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. Plan the whole trip … 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. Plan the whole trip … 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. Plan the whole trip with … 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
Kerameikos is the ancient cemetery and potters’ quarter of Athens, a peaceful and underrated archaeological site with the great Dipylon Gate, sculpted grave monuments and the Oberlander Museum. Add it to a skip-the-line combined-ticket tour of the ancient sites from My Greece Tours for richer context. This quiet, atmospheric site is a rewarding stop in … Read more
Athens’s National Archaeological Museum is the largest in Greece and one of the world’s finest, home to the gold Mask of Agamemnon, the astonishing Antikythera Mechanism, the Artemision Bronze and the Akrotiri frescoes. Explore its treasures with skip-the-line tickets and guided tours from My Greece Tours for a richer, queue-free visit. The National Archaeological Museum … Read more
The Archaeological Museum of Mykonos, on the Old Port waterfront, holds finds from Mykonos and the neighbouring island of Rhenia, its star exhibit the famous 7th-century BC amphora depicting the Trojan Horse, alongside statues, vases, jewellery and grave stelae. This guide covers the exhibits, the history, the hours and how to visit. The museum is … Read more
The Mykonos Folklore Museum preserves the island’s traditional way of life across several historic sites, the main collection in a 16th-century captain’s residence in the Kastro quarter, the charming Lena’s House, and the Bonis windmill agricultural museum. This guide covers the exhibits, the houses, the windmill, hours and how to visit. The museum offers a … Read more