List of museums in Greece

This is a list of museums in Greece by regional unit.

Attica

Central Athens

Archaeological

• Acropolis Museum
• Archaeological Museum of Kerameikos
• Epigraphical Museum
• Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art
• Museum of the Ancient Agora
• Museum of the Center for the Acropolis Studies
• National Archaeological Museum of Athens
• Old Acropolis Museum
• Numismatic Museum of Athens
• Syntagma Metro Station Archaeological Collection

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

• Byzantine and Christian Museum (of Athens)

Biographical, City, Diachronic, Ethnic, Ethnographic, History, Historic House

• Benaki Museum
• Eleftherios Venizelos Historical Museum
• Jewish Museum of Greece
• Museum of Pavlos and Alexandra Kanellopoulou
• Museum of the City of Athens
• National Historical Museum of Greece (Old Parliament House)

Folklore, Folk art

• Centre for the Study of Traditional Pottery
• Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum
• Museum of Greek Folk Art
• Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments
• Museum of the History of the Greek Costume

Art museums and galleries, Music, Theater, Culture, Popular Art

• Athinais Culture Center
• Bernier–Eliades Gallery Museum
• City of Athens Cultural Center
• Design Museum of the 20th Century
• Frissiras Museum
• Goulandris Museum of Contemporary Art
• Gounaropoulos Museum
• Herakleidon Art Museum
• Museum of Engravings and Graphic Arts
• Marika Kotopouli Museum
• Melina Merkouri Cultural Center
• Municipal Gallery of Athens
• Museum of Children's Art in Plaka
• National Art Gallery ÂÂ
• National Glyptotheque
• National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
• Paxinou-Minotis Museum
• Pieridis Museum of Ancient Cypriot Greek Art & Contemporary Art
• The N. Chatzikiriakos-Gkikas Art Gallery
• Technopolis (Gazi)
• Theatrical Museum of Greece
• Maria Calas Museum

Industry, Maritime, Military, Mill, Railway, Science, Technology

• Athens War Museum
• Evgenidio Foundation
• Hellenic Air Force Museum
• Hellenic Motor Museum
• Railway Museum of Athens

Anthropology, Natural History, Geology, Paleontology

• Museum of Anthropology, University of Athens
• Museum of Criminology (Athens)
• Museum of Geology and Paleontology of the Athens University
• Zoological Museum of the University of Athens

Children, Education, Special Interests, Sports, University

• Athens University Museum
• Hellenic Children's Museum
• Postal & Philatelic Museum of Greece
• Museum of Greek Children's Art (M.G.C.A.)

North Athens

• Deste Foundation (exhibition area)
• Drossinis Museum
• Spathario Museum
• Yiannis Tsarouchis Foundation Museum
• OTE Museum of Telecommunications, Kifisia
• Gaia Center
• Goulandris Natural History Museum

South Athens

• Evgenidio Foundation (Planetarium and Science museum)
• Greek armored cruiser Georgios Averof
• Tactual Museum of Athens

Piraeus regional unit

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Piraeus

Art museums and galleries, Theater

• Municipal Art Gallery of Piraeus
• Panos Aravantinos Decor Museum

Maritime, Railway

• Electric Railways Museum of Piraeus
• Hellenic Maritime Museum (Piraeus)

Islands regional unit

• Archaeological Museum of Aegina
• Archaeological Museum of Poros
• Archaeological Museum of Kythera
• Pavlos Kountouriotis Mansion, Hydra
• Spetses Museum

West Attica

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Eleusis
• Archaeological Museum of Megara

Art museums and galleries

• Skironio Museum Polychronopoulos

East Attica

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Acharnes (part of Folk Art Museum of Acharnes)
• Archaeological Museum of Brauron
• Archaeological Museum of Lavrion
• Archaeological Museum of Marathon
• Athens International Airport Archaeological Collection
• Schimatari Museum

Folklore, Folk art

• Folk Art Museum of Acharnes
• Zygomalas Museum, Avlonas
• Vorres Museum, Paiania

Technology, Geology

• Phaethon Technological Museum (car museum) (Kalamos)
• Mineralogical Museum of Lavrion

Central Macedonia

Thessaloniki regional unit

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
• Museum of Roman Forum

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

• Crypt of Agios Demetrios
• Museum of Byzantine Culture
• White Tower of Thessaloniki

Biographical, City, Diachronic, Ethnic, Ethnographic, History, Historic House, Natural History

• Holocaust Museum of Greece (under construction)
• Atatürk Museum (Thessaloniki)
• Historical Museum of the Balkan Wars
• Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki
• Museum of the Macedonian Struggle
• Natural History Museum (Thessaloniki)

Folklore, Folk art

• Folk Art and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia and Thrace

Art museums and galleries, Music, Theater, Culture, Popular Art

• Art Gallery of the Society of Macedonian Studies
• Cinema Museum of Thessaloniki
• Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art
• National Bank Museum of the Cultural Center of Northern Greece
• Museum of Photography Thessaloniki

Industry, Maritime, Military, Mill, Railway, Science, Technology

• National Map Library
• Railway Museum of Thessaloniki
• Science Center and Technology Museum "Noesis"
• War Museum of Thessaloniki
• Water Supply Museum

Children, Education, Special Interests, Sports, University

• Museum of Plaster Casts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
• Thessaloniki Olympic Museum (former Sports Museum)

Imathia

Agricultural

• Wine and Vine Museum (Naoussa)

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Veroia
• Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai (Vergina)
• Vergina (Building for the protection of the royal tombs > see section)

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

• Byzantine Museum of Veroia

Folklore

• Folklore Museum of the Lyceum of Hellenic Women (Naoussa)
• Folklore Museum of Veroia

Kilkis regional unit

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Kilkis

History, War

• Military museum of Kilkis
• Museum of the Battle of Lahanas

Folklore

• Macedonian Folklore Museum (Goumenissa)

Serres regional unit

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Amphipolis
• Archaeological Museum (Serres)

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

• Ecclesiastical Museum of the Holy Bishopry of Serres and Nigrita
• Museum of the Old Cathedral at Serres

Folklore

• Mihalis Tsartsidis Folklore and History Museum (Sidirokastro)
• Sarakatsani Folklore Museum

Chalkidiki

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Polygyros

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

• Tower of Ouranoupolis

Folklore

• Folklore Museum (Polygyros)
• History and Folklore Museum (Arnaia)

Pella regional unit

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Pella

Ecclesiastical

• Ecclesiastical Museum (Edessa)

Folklore

• Folklore Museum (Edessa)
• Folklore Museum (Yannitsa)
• Nature and Folklore Museum of Loutra Almopias

Pieria

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Dion (Dion)
• Visitable Museum Store in Makrygialos (Makrygialos)

Geological

• Olympus Geological History Museum (Leptokarya)

Folklore

• Folklore Museum of Katerini (Katerini)
• Pieria Asia Minor Society Museum (Katerini)

Maritime

• Maritime Museum of Litochoro (Litochoro)

Eastern Macedonia and Thrace

Rhodope regional unit

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Komotini

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

• Byzantine Museum of Komotini
• Ecclesiastical Museum of the Holy Bishopry of Maroneia and Komotini

Folklore, Folk art

• Basketry Museum of the Roma
• Folklore Museum of Komotini

Kavala

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Kavala
• Archaeological Museum of Philippi

Folklore, Folk art

• Cultural House of Nea Karvali

Industry, Maritime, Military, Mill, Railway, Science, Technology

• Tobacco Museum
• Maritime Museum of Kavala
• Olive and Oil Museum (Eleochori)

Thasos

• Archaeological Museum of Thasos

Evros regional unit

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Samothrace

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

• Alexandroupolis Ecclesiastical Museum

Ethnographic, History

• Ethnological Museum of Thrace (Angeliki Giannakidou)

Industrial, Technology

• Art of Silk Museum, Soufli

Xanthi regional unit

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Abdera

Drama regional unit

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Drama

History

• Natural History Museum (Paranesti)

Folklore

• Folklore Museum (Drama)

Western Macedonia

Kozani regional unit

Archaeological

• Aiani Archaeological Museum
• Archaeological Museum of Kozani

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

• Ecclesiastical Museum of Siatista

Ethnographic, History, Folklore, Folk art

• Anthropological and Folklore Museum (Ptolemaida)
• Historical - Folklore and Natural History Museum of Kozani
• Museum of Modern Local History of Kozani

Natural History, Geology, Paleontology

• Paleontological and Historical Museum of Ptolemais
• Paleontological Museum of Siatista

Kastoria regional unit

Archaeological

• Dispilio Lakeside Neolithic Settlement Archaeological Collection

Architectural

• Monuments Museum (Kastoria)

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

• Byzantine Museum of Kastoria

Folklore, Folk art

• Costume Museum (Kastoria)
• Folklore Museum of Kastoria

Florina regional unit

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Florina

Art museums and galleries

• Florina Museum of Modern Art
• The Florina Art Gallery

Folklore

• Folklore Museum of the Aristotle Association
• Folklore Museum of the Culture Club
• Museum of Folklore and History (Drosopigi)

Grevena regional unit

• History
• Grevena Municipal Museum

Epirus

Ioannina regional unit

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Ioannina

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

• Byzantine Museum of Ioannina

Ethnographic, History, War

• 1912–1913 War Museum
• Athanasios Vrellis Museum of Wax Effigies (in town)
• Municipal Ethnographic Museum of Ioannina
• Ethnographic Museum of the Ioannina University
• Ethnographic Museum of Pyrsoghianni
• Historical Museum of Ioannina
• Museum of National Resistance
• Pavlos Vrellis Museum of Hellenic History
• War Museum of Kalpaki

Folklore, Folk art

• Folk Art Museum of Epirus - "Kostas Frontzos"
• Museum of the Foundation for the Epirotic Studies

Art museums and galleries

• Averoff Gallery (Metsovo)
• Municipal Art Gallery of Ioannina

Arta regional unit

Archaeological

• Archaeological Collection of Arta

Folklore, Folk art

• Arta Folklore Museum of "Skoufas" Association

Preveza regional unit

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Nikopolis in Preveza City

Thesprotia

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Igoumenitsa

Thessaly

Magnesia

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Almyros
• Archaeological Museum of Volos

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

• Ecclesiastic Museum of Aghia Marina

Biographical, Ethnographic, History

• Hellenic Museum of Zagora

Folklore, Folk art

• Museum of Folk Art and History of Pelion
• Kitsos Makris Folklore Museum
• Theofilos Museum of Anakasia

Art museums and galleries

• Alexander K.Damtsas Museum
• Municipal Art Gallery of Volos

Industry, Railway, Technology

• Thessaly Railway Museum
• Tsalapatas National Museum of Industrial History

Natural history

• Athanasios Koutroumbas Insect Museum, in Volos

Sporades

• Alonissos Museum
• Papadiamantis House Museum of Skiathos
• Folklore Museum of Skopelos
• Photographic Center of Skopelos
• Zisis Oikonomou Museum

Larissa regional unit

Diachronic

• Diachronic Museum of Larissa

Ethnographic, Historical, Folklore, Folk art, Ecclesiastical

• Folklore and Historical Museum of Larissa
• Folklore and Historical Museum of Ambelakia
• G. Schwartz Mansion of Ambelakia
• Folklore Museum of Gonnoi
• Folklore Museum of Livadi – G. Olympios Mansion
• Folklore Museum of Dolichi
• Museum of Thessalic Life of Elateia
• Hatzigogos Inn Historical Museum of Sarantaporo
• Wine Museum of Rapsani
• Wine Museum of Tyrnavos
• Folklore Museum of Verdikoussia

Art museums and Galleries

• Municipal Art Gallery – G.I Katsigra Museum of Larissa

Anthropology, Natural History, Geology, Paleontology

Military, Science, Biographical, Education

• Larissa Museum of National Resistance of Thessaly
• School Museum of Farsala

Central Greece

Phthiotis

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Atalanti
• Archaeological Collection of Elateia
• Archaeological Museum of Lamia

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

• Byzantine Museum of Phthiotida

Phocis

Archaeological

• Amfissa Archaeological Museum
• Archaeological Collection of Lidoriki
• Delphi Archaeological Museum
• Galaxidi Archaeological Collection

Euboea regional unit

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Eretria
• Archaeological Museum of Skyros
• Archaeological Museum of Chalkis
• Archaeological Museum of Karystos

Folklore, Folk art

• Folklore Museum of Kymi
• Manos Faltaits Museum (Skyros)

Boeotia

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Chaironeia
• Archaeological Museum of Thebes
• Distomo Archaeological Collection
• Schimatari Museum

Ionian Islands

Corfu regional unit

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Corfu
• Archaeological Museum of Paleopolis

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

• Byzantine Museum of Antivouniotissa

Biographical, Ethnic, History

• Kapodistrias Museum
• Serbian Museum of Corfu
• Solomos Museum

Art museums and galleries

• Museum of Asian art of Corfu
• Municipal Gallery of Corfu

Music Museum

• The Music Museum 'Nikolaos Halikiopoulos Mantzaros' of the Philharmonic Society of Corfu

Numismatic Museum

• Banknote Museum

Zakynthos

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

• Byzantine Museum of Zakynthos

Biographical, History

• Museum of Dionysios Solomos and Eminent Zakynthians
• Museum of Grigorios Xenopoulos

Cephalonia

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Argostoli
• Archaeological Collection of Stavros

Folklore, Folk art

• Korgialeneio Historical and Folklore Museum

Natural history

• Museum of Natural History of Cephalonia and Ithaca

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

• St. Andrew Convent- The ecclesiastical Museum

Maritime

• Maritime Museum of the Ionian Sea
• Nautical and Environmental Museum of Fiscardo

Ithaca

• Archaeological Museum of Vathy

Lefkada regional unit

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Lefkada

West Greece

Achaea

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Aigion
• Archaeological Museum of Patras
• Fissini Street Archeological Collection (Patras)

Ethnographic, History

• Historical Museum of The Aghia Lavra Monastery
• Museum of the Sacrifice of the People of Kalavryta

Folklore, Folk art

• Folk Art Museum of Patras

Art museums and galleries, Popular art

• Popular Art Museum of Chalandritsa

Natural history

• Zoological Museum of the Patras University

Science and Technology

• Museum of Science & Technology of the University of Patras

Aetolia-Acarnania

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Agrinion
• Archaeological Museum of Thyrreion

Ethnographic, Folklore, History

• Aitoloakarnania Folklore Museum
• Museum of the History of the Holy City of Mesolongi
• Ethnographic Museum of Kaletzi
• Ethnographic Museum of Lefkasio

Elis

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Elis
• Archaeological Museum of Olympia
• The Old Museum of Olympia

Sports

• Museum of the Modern Olympic Games

Technology

• Museum of Ancient Greek Technology (Ilia)

Peloponnese

Argolis

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Argos
• Archaeological Museum of Epidaurus
• Archaeological Museum of Mycenae
• Archaeological Museum of Nafplion
• Archaeological Museum of Nemea

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

• Byzantine Museum of Argolis

Folklore, Folk art

• Komboloi Museum
• Laskarideio Folklore Museum

Messenia

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Chora
• Archaeological Museum of Messenia
• Benakeion Archaeological Museum of Kalamata Now defunct, see Archaeological Museum of Messenia
• Museum of Ancient Messene

Arcadia

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Astros
• Archaeological Museum of Lykosoura
• Archaeological Museum of Tegea

Open-air

• Dimitsana Open-air Water Power Museum

Corinthia

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth
• Archaeological Museum of Isthmia

Ethnographic, Folklore, Historical

• Historical and Folklore Museum of Corinth

Laconia

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Sparta
• Monemvasia Archaeological Collection

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

• Archaeological Museum of Mystras

North Aegean

Chios regional unit

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Chios

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

• Chios Byzantine Museum
• Museum of Nea Moni at Chios

Maritime

• Chios Maritime Museum

Lesbos

Archaeological

• Archaeological – Folklore Collection of Napi
• Archaeological Museum of Mytilene

Geology, Natural History, Paleontology

• Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest

Ouzo

• Ouzo Museum – The World of Ouzo

Lemnos regional unit

• Archaeological Museum of Lemnos

Ikaria regional unit

• Archaeological Collection of Agios Kirykos

Samos

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Samos
• Kambos Archaeological Museum
• The Paleontological Museum of Mytilinioi (Samos)

South Aegean

Andros

• Archaeological Museum of Andros
• Archaeological Museum of Palaiopolis
• Andros Museum of Modern Art
• Andros Maritime Museum

Kalymnos regional unit

• Archaeological Museum of Astypalaia
• Archaeological Museum of Kalymnos
• Vouvalis Mansion (Kalymnos)

Karpathos regional unit

• Archaeological Museum of Karpathos (future)

Kea-Kythnos

• Archaeological Museum of Kea

Kos regional unit

• Archaeological Museum of Kos
• Archaeological Museum of Nisyros

Milos regional unit

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Kimolos
• Archaeological Museum of Milos
• Archaeological Collection of Serifos
• Archaeological Museum of Sifnos
• Archaeological Collection of Agios Andreas on Sifnos

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

• Ecclesiastical Museum in Adamas (Milos)

Other

• Milos Mining Museum (Adamas on Milos)

Mykonos

• Archaeological Museum of Delos
• Archaeological Museum of Mykonos
• Mykonos Folklore Museum
• Aegean Maritime Museum (Mykonos)

Naxos regional unit

Archaeological

• Archaeological Collection of Amorgos
• Archaeological Museum of Apeiranthos
• Archaeological Museum of Gyroulas at Sangri
• Archaeological Museum of Naxos

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

• Byzantine Museum of Naxos

Other

• Apiranthos Natural History Museum
• Vallindras Distilery (Kitron Naxou distillery in Chalkio on Naxos) ! Not listed as a museum
• Venetian Museum (Della Rocca Barozzi at Naxos)

Paros regional unit

• Archaeological Museum of Paros

Rhodes regional unit

• Archaeological Museum of Rhodes
• Kastellorizo Archaeological Museum
• Palace of the Grand Masters (Rhodes)
• Kastellorizo Folk Art Museum
• Decorative Arts Collection, Rhodes
• Aquarium of Rhodes
• Bee Museum of Rhodes
• Museum of Mineralogy & Paleontology Stamatiadis, Rhodes

Syros

• Archaeological Museum of Syros

Thira regional unit

• Archaeological Collection of Anafi
• Folegandros Folklore Museum
• Archaeological Museum of Ios
• Archaeological Museum of Thera
• Museum of Prehistoric Thira

Tinos

• Archaeological Museum of Tinos

Crete

Chania regional unit

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Chania
• Archaeological Museum of Kissamos

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

• Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Collection of Chania
• Museum of the Monastery of Agia Triada Tsangarolon
• Museum of the Monastery of Chryssopighi
• Museum of the Monastery of Gonia

Biographical, Ethnographic, History

• Eleftherios Venizelos Museum of Chalepa

Historical, Folklore

• Historical and Folklore Museum of Gavalochori

Maritime, War

• Maritime Museum of Crete

Children, Education

• School Life Museum

Heraklion regional unit

Archaeological

• Heraklion Archaeological Museum
• Archaeological Museum of Messara

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

• Collection of Agia Aikaterini of Sinai
• Collection of Agios Matthaios of Sinai

Biographical, Ethnographic, History, War

• Historical Museum of Crete
• Museum of Cretan Ethnology
• Museum of the Battle of Crete
• Nikos Kazantzakis Museum

Folklore, Open Air

Art museums and galleries

• Museum of Visual Arts

Natural History

• Aquaworld Aquarium

• Video Games Museum
• Natural History Museum of Crete

Rethymno regional unit

Archaeological

• Archaeological Museum of Rethymno
• Museum of Ancient Eleutherna

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

• Museum of the Monastery of Arkadi
• Museum of the Monastery of Preveli

Ethnographic, Folklore, Historical

• Historical and Folklore Museum of Rethymno

Folklore, Folk art

• The Frantzeskaki Collection

Art museums and galleries

• Municipal Gallery "L.Kanakakis"

Natural history

• Museum of Sea Life at Rethymno
• Paleolithic museum of Rethymno

Lasithi (regional unit)

Archaeological

• Archaeological Collection of Neapolis
• Archaeological Museum of Agios Nikolaos
• Archaeological Museum of Sitia

References

External links

• Museums in Greece by the Greek National Tourism Organisation
• Ministry of culture of Greece /Museums
• City of Athens /Museums
• City of Athens/Visitors' website /Museums
• Athens Museums' Guide with Reviews
• Greek museums info