Acropolis Museum
Acropolis Museum
4.5
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
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Modern, uptodate building on the foot of the Acropolis housing important ancient Greek statues and much more
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Neighbourhood: Thissio / Makriyanni
Named after the well-preserved Thission (ancient temple of Hephaestus), Thissio is blessed with a small wooded park and some less frenetic streets that offer numerous quieter places to stay and eat. Largely pedestrianised Apostolou Pavlou Street runs between the Acropolis and forested Filopappou Hill, well worth climbing for more great panoramas, until it merges with Dionysiou Areopagitou Street. This leads to the up-and-coming area of Makriyanni, whose centrepiece is the magnificent new Acropolis Museum. Opposite the museum is the entrance to the southern slopes of the Acropolis, while the eponymous metro station nearby is at the top of Makriyanni Street, another strip of touristic cafés and restaurants.
How to get there
- Neos Kosmos • 5 min walk
- Akropoli • 6 min walk
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- Hai NMelbourne, Australia191 contributionsWorld Class MuseumVery well organised. Wonderful display with English posts. Loved the items inside. And the real houses underneath the ground floor. The museum was built on top of the ancient houses. Amazing.Visited October 2022Written 1 December 2022
- Coral2 contributionsBreathtaking!Amazing display of relics from the Acropolis. Many are original statues, frieze panels, and other artefacts from the original buildings. You can get really close to most of them. The view of the Acropolis itself from floor to ceiling glass is the best. A must see!Visited November 2022Written 2 December 2022
- Pmk51Seattle, Washington67 contributionsWorth every minuteFor older or disabled travelers who find making it all the way to the Acropolis site, don’t despair! This museum has everything you could ever want to learn and appreciate the history, architecture and art. Beautifully designed and curated, the only thing it is missing is some of the actual artifacts taken by the British and others. They should all be returned!Visited September 2022Travelled as a coupleWritten 15 December 2022
- DuncanTCHEast Greenbush, New York1,272 contributionsBrilliant return visit to an amazing museumA visit to The Acropolis Museum is probably equal in importance to a visit to the Acropolis itself. It is here in the museum that many of the original decorative pieces from the Acropolis are displayed, after being painstakingly restored (including the original female columns from the Erechtheion. The way that the museum is laid out is spectacular and you can actually get up close to these pieces to see the detail and beauty in their carving. This is not a museum to be rushed through...the displays are entertaining, fun and educational and the layout makes exceptional sense to the story the museum is telling.Visited April 2022Written 28 December 2022
- Heike1201Berlin, Germany278 contributionsWonderful modern museumWhat an amazing modern museum, which presents the origins of Athens and the Acropolis in a stunning bright environment and makes it fun to walk through and admire the objects. The "missing star" is for the fact that there is currently (still) no audio guide available to pick up at the counter; the Covid argument feels a bit far-fetched by now, especially since many museums have found ways to provide digital guides or ones with disposable earphones. In any case, we reverted to a great ClioMuse audioguide purchased with the entrance fee via Get your Guide, which was a great experience with our mobile phones.Visited December 2022Written 31 December 2022
- Phil C58 contributionsHelps make sense of the Acropolis and Athenian historyExcellent museum! In contrast to the Acropolis itself where you see the famous buildings, the museum gives you the opportunity to see actual statues, reliefs, pottery, etc. up close. All items contain English labels, so knowledge of Greek is not required, and the thorough signage helped me get a much better grasp of Athenian history and the various periods of Acropolis buildings and statuary.Visited January 2023Written 18 January 2023
- JanPeterborough, United Kingdom203 contributionsWorth a VisitThe museum was much more worth a visit than the Acropolis itself. The building is modern and spacious, and I thoroughly enjoyed that you can see the archeological dig (and cats in the ruins!) through the floor. Interesting and informative, and it really showcases how much places like the British Museum which hold so much of the Greek cultural heritage hostage have to answer for.Visited September 2022Written 26 January 2023
- AMadrid14Madrid, Spain78 contributionsWOW factorThis Museum...wow! Truly spectacularly done!! The way that you can see the Parthenon and stroll by the original and plaster copies of its reliefs is magical! It is high time for the British Museum to return those marbles- the Greeks made them and the Greeks are their legal owners and custodians. The archaic Greek statues were stunning, the caryatids, everything, and I mean, everything, was perfect in this museum. They are just missing the original Parthenon marbles.Visited January 2023Written 31 January 2023
- Welcome-Greece.grHeraklion, Greece4 contributionsBeat the Crowds: How to Avoid Lines at The Acropolis MuseumPurchase Tickets in Advance: To skip the lines at The Acropolis Museum, consider purchasing your tickets in advance online. This will give you the opportunity to bypass the line at the ticket booth and head straight into the museum. Visit During Off-Peak Hours: The Acropolis Museum tends to be the busiest during peak tourist hours, so try visiting during off-peak hours such as early in the morning or late in the afternoon to avoid the crowds. Join a Guided Tour: Guided tours typically have separate entrance lines and can help you avoid waiting in long lines at The Acropolis Museum. Additionally, a knowledgeable guide can provide a more in-depth understanding of the site and its artifacts. Use the Museum's Mobile App: The Acropolis Museum's mobile app provides visitors with a virtual tour of the museum and its exhibitions. Use the app to plan your visit ahead of time and make the most of your time at the museum. Take Advantage of the Museum's Group Entrance: If you're visiting The Acropolis Museum with a group of 10 or more people, consider using the group entrance to skip the lines. Just be sure to contact the museum in advance to arrange your visit.Visited January 2023Written 31 January 2023
- Itchy Feet51 contributionsOne of the best museums to visitIf you love history, archeology, and the Parthenon, you shouldn't miss this museum. I like the way they prepared detailed descriptions on the items on exhibit and it has English on it as well. Get a metro card and disembark on the Akropoli Station(Blue Line).Visited January 2023Written 3 February 2023
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Tommy599
Two Rivers, WI873 contributions
Sep. 2023 • Couples
We purposely had not visited the museum last November because we knew the museum was part of the included itinerary for this year’s trip.
Founded in 2003 in preps for the 2004 Olympic games, it is most famous for housing almost every archaeological artifact ever found on the site of the Acropolis in Athens (yea the English stole a few many years ago) and is highly ranked as one of the best museums in the world.
Upon arrival, we’ll begin our 2-hour tour of the museum,
with our local guide exploring the exhibitions areas.
The intact Parthenon (temple to Athena) on the top of the Acropolis was accidentally blown up in 1656. This occurred within the battle between the Turks and Greeks (15 year “great Turkish war”) where the Turks held the heights of the Acropolis and stored their gunpowder inside the temple (thinking no one would target this structure). A stray artillery shell from the Greeks hit the magazine and the structure was partly DESTROYED (blew the roof right off) within a massive explosion!
We were the first group to enter the museum when it opened at 9 AM, by the time we left two hours later the museum had started to fill up.
The tour of the museum with a guide proved to be most informative format as we observed most of the other travelers in the museum had no idea of the facts about what we were observing. I did see there is an audio guide you can rent but observed almost no one using such.
Highly recommend touring the museum but do it with an educated guide like we had (use of the whispers audio device was an advantage as there is so much conversation going on that it would be a distraction without those devices. Some points:
• The museum itself is built on an exact scale reproduction of the Temple of Zeus we observe out the window atop the Acropolis.
• There are seven hills in Athens, with some higher than the Acropolis, but only the Acropolis Hill had a large, flat surface that would support the building of the two major temples at its top.
• Besides a holy place to house a worship place to their gods, it also served as a defendable refuge place (like a high point “Keep”) during an attack on the city, as the Acropolis has a well down into fresh water.
• It took the ancients 11 years to build the Zeus temple.
• It is going to take the current crop of archeologists / workers another 20 years (estimate) to glue all the pieces back together.
• During the late 1800’s, the English / French / Vatican took a lot of the statues / freezes, and the Greeks want them back!!! Those three countries previously stated they did not see the value of returning such, as Greece did not have a museum to properly display, the loot taken from Greece! ---- Well now they do, towards having space to replace the reproductions currently on display!
• We viewed a 1/8 scale models of what adorned the gambler roof ends of the Parthenon; the east end was full of statues of all the Greek gods, and the west end was full of statues of people and former battles environments (supported with a god or two helping them out).
• What amazed me was, even the backside of the figures up on the building were done in detail even though worshipers could not see that angle from down below.
There are many reproductions of the Acropolis around the world, but the MOST complete reproduction is in Nashville Tennessee USA!!
Founded in 2003 in preps for the 2004 Olympic games, it is most famous for housing almost every archaeological artifact ever found on the site of the Acropolis in Athens (yea the English stole a few many years ago) and is highly ranked as one of the best museums in the world.
Upon arrival, we’ll begin our 2-hour tour of the museum,
with our local guide exploring the exhibitions areas.
The intact Parthenon (temple to Athena) on the top of the Acropolis was accidentally blown up in 1656. This occurred within the battle between the Turks and Greeks (15 year “great Turkish war”) where the Turks held the heights of the Acropolis and stored their gunpowder inside the temple (thinking no one would target this structure). A stray artillery shell from the Greeks hit the magazine and the structure was partly DESTROYED (blew the roof right off) within a massive explosion!
We were the first group to enter the museum when it opened at 9 AM, by the time we left two hours later the museum had started to fill up.
The tour of the museum with a guide proved to be most informative format as we observed most of the other travelers in the museum had no idea of the facts about what we were observing. I did see there is an audio guide you can rent but observed almost no one using such.
Highly recommend touring the museum but do it with an educated guide like we had (use of the whispers audio device was an advantage as there is so much conversation going on that it would be a distraction without those devices. Some points:
• The museum itself is built on an exact scale reproduction of the Temple of Zeus we observe out the window atop the Acropolis.
• There are seven hills in Athens, with some higher than the Acropolis, but only the Acropolis Hill had a large, flat surface that would support the building of the two major temples at its top.
• Besides a holy place to house a worship place to their gods, it also served as a defendable refuge place (like a high point “Keep”) during an attack on the city, as the Acropolis has a well down into fresh water.
• It took the ancients 11 years to build the Zeus temple.
• It is going to take the current crop of archeologists / workers another 20 years (estimate) to glue all the pieces back together.
• During the late 1800’s, the English / French / Vatican took a lot of the statues / freezes, and the Greeks want them back!!! Those three countries previously stated they did not see the value of returning such, as Greece did not have a museum to properly display, the loot taken from Greece! ---- Well now they do, towards having space to replace the reproductions currently on display!
• We viewed a 1/8 scale models of what adorned the gambler roof ends of the Parthenon; the east end was full of statues of all the Greek gods, and the west end was full of statues of people and former battles environments (supported with a god or two helping them out).
• What amazed me was, even the backside of the figures up on the building were done in detail even though worshipers could not see that angle from down below.
There are many reproductions of the Acropolis around the world, but the MOST complete reproduction is in Nashville Tennessee USA!!
Written 28 November 2023
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TravelbugVietnam
Vietnam1,680 contributions
Oct. 2023 • Solo
The modern Acropolis Museum is an easy walk down the car free promenade from the Acropolis. Make sure to have some small change for the street musicians along the way. If you have been visiting the Acropolis you may like to head to the second floor rooftop restaurant for a sit down and something to eat before the lunch time crowds arrive. Then you have the afternoon to explore the excellent statues and artefacts
Written 28 November 2023
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tonys2106
Dungarvan, Ireland136 contributions
Nov. 2023 • Family
My one son and I spent a lovely couple of hours looking at the various exhibits and listening to the guides' stories. We even watched an excellent video on the third floor and had a coffee before leaving. Well worth a visit.
Written 26 November 2023
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Álvaro HP
Madrid, Spain318 contributions
Oct. 2023 • Couples
Close to the Acropolis there is the museum where we can see the real Caryatids. Full of ancient statues and relics it is worth visiting. Better to visit it with guided tour to avoid queues.
Written 26 November 2023
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Richard M
Hampstead Norreys, UK870 contributions
Nov. 2023 • Couples
THe museum contains a lot of the items found in and around the Acropolis. It is an amazing building and you follow a path from the ground floor up to the top in a mirror of the walk up to the Acropolis hill. There are amazing statues and items from thousands of years of history. The original statues of the Caryatids are here and look incredible. The star is the top floor which is located in the same orientation and size as the Pathenon. The various bits of the Parthenon are located in situ so you can see the amazing way the Parthenon would have looked originally. Amazing museum, one of the best in the world.
Written 26 November 2023
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TMLA
Los Angeles, CA323 contributions
Oct. 2023 • Couples
If you visit Acropolis, then you must visit this museum. The building itself is very beautiful and is filled with archeological findings from Acropolis. The museum also offers an incredible view of Acropolis. I don’t usually enjoy archeological museums but I thoroughly enjoyed this beautiful museum .
Written 25 November 2023
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Nlsgreek
20 contributions
Oct. 2023 • Couples
A very impressive museum. We have attended this museum several times since its opening... From the entry to exit, with excavations under foot, and relics of ancient Greece.
It was quite busy with students and visitors from around the world, yet spacious and not crowded.
It was quite busy with students and visitors from around the world, yet spacious and not crowded.
Written 21 November 2023
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Rhino2525
Daytona Beach, FL2,344 contributions
Sep. 2023 • Couples
We were on a cruise and did an excursion with a guided tour of the Acropolis Museum and the Acropolis in a small group. Touring the museum before going up to the top of the Acropolis made it so much more meaningful. The museum was one of the nicest that we have been in the entire world. The plaster reproductions of the sections that were acquired by the British and in London helped tell the whole story.
Written 19 November 2023
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Michelle T
New York City, NY665 contributions
Sep. 2023 • Couples
The Acropolis Museum is a must-see when you’re visiting Athens. Everything that they’re discovered in the Acropolis - and that isn’t sitting in the British Museum - is here in the museum. They have put up all the facades of the sides of the Parthenon here, along with reimagined versions of what archaeologists think it would’ve looked like back in its prime. It’s truly amazing the sheer size of some of the pieces. There’s even a Lego Acropolis! The gift shop is also lovely and I definitely picked up some goodies there.
Written 18 November 2023
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Fidel David Besora
Albatarrec, Spain1,981 contributions
Nov. 2023 • Family
With a modernist style, we find right next to our hotel, the Acropolis Museum.
It has the same dimensions as the Acropolis, as it displays original pieces from it, and they have given it a special treatment so that people can easily situate themselves, even with the same orientation towards the sun.
It also reminds us, as other museums are, of how they are nourished through spoliation, pointing a finger at the wound of some country.
A recommendation is to buy tickets in advance so you won't have to wait in line, and you can enter more quickly.
Highly recommended to get an idea of the spectacularity of the Parthenon.
It has the same dimensions as the Acropolis, as it displays original pieces from it, and they have given it a special treatment so that people can easily situate themselves, even with the same orientation towards the sun.
It also reminds us, as other museums are, of how they are nourished through spoliation, pointing a finger at the wound of some country.
A recommendation is to buy tickets in advance so you won't have to wait in line, and you can enter more quickly.
Highly recommended to get an idea of the spectacularity of the Parthenon.
Written 18 November 2023
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Buenas tardes, las entradas a la Acrópolis es gratuita para los estudiantes de España??
Miguel C
Lima, Peru178 contributions
Hola Santiago, en este enlace (hellotickets) he hallado la siguiente información: "Los mayores de 65 años, los niños menores de 5 años y los estudiantes de la Unión Europea menores de 25 años entran gratis a la Acrópolis presentando su identificación. Estos últimos también obtienen descuento del 50% en la entrada combinada que incluye la visita a otros lugares importantes de la ciudad.", Te recomiendo que llames a este número: +34518890338, allí te podrían confirmar la información (número de acropolis-tickets).
Kami S
Niagara Falls, Canada1 contribution
If I get tickets from the official site (Hellenic Heritage Eticket) for the Acropolis do I have to wait in line when I arrive?
Ccari01
New Jersey1,762 contributions
There are two lines -same as in other busy tourist attractions that I had been to so far.One is for purchase of your tickets and one is for the entrance of ticket holders.Each line can be long especially later in the day .So make sure to go early .Your purchase of tickets online can save you a lot of time since the longer line is usually the purchase line.The entrance line goes quicker.Just make sure you are in the right line .
Giulia V
Porto Alegre, RS
Hii, people!
I'm trying to purchase the tickets from the museum official website ( theacropolismuseum. gr ), but it is not accepting none of my credit cards. Did it happen to anyone else? Was there a solution?
Kato122
Cambridge, UK293 contributions
You can always get tickets at the ticket office. If you go up just before 8am or an hour before closing it is not too crowded. Some of the main attractions are linked on tickets. So if you buy a ticket for one, then you can get free entry to certain others.
Hey guys, is purchasing tickets in advance really necessary for a visit in the middle of May? Is it too crowded? I'm a student hoping to use the lower ticket price option - which is only possible if you buy the tickets physically at the spot.
thomasdefise93
Arlon, Belgium71 contributions
Hi Lilia,
I visited 2 weeks ago on a weekday.
There was around 10 minutes queuing at the entrance at 10AM30.
I would say that it depends on those factors:
- Time of the year, as you mentionned
- Time of the day (most people do Acropolis and then the museum, so peak time at the Acropolis Museum is between 1PM and 5PM I guess)
Also don't forget that it's less the hot season for tourists, but it's the time of the year where students then to visit a lot with their school.
TraceyPhoenix
Phoenix, AZ282 contributions
A recent visitor mentioned to hit up the second floor of the museum first to see the "highlight". Is this is good advice?Wondering what this "highlight" may be? A stunning view of the Acropolis?
Catherine M
Hightstown, NJ148 contributions
The top floor is an atrium that showcases the frieze from the Parthenon, with the pieces arranged in sequence. It includes actual pieces plus recreations of the missing pieces, including those in other museums (e.g. Elgin Marbles), Plus, the view is great. Cafe is also on this floor as I recall.
Justin S
Dublin, Ireland30 contributions
Hi there
Is it possible to leave luggage ie 20kg from plane in lockers here
Thanks
Simon Browne
Nice, France86 contributions
No idea sorry
Are dogs allowed in akropolis if being carried in carrier?
greektraveller13
Cardiff, UK228 contributions
Hi, I do not think so.
You are not allowed to keep your bags and I have never seen any dogs and would doubt if they are allowed at all.
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- Acropolis Museum admission prices can vary. Entrance tickets currently cost AU$20.25, while a popular guided tour starts around AU$10.14 per person.
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- Athens Small Group Tour with Acropolis,Parthenon,Museum and Greek lunch (From AU$211.15)
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