A striking glass-and-concrete building housing Acropolis treasures—caryatids, Parthenon marbles, and votive pottery—where bold modern architecture meets ancient artistry, culminating in the stunning Parthenon Gallery.
“The imposing modernist building brings together the surviving treasures... including items formerly held in other museums or storage, as well as pieces returned from foreign museums.”
– Lonely Planet
Frommer's
"Designed by Bernard Tschumi (and Michalis Fotiadis), the 21,000-sq.-m (226,000-sq.-ft.) glass-and-concrete museum is stunning." Full review
Fodor's
"The Acropolis Museum nods to the fabled ancient hill above it but speaks... in a contemporary architectural language." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"The museum holds more than 4,000 artifacts, including five of the six original caryatids returned by Britain, but its crown glory is the Parthenon Gallery." Full review
Afar Magazine
"One of my most wondrous experiences was a year or two ago at the Acropolis Museum, which is devoted to archaeology." Full review
Let's Go
"The first floor of the museum is dedicated mainly to beautiful works of pottery and other votive offerings to the slopes of the Acropolis." Full review
Michelin Guide
3 Stars
"After entering this place, how will you leave it?" Full review
U.S. News & World Report
1.0
"Houses various archaeological findings from the Acropolis. Key exhibits include a relief of Athena Nike, several carved statues from Erechtheion and a gallery with various Parthenon artifacts." Full review
National Geographic
"The stunning ground floor gallery houses finds from the slopes of the Acropolis. Its amazing transparent glass floor provides a walk over history, with a view of the archaeological..."
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New York Times
"The holdings of the Acropolis Museum include five of the Erechtheion's six original caryatids, the sculpted maidens that support the temple's South Porch in place of columns. The current..."
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National Geographic
"Kids who clamber across the Acropolis and enter its new museum — which displays statues of a three-bodied monster and the goddess Nike leaning over to tie her sandal — gain a tangible..."
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Fodor's
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Afar Magazine
Let's Go
Michelin Guide
U.S. News & World Report
National Geographic
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