.00-19.00

 

ARC SITE OF OLYMPIA  tel: 0624 22517

MON-FRI:08.00-19.00
SAT-SUN:08.00-14.30

 

ARC SITE & MUSEUM OF MISTRAS tel: 0265 82313

DAILY:08.00-19.00

 

DELFI MUSEUM tel: 0265 82313

TUE-SUN:08.00-19.00
MON:12.00-19.00

 

DELFI ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE 

DAILY:08.00-19.00

 

ARC SITE OF DODONI

DAILY:08.00-17.00

 

ARC SITE OF VERGINA

DAILY:08.00-19.00

MONDAYS

MUSEUM OF VERGINA

TUE-SUN:08.00-19.00
MON:12.00-19.00

 

ARC SITE OF DION tel: 0351 53206

DAILY:08.00-19.00

MONDAYS

MUSEUM OF DION  tel: 0351 53206

TUE-SUN:08.00-19.00
MON:12.00-19.00

 

ARC MUSEUM OF THESSALONIKI tel: 031 830538

TUE-SUN:08.00-19.00
MON:12.00-19.00

 

DILOS SITE & MUSEUM tel: 0289 22325 

DAILY:08.00-14.30

MONDAYS

KNOSSOS(KRITI) tel: 081  231940

DAILY:08.00-19.00

 

IRAKLIO MUSEUM tel: 081226092

TUE-SUN:08.00-19.00
MON:12.00-19.00