National Archaeological Museum

Dani Manrique★★★★★★★★★★5.0a week ago

One of the best archaeological museums I have ever visited. The collection is outstanding and offers an incredible journey through thousands of years of Greek history, from the Bronze Age to Classical Antiquity. Must-see highlights: * The Mask of Agamemnon * The Bronze Warrior of Artemision * The Jockey of Artemision * The Mycenaean Gold Collection * The Antikythera Mechanism * the Minoan objects. The museum is beautifully organized, and every room contains pieces that could easily be the centerpiece of many other museums. If you are visiting Athens, don’t rush through it, give yourself at least a few hours to fully appreciate the collection. You can scan a QR at the entrance and buy the tickets

Karyon Wong★★★★★★★★★★5.0a month ago

My favorite museum in Athens. The collection is huge and incredibly impressive, with artifacts from many different cultures and historical periods. The explanations are detailed and easy to follow. The air conditioning was comfortable and not too cold, which made the visit pleasant. The museum is very large — even after 3 hours, I still couldn’t finish everything. It was also less crowded than the Acropolis Museum. Highly recommended! But the museum shop is quite expensive I hope that the products with high quality.

Kimberley Howarth★★★★★★★★★★5.04 weeks ago

The queue is not too bad to get in, but the security is very tight. You have to check backpacks at the door, and you need to have smaller handbags and your handphone scanned. Tickets for non-EU tourists are €20. If you are from the EU, you need to bring ID. The museum is actually enormous, and quite amazing. Some exhibits are a bit hard to read as some of them are positioned very low. The top floor is entirely vases ceramics. Many artefacts actually came from graves, and there are many grave steles and funerary items. Also unexpectedly there is a large Egyptian gallery as well, with mummies and other interesting artefacts. All in all I had a very good experience here and spent quite a long time here.

Wonuk Park★★★★★★★★★★5.02 months ago

I came here with my family for my baby girl's experience. It is like 1 hour length place to see around, rather big but not huge. Display is good in my opinion. All those inside are very cool to be seen simlar to other older relics in different locations Europe. Oviously, greek one is even more acient. All different types of gods are also pretty interesting as are those only exsited in my books as knowledge. Feels like it is more live things to me now. In the Museum, you cannot touch glasses, and also kids cannot be sit in the shoulder(!) by rule. The garden cafe is pretty cozy area but costly. Enterance fee for adult is 20 euro, 3.5 y.o baby is for free. Enjoy and cheers!

Aleksandra★★★★★★★★★★1.04 months ago

A massive disappointment – not worth the 20 € entry fee Unfortunately, my visit to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens was a huge letdown. Despite visiting in February, the interior was stiflingly hot and stuffy. The exhibitions are monotonous, and the presentation is subpar: terrible lighting casts shadows over the artifacts, and the information plaques are placed at knee height, making them nearly impossible to read comfortably. Furthermore, many rooms were cordoned off with tape and inaccessible. The museum’s layout is poorly organized, with no clearly marked visitor path, causing us to wander back into the same rooms repeatedly. To make matters worse, the official museum app we downloaded was completely useless and provided no real value. The lowest point, however, was the state of the restrooms. There was no toilet paper, no paper towels, no toilet seats, and the flushes were broken. On top of that, there was an overpowering smell of chemicals. It is unacceptable for an institution of this stature to be so poorly maintained. I honestly cannot recommend it – for 20 €, there are far better-managed sites to visit in Athens.