National Archaeological Museum

It is the largest museum in Greece and one of the most important museums in the world

Archaeological Museum of Heraklion

It owns the most significant collection of minoan antiquities in the world

Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki

It highlights the history of Macedonia from prehistory until late antiquity

Byzantine and Christian Museum

Presenting the art and culture of byzantine and post-byzantine times

Archaelogical Museum of Chalkida «Arethousa»

A thematic display brinngs to life, not only the building's history but also prominent aspects of the history of Evia

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 2023 - 2024

Temporary exhibitions 2022 - 2023

Announcements

The new Diachronic Archaeological Museum of Tilos and the upgraded Archaeological Museums of Samothraki, Dilos and Petralona cave have recently started their operation and the Museums of the Castles of Nafpaktos and Agia Mavra in Lefkada.

Exhibitions

The Archaeological Museum of Piraeus hosts from 23 September 2022 a temporary exhibition with some of the most important finds from the rescue excavation at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center at the Faliron Delta. The exhibits emphasize the significance of an extended in place and time seaside cemetery, providing an insight of the Athenian society mainly during archaic times, as a reflection of the city’s pulsing life with notions that led to political developments and finally to Democracy.

Important new findings from cemeteries and individual burials of ancient Melians are presented to the public from the first time in the Archaeological Museum of Milos from the 1st July 2022.

On the occasion of the recent finds that were discovered in the Hellenistic City of Petra in Amyntaio, the Archaeological Museum of Florina hosts from 5 February 2024 a temporary exhibition that presents the daily life and the various activities of the people of the Hellenistic period in the area.

The new temporary exhibition presented at the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion illuminates the fascinating history of the founding and development of the poleis of Crete during the Archaic period (7th - 5th century BC) that emerged as centers of culture and power, some 500 years after the end of the glorious Minoan world. The title of the exhibition ‘EKATOMPOLIS’ draws its inspiration from the reference to Crete as the ‘island of a hundred cities’ in Homer’s Iliad. Duration: December 2024 - August 2025