Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece

Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

A photograph of Acropolis Museum — Photograph · Yair-haklai · CC BY-SA 4.0

Monday	09:00 – 17:00
Tuesday	09:00 – 20:00
Wednesday	09:00 – 20:00
Thursday	09:00 – 20:00
Friday	09:00 – 22:00
Saturday	09:00 – 20:00
Sunday	09:00 – 20:00

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Per person	€20.00

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Today: Open today, 09:00 – 20:00
Visit duration: 2 hr 30 min
Accessibility: Step-free
Price: €20.00 per person
Standing: Must see
Rank: Rank 2 of 4,203

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Place details and sources

This place is a Museum. It opened in 2009. It was built in the modern architecture style. It was designed by Michael Photiadis. It is built of reinforced concrete. It is run by Ministry of Culture (Greece).

Official website: www.theacropolismuseum.gr Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
Telephone: +30 21 0900 0900 OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Address: Διονυσίου Αρεοπαγίτου, 15, 11742, Αθήνα, GR OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Wheelchair access: Available OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Admission fee: 5.00 EUR OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Museum type: Archaeology OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Type of place: Museum OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Established: 2009 Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
Architectural style: modern architecture Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
Internet access: Wi-Fi OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Material: reinforced concrete Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
Opened: 2009 Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
Architect: Michael Photiadis Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
Architect: Bernard Tschumi Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
Operator: Ministry of Culture (Greece) Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
Wikipedia article: Acropolis Museum Wikipedia · Checked 2026-09-09

About Acropolis Museum

The Acropolis Museum is a single-site museum: everything in it was found on the Athenian Acropolis or on the slopes below it, and nothing in it comes from anywhere else. It opened to the public on 20 June 2009, replacing the small nineteenth-century museum that had stood in a hollow on the Rock itself since 1863 and had long since run out of room. The building also sits on stilts. 1 April–31 October: Monday 09:00–17:00; Tuesday–Thursday 09:00–20:00; Friday 09:00–22:00; Saturday–Sunday 09:00–20:00. 1 November–31 March: Monday–Thursday 09:00–17:00; Friday 09:00–22:00; Saturday–Sunday 09:00–20:00.

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What's inside

The route runs upward through four levels. The ground floor is the Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, a ramp that climbs the way the ancient approach to the Rock climbed, holding finds from the sanctuaries, houses and theatres on the hillsides; glass panels in its floor look down onto the excavation. The western section holds sculpture from the Athena Nike temple and the Erechtheion. Original marbles stand beside plaster copies of the pieces held in London and elsewhere.

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How long to spend

Allow two and a half hours. The Museum publishes no suggested visit length anywhere on its site, so that figure is this guide's judgement built from what the Museum does publish, not a number read off a page. It buys the three floors walked properly at about forty minutes each, plus the twenty to thirty minutes the excavation underneath deserves and most visitors forget to budget for, plus the queue and the X-ray check at the door. General admission is €20 and includes all exhibition areas and the archaeological excavation beneath the Museum. The Museum ticket is separate from admission to the Acropolis archaeological site.

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Season and crowds

The Museum runs two seasons. From 1 April to 31 October it opens 9 am to 8 pm from Tuesday to Sunday, with Monday short at 9 am to 5 pm and Friday long at 9 am to 10 pm. There is no weekly closing day. 1 April–31 October: Monday 09:00–17:00; Tuesday–Thursday 09:00–20:00; Friday 09:00–22:00; Saturday–Sunday 09:00–20:00. 1 November–31 March: Monday–Thursday 09:00–17:00; Friday 09:00–22:00; Saturday–Sunday 09:00–20:00. Wheelchair and stroller ramps are provided at every Museum entrance. Elevators and accessible toilets are available on every floor. Wheelchairs may be borrowed from the Visitor Services Desk.

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Tickets

General admission is 20 euros a head and reduced admission is 10 euros, with no seasonal difference in the current price table. One ticket covers all the exhibition areas and the archaeological excavation beneath the building. Tickets are single-use and valid only for the date printed on them, so a two-day return visit means paying twice. General admission is €20 and includes all exhibition areas and the archaeological excavation beneath the Museum. The Museum ticket is separate from admission to the Acropolis archaeological site. Wheelchair and stroller ramps are provided at every Museum entrance.

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Getting there

The address is Dionysiou Areopagitou 15, 11742 Athens, and the entrance sits at the start of the Dionysiou Areopagitou pedestrian street, the walkway that links the Museum to the Acropolis and the sites around it. The metro is the simple answer. The nearest tram stop is Leoforos Vouliagmenis. The nearest metro station is Akropoli on Line 2 (Anthoupoli–Elliniko). Makrigianni is the nearest city-bus and trolley stop; trolley lines 1, 5 and 15 serve it. The nearest tram station is Leoforos Vouliagmenis. Tourist coaches may drop groups on Hatzichristou Street, with the group entrance on Mitseon Street. Bicycle racks are beside the main entrance on Dionysiou Areopagitou and at Akropoli metro station.

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What to watch out for

Three things catch people out. First, the closing time is not the leaving time: last entry is thirty minutes earlier and staff start clearing galleries fifteen minutes before the door shuts, so arriving an hour before closing buys perhaps forty usable minutes. Groups of 16 to 40 must book in advance and may be turned away without a reservation. Wheelchair and stroller ramps are provided at every Museum entrance. Wheelchairs may be borrowed from the Visitor Services Desk. Guide dogs are permitted. A short Braille guide in Greek and English is available from the Information Desk.

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Photography

Amateur photography and filming for personal use are permitted throughout the Museum with one firm exception: the Archaic Acropolis Gallery on the first floor, where cameras are not allowed at all, because many of those sculptures still carry traces of their ancient paint. That rules out the korai, the Peplos Kore and the Rampin Rider, which is the single fact most visitors wish they had known before arriving. What is left is still the best picture in the building. Guide dogs are permitted. A short Braille guide in Greek and English is available from the Information Desk.

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