Friday, 03 May 2024

Athens Directory Search

The discoveries from the excavations of the archaeological site of Kerameikos are on display at its official museum. It was created in 1937 with a donation of Gustav Oberlaender and expanded in the 1960's with the support of the Boehringer brothers. ...more
Ermou 148, Gazi - Kerameikos, Athens, Attica, Greece 10553
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
Leof. Vassilisis Sofias 22, Riggilis, Athens, Attica, Greece 10675
In the area of the Isthmus of Corinth is the Corinth Canal that connects the Saronic Gulf with the Corinthian Gulf. The waterway was inaugurated in 1893 and is an important hub for maritime transport that serves 12,000 ships annually. ...more
Canal of Corinth, 20100
The Benaki Toy Museum displays more than 3,000 toys and childhood objects originating from Greece (from antiquity to 1970), Europe, America, Africa, Asia, and the East. The museum is also housed in a 19th Century building, which resembles a tower and ...more
Poseidonos & Tritonos 1, Palaio Faliro, Attica, Greece 17561
One of the most recent additions to special interest museums in Athens is the Hellenic Motor Museum. It is found in the heart of the city, nearby Omonoia Square, at the impressive «Athenian Capitol» multi-activity complex. ...more
Ioulianou 33-35, Platia Victorias, Athens, Attica, Greece 10433
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
Agiou Asomaton 22 & Dipilou 12 , Gazi - Kerameikos, Athens, Attica, Greece 10553
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
Diogenous 1-3, Plaka, Athens, Attica, Greece 10556
The National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) in Athens has been created to give an official location for Hellenic and foreign artists to organize exhibitions and show their own collections. ...more
Kallirrois & Frantzi, Koukaki, Athens, Attica, Greece 11743
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
Voulgari Kountouriotou, Hydra Island, Attica, Greece 18040
The privately owned OTE Museum of Telecommunications is very unique. It has a permanent exhibition hall, a projection room, a lecture hall a library and a laboratory. The focus of the museum is dedicated to the study of telecommunications. ...more
Proteos 25, Kifissia, Attica, Greece 14564
The Marathon Run Museum displays over 4000 exhibits that record the history of the "Olympic Marathon" from 1896 to until today. A unique historical sporting collection which could not be found elsewhere than in the birthplace of Marathon road race. ...more
Marathonos & 25 Martiou Street, Marathonas, Attica, Greece 19007
Laskarina Bouboulina was one of the few female heroes of the Greek Revolution of 1821. Her over 300 years old private mansion on Spetses Island is now a museum, where you can admire a collection of personal items and household furnishings. ...more
Ntapia, Spetses Island, Attica, Greece 18050