Acropolis Museum, Athens

I was very positively surprised by this museum. First of all: the architecture is amazing. It is very open, bright and modern and there are features that amazed me. Secondly, it has a very impressive collection of ancient pieces found in and around Athens and the acropolis. They are telling a clear and concise story. Don’t miss and definitely visit the excavation site after leaving the museum. It was a great experience.

This is a wonderfully laid out museum with excellent explanations in English as well as Greek. It helps you understand the Acropolis and what you will see and I found it helpful to go here first BEFORE visiting the Acropolis. I found the short videos that explain how various relics and ruins were destroyed and then later found and reconstructed especially interesting. Well worth a visit. There is even an excavation of an entire city UNDER the museum that you can view via glass floors in the museum itself. Plan on at least 90 minutes, more time if you like to read every detail.