Museums in Athens

Discover 9 unusual museums in Athens.

The Athens University History Museum (Kleanthis House)

The Acropolis house that became Modern Greece’s first university.

A neoclassical two-floor light pink mansion with five windows and a centered entranceway

Ziller-Loverdos Mansion

One of the best collections of Byzantine art housed in a magnificent, 19th-century neoclassical home.

A hoard of gold coins from Epidaurus, 3rd century BCE.

Numismatic Museum of Athens

One of the greatest collections of coins in the world is housed in the former mansion of an archeological pioneer.

West side of building (front).

Tzistarakis Mosque

Legend says it was constructed with the destroyed pillar of an ancient Greek Temple.

North side of building.

Poulopoulos Hat Factory

This graffitied 19th-century building was a prototype of European industrial architecture.

Front of building.

Korai 4

Scars of this building's past life as a violent prison still cover its walls.

Wax Museum of Andreas Syggros

A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.

Magic Sphere of Helios

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

The Stathatos Mansion houses the temporary exhibits of the Museum of Cycladic Art. (Wikimedia Commons)

Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

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