Athens Trip Overview
Get your National Archaeology Museum tickets and explore a Neoclassical building full of Greece’s priceless heirlooms.
Marvel one of the most important museums in the world devoted to ancient Greek art, displaying historical, cultural and artistic value of the various exhibits.
Complete your experience with a self-guided sightseeing tour of Athens.
This tour is available in the Lokimo app. It includes ready-to-go itinerary, GPS navigation, descriptions, tips and advices.
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Duration: 2 to 3 hours
Starts: Athens, Greece
Trip Category: Sightseeing Tickets & Passes >> Attraction Tickets
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What to Expect When Visiting Athens, Attica, Greece
Get your National Archaeology Museum tickets and explore a Neoclassical building full of Greece’s priceless heirlooms.
Marvel one of the most important museums in the world devoted to ancient Greek art, displaying historical, cultural and artistic value of the various exhibits.
Complete your experience with a self-guided sightseeing tour of Athens.
This tour is available in the Lokimo app. It includes ready-to-go itinerary, GPS navigation, descriptions, tips and advices.
Visit: National Archaeological Museum, Patision 44, Athens 106 82 Greece
The National Archaeological Museum in Athens is the largest museum in Greece, and one of the finest archaeological museums in the world.
The museum was designed in the neoclassical style by German architect Lange and afterwards by Ziller, a Saxon turned Greek architect. It is quite large, with an area of over 8000 square meters. It houses five permanent collections as well as various temporary exhibitions, ensuring that at least one of them will appeal to you. The National Archaeological Museum contains the following exhibits:
– The prehistoric collection(6000 BC to 1050 BC)
– The sculpture collection (700BC to 500 BC)
– The vase and minor objects collection (1100 BC to 500 BC)
– Metallurgy collection
– Egyptian and near eastern antiquities collection (5000 BC to 500BC)
