Epigraphical Museum

With more than fourteen thousand inscriptions, the Epigraphical Museum (Επιγραφικό Μουσείο) holds the largest collection of its kind in the world and is unique in Greece. Epigraphy is the study of inscriptions, and the texts gathered here are mostly Greek. They date from early historical times to the Late Roman period and come primarily from Greece.

The museum occupies the south wing of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Its spaces include inner and outer courtyards, a lobby, eleven rooms, a large Pi-shaped hypostyle corridor, a gallery and a laboratory for conserving inscribed stone monuments. Visitors can see the courtyards, the lobby and four rooms, while the rest is reserved for researchers.

Founded in 1885, the museum names Patroklos Karantinos as its architect. It draws fewer than seven thousand visitors a year, and it best suits those with a particular interest in ancient texts and the stones that carry them.