The main building on Kydathinaion street houses the administrative offices of the museum, the department of the educational programs, the library, the multimedia file, the multi-function room and the main exhibition halls. In the museum you can also visit the following:
- The Mosque of Monastiraki Square, which houses a pottery collection, donated by Professor B. Kyriazopoulos. [1 Areos Str., Monastiraki Square]
- “Bathhouse of the Winds", the only one of the Public Baths of Athens that you can see till nowadays. [Plaka, near the Roman Agora]
- The building of 22 Panos Str., which houses the collection of traditional craft tools, donated by the Company of Folklore Studies.
Open hours
- Main Building: Tuesday - Sunday, 08: 00-15: 00
- Mosque: Monday, Wednesday - Sunday, 08: 00-15: 00
- Bulding of 22 Panos str.: Tuesday - Sunday, 8:00 to 15:00
- Bathhouse of the Winds: Monday, Wednesday - Sunday, 8:00 to 15:00
Ticket prices
- General admission: 2 €
- Reduced fare (Students of countries outside the EU, citizens of the EU, adults over the age of 65): 1 €
Free admission
- Young people up until the age of 18 (with a show of ID).
- Students of universities, technical universities or equivalent schools of EU countries with a show of their student ID.
- Students of classical studies or the School of Fine Arts of countries outside the EU with a show of their student ID.
- Soldiers serving their military service with a show of ID.
- Members of the International Council of Museums (ICOM).
- Tour guides with a show of their Greek National Tourism Organization (EOT) card.
- Journalists with a show of their Journalists’ Union of Athens Daily (ΕΣΗΕΑ) card.
- Free entry card holders
Free entrance days:
- Every first Sunday of the month from November 1st - March 31st
- All National Holidays.
- March 6th: In honor of Melina Merkouri.
- April 18th: International Monuments Day.
- May 18th: International Museums Day.
- June 5th: World Environment Day.
- Annually, the last weekend of September (European Heritage Days).
17 Kydathinaion street, 10558, Plaka, Athens [Main Building]
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