Acropolos Museum 07 Jul 2022

The Acropolis Museum is an archaeological museum focused on the findings of the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens. The museum was built to house every artifact found on the rock and on the surrounding slopes, from the Greek Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine Greece. It also lies over the ruins of part of Roman and early Byzantine Athens.
Located in the southeast corner of Acropolis rock. It was built to house the vast exhibits that were found during the excavations in the Acropolis and who were…
All the artifacts recovered from the excavation site date back to the Greek Bronze Age, the Roman and the Byzantine era.
It is a four storied museum, where…
The total area of this building is 14,000 sqm and there are more than 4,000 historical objects on display. An interesting feature of this museum is the…
Reconstruction of the East Pediment
Reconstruction of the East Pediment
On the top floor, there is the most impressive part of the museum: the frieze of the Parthenon, as it was in its original form.
Of course, there aren't all the pieces of the frieze, as almost half of them are kept in the British Museum in London.
However, the archaeologists and special…
In fact, this is one of the main reasons why this museum was created: to put pressure on the British Museum and give the Elgin Marbles back to Greece, to host…
An ancient Athenian neighbourhood is uniquely incorporated into the architecture of the Acropolis Museum as an addition to its exhibits, interwoven with the…
Located on the gentle continuation of the Acropolis Rock’s south slope, the area accommodates daily life and human activities from the 4th millennium BC to the…
Roads, houses, baths, workshops and tombs make up the complex picture of this archaeological site, with the best preserved remains dating from late antiquity.