List of museums in Greece

This is a list of museums in Greece .

Around 200 state and 100 private museums and galleries in Greece present art treasures from over six millennia to the present day, with a focus on Greek art , culture and history . The collections of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens and those of the other major archaeological museums are among the most important collections in the world. In 2016 Odysseus listed 258 museums.

Museums by typology

Archaeological museums and collections

Poseidon from Cape Artemision (approx. 460 BC ) in the National Archaeological Museum

Acropolis Museum in Athens

Archaeological Museum in Delphi

National Archaeological Museum of Athens Acropolis Museum Athens Athens Museum of Cycladic Art Archaeological Museum of the Ancient Agora Athens Paul and Alexandra Kanellopoulos Museum Athens Abdera Archaeological Museum Aegina Archaeological Museum Agios Nikolaos Archaeological Museum Agrinio Archaeological Museum Aiani Archaeological Museum Aigion Archaeological Museum Amfissa Archaeological Museum Amphipolis Archaeological Museum Andros Archaeological Museum Argos Archaeological Museum Argostoli Archaeological Museum Arta Archaeological Museum Astros Archaeological Museum Atalanti Archaeological Museum Chaironeia Archaeological Museum Halkidiki Archaeological Museum ( Polygyros ) Chania Archaeological Museum Chios Archaeological Museum Delphi Archaeological Museum Delos Archaeological Museum Dion Archaeological Museum Archaeological Museum Drama Edessa Archaeological Museum Archaeological Museum Eleusis Archaeological Museum of Epidaurus Florina Archaeological Museum Gythion Archaeological Museum Heraklion Archaeological Museum Ikaria Archaeological Museum Isthmia Archaeological Museum Kalamata Archaeological Museum (Benakeion) Kavala Archaeological Museum Kerameikos Archaeological Museum Kilkis Archaeological Museum Kissamos Archaeological Museum Komotini Archaeological Museum Corfu Archaeological Museum Corinth Archaeological Museum Archaeological Museum of Kos

Kozani Archaeological Museum Kythira Archaeological Museum Lavrio Archaeological Museum Limenaria Archaeological Museum Limnos Archaeological Museum Archaeological Museum Marathon Megara Archaeological Museum Monemvasia Archaeological Collection Mycenae Archaeological Museum Mykonos Archaeological Museum Mytilene Archaeological Museum Nafplio Archaeological Museum Naxos Archaeological Museum Nemea Archaeological Museum Olympia Archaeological Museum Olynthos Archaeological Museum Patras Archaeological Museum Pella Archaeological Museum Philippi Archaeological Museum Piraeus Archaeological Museum Poliyiros Archaeological Museum Poros Archaeological Museum Archaeological Museum of Rhodes Samos Archaeological Museum Samothrace Archaeological Museum Schimatari Archaeological Museum Serres Archaeological Museum Setaia Archaeological Museum Sparta Archaeological Museum Spetses Archaeological Museum Tegea Archaeological Museum Thasos Archaeological Museum Thebes Archaeological Museum Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki Thira Archaeological Museum Thira Prehistoric Museum Thyrreiou Archaeological Museum Tripoli Archaeological Museum Veria Archaeological Museum Archaeological Museum of Volos Vravrona Archaeological Museum Vergina Royal Tombs Museum

Museums of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Art

• Byzantine and Christian Museum Athens
• Alexandroupolis Church Museum
• Byzantine Museum Antivouniotissa in Corfu
• Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Collection Chania
• Byzantine Museum Chios
• Byzantine Museum Florina
• Byzantine Museum Fthiotida
• Byzantine Museum Ioannina
• Byzantine Museum Kastoria
• Byzantine Museum Komotini
• Byzantine Museum Corfu
• Museum of Byzantine Culture Thessaloniki
• Byzantine Museum Veria
• Byzantine Museum Zakynthos

Historical and folklore museums

National Historical Museum Athens Museum of Greek Folk Art, Athens Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments, Athens Historical Museum of the University of Athens Jewish Museum Athens Aegina Historical Museum Afytos Historical and Folklore Museum Arnaia Historical and Folklore Museum Historical and Folklore Museum Drama Historical and Folklore Museum of Chania Corgialenos Historical and Folklore Museum Edessa Historical and Folklore Museum Fthiotida Historical and Folklore Museum in Lamia Florina Historical and Folklore Museum Giannitsa Historical and Folklore Museum Macedonian Folklore Museum Goumenissa Heraklion Historical Museum Historical Museum of Ioannina Kalamata Historical and Folklore Museum Kallimasia Historical and Folklore Museum Kastoria Historical and Folklore Museum Kilkis Historical and Folklore Museum Kollines Historical and Folklore Museum Basket museum of the Roma in Komotini Corinth Historical and Folklore Museum Kythnos Historical and Folklore Museum Kozani Historical and Folklore Museum Larissa Historical and Folklore Museum Mykonos Historical and Folklore Museum Peloponnesian Folklore Museum Nafplio Nea Karvali Historical and Folklore Museum Orestiada Historical and Folklore Museum Historical and Folklore Museum of Patras Pella Historical and Folklore Museum Petrokerasa Historical and Folklore Museum Historical Museum of Piraeus Polygyros Historical and Folklore Museum Ptolemaida Historical and Folklore Museum Reichia Historical and Folklore Museum Rethymno Historical and Folklore Museum Historical and Folklore Museum of Rhodes Historical and Folklore Museum of Samos Sarakatsani Folklore Museum in Serres Stemnitsa Historical and Folklore Museum Folklore and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia and Thrace in Thessaloniki Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki Voroi Museum of Cretan Folk Art Papadiamantis Museum in Skiathos

Art museums

Applied arts museums

• Ilias Lalaounis - Jewelry Museum Athens
• Rhodes Museum of Decorative Arts
• Thessaloniki Photography Museum

Fine Arts Museums (Modern)

National Gallery in Athens

National Gallery and Alexander Soutzos Museum Athens National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens Athens City Museum Athens Municipal Gallery Benaki Museum Athens Tsarouchis Museum Athens Vorres Museum of Contemporary Greek Art Frissiras Museum of Contemporary Painting Alex Mylona Museum of Contemporary Art Herakleidon Museum of Fine Arts G. Gounaro Museum

Christos Kapralos Museum Aegina Museum of Contemporary Art Andros Florina Museum of Contemporary Art Heraklion Fine Art Museum Arcadian Museum of Art and History in Levidi Patras Municipal Gallery Theofilos Museum Mytilene Museum of Modern Greek Art Rhodes State Museum of Contemporary Art Thessaloniki Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki

Performing arts museums

• Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments, Athens
• Thessaloniki Cinema Museum

Natural history museums

• Museums of the University of Athens
  • Athens Anthropological Museum
  • Athens Archaeological and Art History Museum
  • Athens Botanical Museum in the National Garden
  • Mineralogical and Petrological Museum Athens
  • Athens Paleontological and Geological Museum
  • Athens Zoological Museum
• Goulandris Museum of Natural History Athens
• Museum of Natural History of the Aegean Sea in Mytilinii on Samos
• Axioupoli Natural History Museum
• Heraklion Museum of Natural History
• Balkan Botanical Garden Kroussia
• Natural History Museum of the Petrified Forest on Lesvos
• Ligourio Natural History Museum
• Nisyros Museum of Volcanology
• Geological-historical museum of Mount Olympus
• Museums of the University of Patras
  • Patras Botanical Museum
  • Patras Zoological Museum
• Stamatiadis Museum of Mineralogy and Paleontology Rhodes

Military museums

• Athens War Museum
• Museum of the Greek Air Force, Athens
• War Museum Chania
• Museum of the Battle of Crete and National Resistance in Heraklion
• Kilkis War Museum
• Kalamata Military Museum
• War Museum Nafplio
• Skra Axioupoli War Museum
• Piraeus Greek Naval Museum
• Museum of the Macedonian Struggle in Thessaloniki
• Tripoli War Museum

Technology museums

• OTE -Telecommunications Museum Athens
• Museum of Ancient Technology in Katakolo
• NOESIS Science Center and Technical Museum of Thessaloniki
• Thessaloniki Water Museum
• Museum of Science and Technology (MST) University of Patras

Car museums

See: List of car museums in Greece

Railway museums

• ISAP Athens-Piraeus Railway Museum
• Athens Railway Museum
• Kalamata Railway Museum
• Larissa Railway Museum
• Museum Railway of the Thessalian Railways
• Thessaloniki Railway Museum

Maritime museums

• Andros Maritime Museum
• Chania Maritime Museum
• Galaxidi Maritime Museum
• Aegean Maritime Museum Mykonos
• Nautical Museum (Litochoro)

Museums with a special focus

Olympic Museum in Thessaloniki

• Benaki Museum of Islamic Art Athens
• Museum of Asian Art Corfu
• Corfu Banknote Museum
• Sparta Olive Oil Museum
• Soufli Silk Museum
• Bee Museum Rhodes
• Olympic Museum of Thessaloniki
• Patras Education Museum

Biographical museums (excluding art museums)

• Constantin Carathéodory Museum in Komotini
• Dionysios Solomos Museum Corfu
• Hippocrates Museum in Kos
• Nikos Kazantzakis Museum Heraklion

Individual evidence

1. ^ Museums in Greece . Greek National Tourist Board (GZF)
2. ↑ The Greek Museums ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Greek Embassy in Berlin 
3. ^ Alphabetical Index , Greek Ministry of Culture and Sport.

Web links

• Directory of all museums by the Greek Ministry of Culture and Tourism (English, Greek)

See also

Portal: Greek Antiquity  - Overview of Wikipedia content on the topic of Greek Antiquity

• List of museums in Athens

archeology

• Archaeological sites in Greece
• Archaeological finds in Greece

Other cultural institutions

• List of foreign archaeological institutes in Greece
• List of dioceses of the Orthodox Churches in Greece
• List of castles, chateaus and fortresses in Greece

World Heritage

→ Main article : World heritage in Greece