Makrygianni
Acropolis Museum
The finds from the Acropolis itself, with the Parthenon gallery on the top floor.
Dionysiou Areopagitou 15
Museums
Every museum worth your morning, on one map
Tap a pin or a card to place it. Opening hours and tickets shift with the season, so check the museum's own page before you go.
Exarcheia
National Archaeological Museum
The largest collection of Greek antiquities anywhere. Give it half a day.
28is Oktovriou 44
Kolonaki
Benaki Museum of Greek Culture
Greek life from antiquity to the 20th century, in an elegant townhouse.
Koumpari 1
Rouf
Benaki Museum — Pireos 138
The contemporary wing: exhibitions, design and photography.
Pireos 138
Kolonaki
Museum of Cycladic Art
Marble figurines from the Cyclades, plus a lovely courtyard café.
Neofytou Douka 4
Kolonaki
Byzantine and Christian Museum
Icons and church art, set around a quiet garden courtyard.
Vasilissis Sofias 22
Koukaki
EMST — National Museum of Contemporary Art
Contemporary Greek and international art in the old Fix brewery.
Kallirrois & Amvrosiou Frantzi
Ilisia
National Gallery
Two centuries of Greek painting, freshly renovated and easy to walk.
Vasileos Konstantinou 50
Syntagma
Numismatic Museum (Iliou Melathron)
Ancient coins inside Schliemann's mansion — the house alone is worth it.
Panepistimiou 12
Kolonaki
War Museum
Military history, with aircraft parked in the forecourt.
Rizari 2
Kifissia
Goulandris Natural History Museum
A green suburban stop, good with kids.
Levidou 13, Kifissia
Pangrati
Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation
Van Gogh, Picasso and Greek modernists in a calm private museum.
Eratosthenous 13
Thiseio
Herakleidon Museum
Small and thematic, on the pedestrian café street below the Acropolis.
Irakleidon 16
Plaka
Museum of Greek Popular Musical Instruments
Bouzoukia, bagpipes and headphones to hear each one.
Diogenous 1-3
Plaka
Jewish Museum of Greece
The story of Greece's Jewish communities, told over several floors.
Nikis 39
Kerameikos
Benaki Museum of Islamic Art
A rooftop terrace over the ancient Kerameikos cemetery.
Agion Asomaton 22
Syntagma
Museum of the City of Athens
Athens as the young capital, in the city's first royal residence.
Ioannou Paparrigopoulou 5-7
Kerameikos
Kerameikos Archaeological Museum
Grave stelae and finds from the site you walk through to reach it.
Ermou 148
Monastiraki
Museum of the Ancient Agora (Stoa of Attalos)
Inside the reconstructed stoa, in the shade of its colonnade.
Adrianou 24
Exarcheia
Epigraphic Museum
Inscribed stones — quiet, free-standing wing of the Archaeological Museum.
Tositsa 1