Museums in Greece
182 museums in Greece. Most visited: National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
Top museums in Greece
National Archaeological Museum of Athens
Archaeology museum · 594,219 visitors a year
Step into the heart of ancient Greece at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, a treasure trove that brings the rich tapestry of Greek history to life. As the largest and most significant...
Heraklion Archaeological Museum
Archaeology museum · 555,031 visitors a year
Almost everything known about Minoan Crete can be traced through the objects in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum. It holds the most important collection of Minoan art anywhere, gathered largely...
Acropolis Museum
Archaeology museum · 547,910 visitors a year
At the foot of the Acropolis, the Acropolis Museum brings ancient Athens into sharp, immediate focus. Its glass-and-concrete design feels light and open, with daylight pouring onto sculptures,...
Benaki Museum
Art museum · 315,693 visitors a year
Set in a graceful neoclassical mansion in central Athens, the Benaki Museum offers a journey through Greek culture that feels both intimate and expansive. Founded by Antonis Benakis and opened in...
White Tower of Thessaloniki
290,192 visitors a year
The cylindrical Ottoman tower on Thessaloniki's waterfront is the city's best-known landmark. In Greek it is Lefkós Pýrgos. It was built after the Ottoman conquest of 1430, probably on the site of an...
Delphi Archaeological Museum
Archaeology museum · 249,754 visitors a year
Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes
Historic house, palace or castle · 235,413 visitors a year
Website of Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes
Archaeological Museum of Olympia
Archaeology museum · 124,136 visitors a year
Archaeological Museum of Paros
Archaeology museum · 9,346 visitors a year
Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
Archaeology museum
Artifacts from Thessaloniki itself make up most of the collection at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki (Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Θεσσαλονίκης), which holds and interprets material from the...
Art Gallery of the Society for Macedonian Studies
Art museum
Thessaloniki's first organised visual art institution, the Art Gallery of the Society for Macedonian Studies (Πινακοθήκη Εταιρείας Μακεδονικών Σπουδών) was founded in 1975 to promote and disseminate...
Website of Art Gallery of the Society for Macedonian Studies
Athens University Museum
The house where the University of Athens held its first classes, from 1837 to 1841, is now the university's own museum. Its Greek name, Μουσείο Ιστορίας Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών, means Museum of the...
Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation Museum, Athens
Art museum
The private collection of shipowner Basil Goulandris and his wife Elise Karadontis, valued at about three billion US dollars, forms the core of this museum in the Pangrati district of Athens. Also...
Website of Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation Museum, Athens
Cinema Museum of Thessaloniki
Housed in Warehouse 1, a listed building on quay 1 of Thessaloniki's harbour near Aristotelous Square, the Cinema Museum of Thessaloniki gathers, preserves and displays the objects behind cinema in...
Criminology Museum of Athens
The history of crime in Greece during the 19th and 20th centuries is the subject of the Museum of Criminology, an exhibition space belonging to the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens....
Deste Foundation
Art museum
The private art collection of Greek businessman Dakis Joannou is the core of the Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, which Joannou founded in 1983. The foundation is in Nea Ionia, a...
Eleftherios Venizelos Historical Museum
History museum
Named after Eleftherios Venizelos, the Liberal Party leader who served as prime minister of Greece for more than 12 years across eight terms between 1910 and 1933, this Athens museum was founded in...
Epigraphical Museum
Archaeology 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...
Folklife and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia and Thrace
Ethnographic or open-air museum
A seaside villa built in 1906 for the banker Jacob Modiano houses the Folklife and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia and Thrace. Known as Villa Modiano or Old Government House, the building was...
Website of Folklife and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia and Thrace
Frissiras Museum
Art museum
Every painting and sculpture in the Frissiras Museum's collection takes the human form and body as its subject. The museum, in the Plaka district of Athens, holds around four thousand works of...
Museums by city in Greece
Greece’s museums are closely tied to the landscapes around them. In Athens, major institutions such as the Acropolis Museum, the National Archaeological Museum, and the Benaki Museum place classical sculpture, everyday objects, and modern Greek culture within easy reach of one another. Across the country, museums often sit beside the very sites they help explain, making a visit feel connected to the ruins, neighborhoods, and coastlines outside.
Regional museums add a strong local dimension. Heraklion Archaeological Museum introduces Minoan Crete through frescoes, pottery, and palace finds, while Delphi, Olympia, and Rhodes present collections shaped by sanctuaries, athletic festivals, and medieval rule. In Thessaloniki, the White Tower and Byzantine collections reflect the city’s role in Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman history. Mooseum helps visitors compare these places and navigate them more easily through digital tours and indoor maps.
Museum-going in Greece is not limited to ancient art. You’ll also find Byzantine and ecclesiastical museums, folk art collections, maritime museums, and house museums that illuminate island life and urban history. Whether you are planning a day in Athens or combining museums with archaeological sites in the Peloponnese, Crete, or the Dodecanese, Mooseum offers a practical way to discover museums that match your route and interests.
Map of museums in Greece
Museums in Greece: questions
- How many museums are there in Greece?
- Mooseum lists 182 museums in Greece. Athens has the most, with 47.
- Which cities in Greece have the most museums?
- Athens (47), Thessaloniki (19), Heraklion (6) and Corfu (5).
- What are the most visited museums in Greece?
- By annual visitors reported on Wikipedia: National Archaeological Museum of Athens (594,219), Heraklion Archaeological Museum (555,031) and Acropolis Museum (547,910).
- What kinds of museums are in Greece?
- Of the 143 whose type we know, the most common are archaeology museums (62), art museums (28), history museums (9) and historic houses, palaces and castles (8).
- Strong archaeological collections spanning Cycladic, Minoan, Mycenaean, Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods
- Site museums at places like Delphi and Olympia that help connect artifacts directly to temples, sanctuaries, and ancient athletic grounds
- Important Byzantine and post-Byzantine collections, especially in Thessaloniki and other northern Greek cities
- Island museums in Crete, Rhodes, and the Aegean that reflect maritime trade, local identity, and layered cultural influences
- A mix of national museums, regional archaeological museums, folk museums, and restored historic buildings across mainland Greece and the islands
- Check seasonal opening hours before you go, especially outside summer; many museums and archaeological sites in Greece keep different winter and summer schedules.
- Look for combined tickets in cities such as Athens, where museum visits are often paired with nearby archaeological sites for better value and easier planning.
- In peak summer, visit popular museums like the Acropolis Museum early in the day to avoid heat, queues, and the busiest tour groups.
- On islands and in smaller towns, public transport can be limited outside main routes, so confirm bus timetables in advance or plan museum visits around ferry and local bus schedules.
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