Museums
In the cultural heart of Athens
Acropolis Vision is centrally located, in the cultural heart of Athens, with most major museums in close proximity to our property. Ideal for cultural “explorers”, Acropolis Vision provides a base of your discovery operations during your stay in Athens!
Find the major museums near our property below. If you need more information don’t hesitate to contact our help-desk.
Acropolis Museum
- Distance: 1.3km
- 20 walk (via Apostolou Pavlou and Dionysiou Areopagitou)
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The Acropolis Museum is an archaeological museum focused on the findings of the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens. The museum was built to house every artifact found on the rock and on the surrounding slopes, from the Greek Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine Greece.
Benaki Museum
- Distance: 1.1km
- 15' walk (via Irakidon & Pireos)
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On the site of a former car dealership and repair shop, the Benaki Museum / Pireos 138 has come to symbolise the modern dynamic of Athens. This beautifully designed museum is a top venue for photography, design, architecture and fashion exhibitions, hosting on a permanent basis the "Modern Greek Architecture collection—the story of modern Athens through building design." The building itself is impressive, with its brick and glass-fronted ramps and skylit atrium, also housing the largest contemporary Greek design shop in Athens.
National Museum of Contemporary Art
- Distance: 1.8km
- 25' walk (via Apostolou Pavlou)
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The National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens (EMST) began its operation in 2000. Its permanent home is the former Fix brewery on Syngrou Ave., the reconstruction of which was completed in 2014. The building occupies 18.142 sqm. on a 3.123 sqm surface. The Museum’s constantly growing collection is formed around a very important nucleus of works by Greek and international artists, such as Jannis Kounellis, Stephen Antonakos, Gary Hill, Vlassis Caniaris, Chryssa, Mona Hatoun, Emily Jacir, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Kim Sooja, Nikos Kessanlis, Shirin Neshat, Lucas Samaras, Costas Tsoclis, Bill Viola, Joseph Kosuth, Pedro Cabrita Reiss, Costas Varotsos, George Lappas, Oliver Ressler, Gulsun Karamustafa a.o.
HISTORICAL SITES
In the heart of ancient Athens
