Benaki Museum - Museum of Greek CulturevsAcropolis Museum
Both Benaki Museum and Acropolis Museum are rated highly by those who travel for a living. Overall, Acropolis Museum is the choice of most reviewers compared to Benaki Museum. Acropolis Museum scores 97 with approval from 8 reviewers such as Travel + Leisure, Let's Go and Michelin Guide.
Benaki Museum - Museum of Greek Culture
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1, Koumbari St & Vas. Sofias Av., Athens 106 74, Greece
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Lonely PlanetTop choice
"Greece’s finest private museum contains the vast collection of Antonis Benakis, accumulated during 35 years of avid collecting in Europe and Asia." Full review
Travel + Leisure "This art and history museum is taking over Athens." Full review
Let's Go "Come to the stately Benaki Museum for a truly grandiose museum experience." Full review
Fodor's "Greece's oldest private museum received a spectacular addition in 2004, just before the Athens Olympics, with a hyper-modern new branch that looks like it was airlifted in from New York City." Full review
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"Expanded and organised along chronological lines from the prehistoric to the present day, underlining the continuity of Greek culture and traditions." Full review
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Outstanding examples of goldware and icons, regional costume, and figurative painting.
National Geographic "Stylish, modern, and user-friendly. Admire Greek folk art and costumes at the original museum; modern design and architecture at the trendy new annex." Full review
The Telegraph "Housed in a neo-classical building with a lovely roof-terrace cafe, this museum traces Greek art right up the 20th century." Full review
U.S. News & World Report8.0
"Focuses on Greek art, from prehistory to the modern age. Its campus features several contemporary and historic buildings that house everything from Islamic art to art studios " Full review
Frommer's "The Benaki is small enough that you do not feel overwhelmed, yet it packs in treasures from the Neolithic era all the way to the 20th century" Full review
Acropolis Museum Frommer's Fodor's Lonely Planet Travel + Leisure
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Dionysiou Areopagitou 15, Makrigianni District, Athens 11742, Greece
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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
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"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." 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
The Telegraph "Archaic and classical finds from the Acropolis site are displayed here – proud statues of the ancients and life-like stone carvings of animals." Full review
U.S. News & World Report1.0
"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
Frommer's "It's impossible to miss the glass-and-concrete façade of this 21,000-square-meter (226,000-square-feet), startlingly modern museum—there's nothing else like it within miles of the Acropolis" Full review
