The Herakleidon Museum in Thissio explores the meeting of science, art and technology, with the EUREKA exhibition of working ancient Greek inventions, the Antikythera Mechanism, automata and a famous M.C. Escher collection. See it alongside the ancient sites with skip-the-line tickets and tours from My Greece Tours for a fascinating, family-friendly visit. This original, family-friendly … Read more
Athens’s Benaki Museum of Islamic Art holds one of the world’s finest collections of Islamic art, from dazzling ceramics and metalwork to a complete 17th-century Cairo reception room, near the Kerameikos cemetery. Combine it with the city’s headline sights using skip-the-line tickets and tours from My Greece Tours for a richer cultural day. This world-class … Read more
The Numismatic Museum of Athens fills Heinrich Schliemann’s lavish mansion, the Iliou Melathron, with a collection of 600,000 coins amid a stunning Pompeii-inspired interior, mosaics and a peaceful garden. See it alongside the city’s headline sights with skip-the-line tickets and tours from My Greece Tours for a hidden cultural gem. This jewel of a museum … Read more
The National Historical Museum in Athens, housed in the grand Old Parliament building, tells the story of modern Greece from the fall of Constantinople through the 1821 War of Independence to the modern state. See it alongside the city’s headline sights with skip-the-line tickets and tours from My Greece Tours for a deeper understanding of … Read more
Athens’s Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology displays working reconstructions of astonishing ancient inventions, from the Antikythera Mechanism to robots, automata and the first alarm clock. See it alongside the city’s headline sights with skip-the-line tickets and tours from My Greece Tours for a fascinating, family-friendly visit. This unique, family-friendly museum is a fascinating stop … Read more
The War Museum of Athens is Greece’s national military history museum, with four floors spanning prehistoric weapons to the heroic battles of the 20th century, plus an outdoor display of aircraft and artillery. See it alongside the city’s headline sights with skip-the-line tickets and tours from My Greece Tours for a fuller picture of Greek … Read more
The National Gallery, the Alexandros Soutsos Museum, in Athens is the home of modern Greek art, with over 20,000 works spanning post-Byzantine times to today plus European masters, in a striking renovated building near Evangelismos. See it alongside the city’s headline sights with skip-the-line tickets and tours from My Greece Tours. This flagship art museum … Read more
The Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens holds over 30,000 icons, sculptures, textiles and manuscripts spanning the 3rd to 20th centuries, one of the world’s great collections of Byzantine art. See it with the city’s headline sights using skip-the-line tickets and tours from My Greece Tours for a richer cultural day. This major museum is … Read more
The Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens displays the elegant marble figurines of the Bronze Age Cyclades that inspired Picasso and Henry Moore, alongside ancient Greek and Cypriot art. Combine it with the city’s headline sights using skip-the-line tickets and tours from My Greece Tours for a richer cultural day. This refined museum is a … Read more
The Benaki Museum of Greek Culture, set in central Athens, traces Greek civilisation from prehistory to the modern state across four floors of an elegant neoclassical mansion. See it alongside the city’s headline sights with combined-ticket tours and skip-the-line access from My Greece Tours for a fuller cultural visit. This rich private museum is a … Read more