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Created in 1977, the Jewish Museum documents and exhibits material evidence of 2,300 years of Jewish life in Greece. This is a historical and ethnographic museum whose aim is to provide a colorful picture of its progression through the centuries.
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Nikis 39, Plaka, Athens, Attica, Greece 10557
The Byzantine and Christian Museum was founded in 1914 on the premises of the Academy of Athens and was transferred to Villa Ilissia in 1930. It is an outstanding national museum and one of the most important in the world of the Byzantine
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Leof. Vassilisis Sofias 22, Riggilis, Athens, Attica, Greece 10675
The Research Center for Ethnomusicology comprises the collection of about 1,200 Greek popular musical instruments dating from the 18th Century to present day, the fruit of a half century of research and study by the musicologist Phoibos Anogianakis.
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Diogenous 1-3, Plaka, Athens, Attica, Greece 10556
The Museum of the City of Athens accommodates the personal collection of beloved art collector, Lambros Eutaxias. Pieces on display here include sculptures, paintings and photographs and even furniture of the 19th Century Athenian aristocracy.
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Paparrigopoulou 5-7, Platia Klafthmonos, Athens, Attica, Greece 10561
The Museum of Greek Folkart was founded in 1918 by the poet, Georgios Drosinis In 1923, it was renamed the "National Museum of Decorative Arts". It was given its current name in 1959 and its exhibits project the Hellenic traditional culture.
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Kydathinaion 17, Plaka, Athens, Attica, Greece 10555
The Melina Merkouri Cultural Center is housed in an impressive neoclassical building in Thissio and is a municipal cultural institution. The center has a hall "Melina Merkouri Hall" with 220 square meters, which hosts temporary exhibitions, events and concerts, but also seminars and meetings. Another room with 380 square meters and a height of 5 meters is intended for large-scale exhibitions.
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Iraklidon 66, Thissio, Athens, Attica, Greece 11851
The War Museum of Greece, established in 1964, was created in order to collect, protect and exhibit Greek historical military artifacts and memorabilia.
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Rizari 2, Riggilis, Athens, Attica, Greece 10675
The Islamic Art Museum in Athens currently houses over 8,000 works of Islamic art, which includes examples of all its local variations from as far as India, Persia, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, the Middle East, Arabia, Egypt, North Africa, Sicily and
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Agiou Asomaton 22 & Dipilou 12 , Gazi - Kerameikos, Athens, Attica, Greece 10553
The Benaki Museum was the first private Museum in Greece. It was donated to the Greek state directly following the death of the distinguished Mr. Emmanuel Benakis in 1930, by his son, Antonis Benakis.
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Koumpari 1 & Leof. Vasilissis Sofias, Kolonaki, Athens, Attica, Greece 10674
The Numismatic Museum was established in 1834 and is one of the oldest museums in Greece. It holds over 500,000 acquisitions – mostly coins as well as medals and gems – dated from the 14th Century until today.
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Panepistimiou 12, Syntagma, Athens, Attica, Greece 10671
This is the oldest surviving house of Athens, which belonged to the aristocratic family of the Athenian archon Angelos Venizelou. The house was build during in the 16th century. Now it's a museum and can be visited.
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Adrianou 96, Plaka, Athens, Attica, Greece 10556
The National Historical Museum has accumulated numerous artefacts from the Post-Byzantine era (1453) until the Greek–Italian war of 1940-41. Its collection spans the modern periods of the Greek history, from the 15th through the 20th Century.
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Stadiou 13, Platia Karitsi, Athens, Attica, Greece 10561
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