Acropolis Museum

The unseen emotional landscape in ancient art is explored in the exhibition "Emotions" organized by the Acropolis Museum and the Onassis Foundation, which is to open in Athens on Tuesday and run until November 19. Featuring 129 artifacts from some...

Some 1.4 million people have visited the Acropolis Museum from June 2016 to May 2017 and according to figures that new Acropolis Museum Director and Professor of Archaeology Dimitris Pantermalis announced on Tuesday, foreigners make up 67 percent of...

Forty refugee children from the migrant reception center of Schistos visited the Acropolis Museum on Thursday and were shown around the exhibits and the sculptures, the culture ministry said. The children were welcomed by Culture Minister Lydia Koniordou and the...

The Acropolis Museum is celebrating Independence Day on March 25 with the presentation of a copy of “Kore 685”, on which Swiss painter Émile E. Gilliéron (1885–1939) added the ancient colours, based on the prints created by his father,...

The Acropolis Museum will welcome its visitors during the month of December with imaginative children’s workshops, family backpacks, gallery talks for adults, Christmas tunes, harp melodies and more surprises in the Parthenon Gallery. Little friends who visit the Museum during...

The Acropolis Museum in Athens will open its doors to families with children aged eight to 12 years old on the October 28 as part of the national holiday.  Families can explore the Parthenon Gallery with the aid of a new...

Greece's Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities on Friday celebrated 40 years of documenting and protecting the country's rich underwater heritage. The ephorate presented the latest impressive findings of archaeological research of the 2015-2016 period in a conference at the Acropolis Museum....

A series of events are planned in sites and museums throughout the country on five nights around the August full moon, which falls on August 18. The ministry of culture is opening 116 monuments, sites and museums, free of charge,...

The August full moon is considered one of the most magical nights of the year. Once again this year the Greek Ministry of Culture has organized various events to celebrate this day, under the best of circumstances. Numerous events will...

The Acropolis Museum holds an exhibition on the Oracle of Dodona from June 20, 2016 to January 10, 2017. The exhibition aims at providing wider knowledge about the oldest Greek oracle, tracing the way it functioned, its role and importance...