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ATHENS TOP 5 Museums


Rank 2: The National Archaeological Museum



Established at the end of the 19th Century, this is one of the world’s most essential museums and the most expansive in Greece.

The museum is housed in an imposing neoclassical building of the end of the nineteenth century, which was designed by L. Lange and remodelled by Ernst Ziller. The vast exhibition space - numerous galleries on each floor accounting for a total of 8,000 square metres - house five large permanent collections:
1) The Prehistoric Collection, which includes works of the great civilizations that developped in the Aegean from the sixth millennium BC to 1050 BC (Neolithic, Cycladic, Mycenaean), and finds from the prehistoric settlement at Thera.
2) The Sculptures Collection, which shows the development of ancient Greek sculpture from the seventh to the fifth centuries BC with unique masterpieces.
3) The Vase and Minor Objects Collection, which contains representative works of ancient Greek pottery from the eleventh century BC to the Roman period and includes the Stathatos Collection, a corpus of minor objects of all periods.
4) The Metallurgy Collection, with many fundamental statues, figurines and minor objects.
5) Lastly, the only Egyptian and Near Eastern Antiquities Collection in Greece, with works dating from the pre-dynastic period (5000 BC) to the Roman conquest.

The most current temporary exhibition taking place at the moment is entitled, \"Eretria: Insights into an Ancient City\".


Patision Street, 44

    FACTS

  • 10682 Athens


    Phone.: +30 210 - 8217724


    Description

    There is a gift shop, and a cafe in the sculpture garden where you can buy a copy or a print of something you might have admired during your visit.

ATHENS TOP 5
Museums

  1. ิhe Acropolis Museum
  2. The National Archaeological Museum
  3. Byzantine Museum
  4. Museum of Cycladic Art
  5. Benaki Museum

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Horseback Riding

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  2. Attica Jockey Club
  3. Hellenic Jockey Club
  4. National Tatoi Jockey Club
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