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Best museums in Athens

5 places from 5 Athens travel vlogs, most-mentioned first. The play button jumps to that moment in the video.

5 places

  1. Acropolis Museum

    Museum · Makrygianni

    Modern museum holding some of the most valuable ancient Greek artworks, known for their intricate detail; best visited before the Acropolis for context.

    2:41· Wolters Worldin 4 vlogs

  2. National Archaeological Museum

    Museum · Exarchia

    Premier collection of ancient Greek art from 7000 BC to AD 300, with Mycenaean gold, archaic kouros statues and classical bronzes.

    12:13· Rick Steves' Europein 3 vlogs

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3 more picks, each from a single vlog, so not ranked.

  1. Stoa of Attalos

    Museum · Monastiraki

    2nd-century BC colonnaded stoa rebuilt in modern times to house the Agora museum, showing how the site once looked.

    4:02· Rick Steves' Europe1 vlog

  2. Byzantine and Christian Museum

    Museum · Kolonaki

    Museum of Byzantine art in a mansion originally built for the Duchess of Plaisance, with paintings, sculptures, textiles and mosaics.

    1:07· Travelmoji1 vlog

  3. Museum of Cycladic Art

    Museum · Kolonaki

    Museum founded by the Nicholas and Dolly Goulandris Foundation to show ancient Cycladic art, along with Cypriot works.

    4:44· Travelmoji1 vlog