National Archaeological Museum

A shipwreck in Antikythera, which was discovered just off the coast of Antikythera in the southern Aegean, Greece, will be explored by a mission including Greek and international experts. Archaeologists and scientists from all around the world will dive down to...

From the 16th to the 24th of July, the Athens municipality is organizing nights of music, theater, cinema, shadow theater and dance. The effort is a collaboration of the National Archaeological Museum and the Athens Culture, Youth and Sports Organization (OPANDA)....

An art exhibition will connect the two EU presidencies, the Greek presidency that has just started and will last until June and the Italian, which will start in the second half of 2014. The exhibition will first take place...

The photo exhibition "Seeking ancient kallos" (beauty) by American photographer Joshua Garrick opened on September 12 at The National Archaeological Museum in Athens. The exhibit runs until January 8, 2014. The title of the exhibition marks his desire to seek the core...

The significant rise in tourism can interpret to an extent the rise in the number of visitors to museums and archaeological sites around Greece. According to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), in the period January-April 2013, visitors to museums...

The exhibition, The Antikythera Shipwreck: the Ship, the Treasures, the Mechanism, which is housed at the National Archaeological Museum, will be hosted from March 2014 and for one year at the museum of Basel. This was publicized earlier by the...

The Austrian national daily newspaper Der Standard, in its insert Voyages, published a tribute to Greece, Three thousand  islands, sun and sea. The tribute begins, "Greece comes back as a favorite holiday destination and no wonder why, as the crystal...

Just as Greece is hoping for a tourism rebound after a disappointing 2012 in which visitors, spooked by constant images of protest, riots and strikes that shut down transportation and vital services, state museums and archaeological sites are expected...

All antiquities recovered in 1900-1901 and 1976 from the legendary shipwreck off the islet of Antikythera, south of the Peloponnese, will be presented for the first time in a temporary exhibition entitled "THE ANTIKYTHERA SHIPWRECK: The ship - the treasures - the Mechanism”, starting in...