History Museums in Greece

The Acropolis Museum is a museum in Athens that is devoted to findings from the Acropolis archaeological site. The museum exhibits almost 4,000 objects. There are mainly sculptures that used to decorate the historical sites located on the Acropolis, but also instruments that the inhabitants of Acrop

The National Archaeological Museum in Athens is the largest archaeological museum in Greece. With more than 11,000 exhibits, the museum has one of the greatest collections of ancient Greek sculptures and pottery in the world. Inside, you can see artefacts that are 9,000 years old, as well as artwork

The Roman Agora, an ancient public square in Athens, is a significant historical site that offers a glimpse into the city's past under Roman rule. It is conveniently located a bit east of the original Agora and north of the Acropolis, in the current Plaka neighborhood, near Monastiraki square. This location makes it easily accessible for tourists exploring the city.

The Museum of the Ancient Agora (The Agora Museum) is a museum that is located in the rebuilt Stoa of Attalos on the Agora of Athens. The Museum of the Ancient Agora was opened in 1956 and the most important finds from the Agora are displayed on two floors. The ground floor mainly features statues,

The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki is a history museum in Thessaloniki that is housed in a building that is example of the modern architectural trends of Greece, designed by architect Patroklos Karantinos. The museum holds objects from the Prehistoric, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roma

The Museum of Byzantine Culture is a history museum in Thessaloniki with a collection of objects from the 2nd to the 20th century, mostly consisting of coins, seals and small artifacts, but also sculptures and icons, all from Thessaloniki and Macedonia, from churches, private houses and cemeteries.

The War Museum of Thessaloniki is a military museum in Thessaloniki that is housed in the building designed by architect Vitaliano Poselli, built between 1900 and 1902. The War Museum of Thessaloniki illustrates the Hellenic race throughout history and contributes to the documentation of the history

The Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki is a museum that is devoted to the history of Sephardic Jews and Jewish life in Thessaloniki. The museum holds monumental stones and inscriptions that were found in the great Jewish necropolis east of the city walls along with photographs that show the cemetery and

The Museum for the Macedonian Struggle is a history museum in Thessaloniki housed in a neo-classical building designed by architect Ernst Ziller and built in 1893. The museum is devoted to the Greek and Balkan history of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It presents the local history and cultu

The Athens City Museum was founded in 1973 and is housed in the first royal palace of Greece, consisting of two mansions. The museum is dedicated to the history of the city and holds and exhibits objects collected by art collector Lambros Eutaxias (1905-1996), artifacts illustrating the rise and fal

The National Historical Museum is a historical museum in Athens that is housed in the former seat of Parliament. The museum displays a collection of items dating back to the capture of Constantinople by the Ottomans in 1453. Main focus in the National Historical Museum in Athens is on the period of

The Numismatic Museum of Athens is a museum that is housed in the mansion of the archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann. The museum houses one of the greatest collections of coins in the world, both ancient and modern, containing 600,000 objects, mainly coins but also medals, standard masses, dies and st

The Jewish Museum of Greece in Athens documents as one of three museums (next to the Jewish Museum Thessaloniki and the small Jewish Museum Rhodes) the history of Judaism in Greece. Although Jews have been living in Greece since antiquity, the exhibits are mainly from the modern era. Parts of the sy

The Athens University Museum is a museum in Plaka in Athens that is housed in the Kleanthis - Saubert House, one of the most historic buildings in Athens. It once was a structure of the Ottoman period, but it got completely renovated between 1831 and 1833. The Athens University Museum functions as a

The Folklife and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia - Thrace is a museum in Thessaloniki that is devoted to the traditional culture of recent times in the region northern Greece. The museum records the evidence of the past, by which the pre-modern man faced the basic life needs and organized his socia

Museum of the History of the Greek Costume of the Lyceum Club of Greek Women is a special interest museum in Athens. The museum holds and displays a collection that includes Greek traditional costumes, porcelain dolls with Greek costumes, reproductions of minoan, classic and Byzantine clothes and je