# The best museums in Athens

From the Acropolis Museum and the Archaeological Museum to the Benaki and Cycladic Art.

- 19 votes · 11 items
- Jun 12, 2025 · brunchclub_athens
- https://even.best/en/l/3350/the-best-museums-in-athens

## Top 11

1. **EMST** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Contemporary art in the former Fix brewery.
2. **National Archaeological Museum** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The country's largest archaeological museum.
3. **National Gallery** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Greek painting in the renovated building.
4. **Ancient Agora Museum** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — In the Stoa of Attalos.
5. **War Museum** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Greek military history.
6. **Acropolis Museum** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — The Parthenon sculptures with a view of the Rock.
7. **Museum of Cycladic Art** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The Cycladic figurines.
8. **Benaki Museum** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Greek culture from antiquity to today.
9. **Byzantine and Christian Museum** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Icons and Byzantine art.
10. **Numismatic Museum** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — In Schliemann's Iliou Melathron.
11. **Museum of Islamic Art** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Benaki annexe in Kerameikos.

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