Athens City Museum
Athens City Museum
3.5
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
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permia
Ireland64,806 contributions
Mar 2020
It’s well worth the time spent here, not only for the numerous displayed artefacts but also for the former Royal Palace itself that hosts the Museum.
Some of our favourite exhibits belonged to the first residents of the building, namely King Otto and Queen Amalia who were here for some years before their move to the Royal Palace that is now the Parliament Building.
Rooms with preserved ornamentation and furnishings including a fully set banquet table reflect the splendour in which the wealthy lived during the 19th century.
Art pieces are numerous throughout and we very much enjoyed those.
Some of our favourite exhibits belonged to the first residents of the building, namely King Otto and Queen Amalia who were here for some years before their move to the Royal Palace that is now the Parliament Building.
Rooms with preserved ornamentation and furnishings including a fully set banquet table reflect the splendour in which the wealthy lived during the 19th century.
Art pieces are numerous throughout and we very much enjoyed those.
Written 24 July 2020
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Thomas V
Oakland, CA17,770 contributions
Jul 2021
This is not a city museum, just the house of a King and the house of his next door neighbor. No information on the history of the city. There is a poor slide show of some painting of the old town but no labeling of what you are looking at. The interior and furniture of the houses are not memorable. Cannot recommend it.
Written 18 July 2021
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Adri_al88
Athens, Greece5 contributions
It is one of the oldest buildings in Athens and it provides you with a sense of the 'older' Greece through a number of paintings and furniture.
Price of entrance was less than 5 euros
Price of entrance was less than 5 euros
Written 19 September 2012
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zizi01
athens1 contribution
Jul 2011
Small museum housed in a lovely 19th century building giving a very vivid sense of old Athens. Great collection of paintings and antique furniture. It has actually been a palace and that's very rare in Greece so really worth visiting. The children loved it
Written 1 August 2011
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SPYRIDON-OF
ATHENS103 contributions
Feb 2012 • Solo
Before the arrival of the 17 y.o. king Otto in Greece ( in Nauplion, the then capital and most populous Greek town) Athens, in the course of centuries, had been diminished to a small and humble village, with a population of less than 10.000--not all of them Greek...
But the father of the young king Otto, Ludwig I of Bavaria, a stout philhellene, had intented Athens to become the capital of a new, reborn Greece, that would take its proper and rightful place as the place where everything started. The young king had an entourage of some 3000-4000 scientists, architects, townplanners, jurists stc, taht had already began making Munich, the capital and royal city of Bavaria, the beautiful and most Greek city that still is, to the present day.
Otto had no palace to stay in Athens yet. His first 'palace' was a modest house of a well-off Greek citizen, and you can still visit and see it nowadays, because there the Athens City Museum is housed now. A collection of artifacts of the early 19th century and later, many works of art of that period. Worth visiting!
But the father of the young king Otto, Ludwig I of Bavaria, a stout philhellene, had intented Athens to become the capital of a new, reborn Greece, that would take its proper and rightful place as the place where everything started. The young king had an entourage of some 3000-4000 scientists, architects, townplanners, jurists stc, taht had already began making Munich, the capital and royal city of Bavaria, the beautiful and most Greek city that still is, to the present day.
Otto had no palace to stay in Athens yet. His first 'palace' was a modest house of a well-off Greek citizen, and you can still visit and see it nowadays, because there the Athens City Museum is housed now. A collection of artifacts of the early 19th century and later, many works of art of that period. Worth visiting!
Written 8 June 2012
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annikalibby
Houston, Texas201 contributions
May 2011
The Athens City Museum was on a side street, easy to access from Syntagma Square, and a very quiet museum (I was the only customer during my visit). There were no audioguides available the day I visited, which ended up being a shame because there is very little description in this small museum, and much of what does exist is only in Greek. Because of that, I was in and out of the museum—having visited every room—in half an hour. I would not suggest it even if you have lots of extra time in Athens unless you speak Greek or can get the audioguide. On the plus side, the entrance fee of 3 euros was the lowest I paid in Athens.
Written 17 May 2011
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Peter E
Suffolk, UK372 contributions
The name of this small and a bit grubby museum is entirely misleading: it gives nothing away of what is here. It's certainly not a museum of the city's history.
So what is it? I'm still mystified and I'm quite a history buff. It's a pair of town houses, one filled (vaguely) with items related to King Otto of Greece. I say "vaguely" because we really are talking pieces of crockery, the odd picture and a cushion bearing his wife's monogram. I'm very interested in Otto's family and left without having learnt a thing about him.
What was in the other town house? I'm none the wiser, having visited. There was some nice 19th century furniture and the carpets were a lot less stained and dirty than in the other part, but what they related to I have no idea. That perhaps says everything you need to know. The explanatory leaflet is hopeless, there are no signed explanations, no one to ask, and on that basis the most you will spend here is 15 minutes.
Truly this place is a splendid waste of €5, which no doubt explains why it was empty on a Saturday in late April. The non-connected restaurant in the courtyard was however full, with people presumably not visiting the museum.
Note: it's closed on Tuesdays. But really, save your money.
So what is it? I'm still mystified and I'm quite a history buff. It's a pair of town houses, one filled (vaguely) with items related to King Otto of Greece. I say "vaguely" because we really are talking pieces of crockery, the odd picture and a cushion bearing his wife's monogram. I'm very interested in Otto's family and left without having learnt a thing about him.
What was in the other town house? I'm none the wiser, having visited. There was some nice 19th century furniture and the carpets were a lot less stained and dirty than in the other part, but what they related to I have no idea. That perhaps says everything you need to know. The explanatory leaflet is hopeless, there are no signed explanations, no one to ask, and on that basis the most you will spend here is 15 minutes.
Truly this place is a splendid waste of €5, which no doubt explains why it was empty on a Saturday in late April. The non-connected restaurant in the courtyard was however full, with people presumably not visiting the museum.
Note: it's closed on Tuesdays. But really, save your money.
Written 25 April 2015
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giorgosfoutas
Αthens265 contributions
It used to be the house of the first king of Greece and it is renovated and you can see original furniture . The most interesting part is in the ground floor an architectural plan of Athens in 19tj century. Also you should have a cofee or drink in the garden (the cafe is really unique)
Written 24 February 2015
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Savas S
Athens, Attiki, Greece30 contributions
Aug 2014 • Couples
This is the building that housed Otto, the first King of Greece. Marvellous neo-classical architecture, with simple bavarian lines. Most of the furniture has also been preserved. The audio-visual interactive display on the ground floor offers a wealth of information on many other ancient building in Athens. The bistrot in the back garden is an added bonus.
Written 10 August 2014
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MeandSally
Scottish Highlands, UK201 contributions
Nov 2012 • Couples
not so grand from the outside compared to northern European palaces and grand houses but inside it was very interesting. oldest large oil painting of Athens in the 17th century and lots of early 19th century furnishings from the time Greece's Bavarian king and queen were in residence. not far from syntagma square.
Written 25 November 2012
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