Greek Archaeological Museums

Discover the Greek archaeological museums! National, regional or local museums, museums near archaeological sites, spread all over the country, from urban centers to remote villages and islands. All museums, regardless of scale, aim at making the Past familiar, attractive and fun. Find out what is necessary to organize your visit to each one of them and even more!​​

Archaeological Museums in numbers

Archaeological Museums

Visitοrs 2019 - 2020

Temporary exhibitions 2019 - 2020

Announcements
In 2021 the Loverdos Museum- a branch of the Byzantine and Christian Museum, the new Archaeological Museum of Chalkida «Arethousa» and the Archaeological Collection of Sami, Kefalonia opened their gates to the public
In 2021 the permanent exhibitions of the Prehistoric Museum of Thira and the Archaeological Museum of Veria were enriched
Exchibitions
Exhibition in the Archaeological Museum of Delphi from September 23rd 2021 until January 31st 2022, as an act of reciprocation for the loan of important Greek antiquities in the large exhibition hosted in the Louvre Museum, entitled “Paris-Athens. The Birth of Modern Greece, 1675-1919” (30 September 2021 – 7 February 2022)
Exhibition hosted at the National Archaeological Museum in the frame of celebrating 2500 years from the historic battle of Thermopylae and the naval battle of Salamina. Duration: 29 September 2020 until 30 October 2021
The exhibition is presented in the Diachronic Museum of Larissa from July 1st 2021 until April 30th 2022, depicting the tonic current prevailing in Thessaly at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century, with the climax of Neo-hellenic Enlightenment
Exhibition in the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki from 15 July 2021 until 17 July 2022, in the frame of celebrating the 200 years from the outbreak of the struggle for the national independence
This intra-cycladic exhibition is hosted at the Archaeological Museum of Mykonos from the beginning of August until the end of December 2021, in the frame of celebrating the birth of the modern Greek state
The exhibition, presented at the Byzantine and Christian Museum from 18 September 2021 until 31 January 2022, is dedicated to the anniversary of 450 years since the historic naval battle of Nafpaktos in 1571