National / Ethnographic Museums

Delta House

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Emmanouil Mpenaki & Stefanou Delta 19, Kifissia, Attica, Greece 14561

Delta House is a part of Benaki Museum Family. Here you will find plentiful photographic expositions and manuscripts of one of the most important Greek writers, named Pennelope Delta. In the Kouvoutsaki Art gallery you will be charmed by the ...more

Numismatic Museum Athens

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Panepistimiou 12, Syntagma, Athens, Attica, Greece 10671

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. ...more

Museum of Greek Instruments

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Diogenous 1-3, Plaka, Athens, Attica, Greece 10556

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. ...more

Byzantine & Christian Museum

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Leof. Vassilisis Sofias 22, Riggilis, Athens, Attica, Greece 10675

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 ...more

Benaki Museum of Islamic Art

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Agiou Asomaton 22 & Dipilou 12 , Gazi - Kerameikos, Athens, Attica, Greece 10553

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 ...more

Melina Mercuri Cultural Center Athens

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Iraklidon 66, Thissio, Athens, Attica, Greece 11851

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. ...more

Lazaros Koundouriotis Mansion

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Voulgari Kountouriotou, Hydra Island, Attica, Greece 18040

This manor house is one of the most impressive buildings on Hydra Island. It was built at the end of the 18th century, in the time of the maritime prosperity of the island. Lazaros Koundouriotis was one of the most important personalities of Hydra. ...more

Jewish Museum of Greece

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Nikis 39, Plaka, Athens, Attica, Greece 10557

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. ...more

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Historic Archive - Hydra Museum

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Miaouli 454, Hydra Island, Attica, Greece 18040

Directly at the port of Hydra Island there is a beautiful neoclassical building which houses the Historic Archive Museum. The exhibits include handwritten documents from the revolutionary period, rare books, drawings and paintings. ...more

Museum of Asia Minor Culture

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Karaiskaki 6, Aigaleo, Attica, Greece 12242

The Museum of Asia Minor Culture was created by the Cultural Organization and the Association of Asia Minor "New Kydonia". It hosts relics (coins, books, photographs) and other souvenirs in an attempt to make the world more aware of the culture of ...more

Historical & Folklore Pontian Museum

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Kolokotroni 3, Elliniko, Attica, Greece 16777

The Pontian Association houses the Historical and Folkloric Pontian Museum - where a large collection of authentic objects, documents, and photographic material is hosted, presenting various aspects of the life and the historical course of the ...more

Benaki Museum

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Koumpari 1 & Leof. Vasilissis Sofias, Kolonaki, Athens, Attica, Greece 10674

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. ...more

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