Αθήνα αξιοθέατα

Exhibition of the National Archaeological Museum:  «The countless aspects of Beauty» brings out the different versions of aesthetics within variegated social and cultural contexts from the Neolithic period up to late Antiquity, making the best of the exceptionally wide chronological spectrum covered by the collections of the National Archaeological Museum. Three hundred and forty antiquities from its rich collections, in combination with contemporary digital applications, offer an aesthetic feast and promise a journey through time full of aesthetic gratifications. The concept of the Beautiful,  comes as an ideal epilogue to the trilogy, since the cultivation of love for the arts was essential among the founding purposes of the National Archaeological Museum (RD 31.7.1893). Focusing on the most intellectual and highest moment of human creation, the exhibition encourages aesthetic contemplation, inviting at the same time the visitors to explore the spiritual basis of aestheti...

The National Archaeological Museum of Athens is the largest archaeological museum in Greece and one of the most important museums in the world devoted to ancient Greek art. It was founded at the end of the 19th century to house and protect antiquities from all over Greece, thus displaying their historical, cultural and artistic value. Museum building, a protected historical monument, was founded in 1866 on a plot donated by Eleni Tositsa. Its construction was based on designs by the Architects L. Lange and P. Kalkos. The final form of its facade was the work of the E. Ziller, who also supervised the work until 1889, when the west wing was completed. The present building took form gradually in the 20th century with a series of additions on the east side. In its galleries can be traced  the long evolution of ancient Greek culture. The Museum Collections - Prehistoric and Egyptian Antiquities, Sculpture, Vases and the Minor Arts and Bronze - are amongst the most compre...