List of museums in Greece
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This is a List of museums in Greece by regional unit.
Attica
Central Athens
- Archaeological
- Acropolis Museum
- Archaeological Museum of Kerameikos [1]
- Epigraphical Museum
- Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art
- Museum of the Ancient Agora
- Museum of the Center for the Acropolis Studies
- National Archaeological Museum of Athens
- Old Acropolis Museum
- Numismatic Museum of Athens official site
- Syntagma Metro Station Archaeological Collection
- Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
- Byzantine and Christian Museum (of Athens)
- Biographical, City, Diachronic, Ethnic, Ethnographic, History, Historic House
- Benaki Museum
- Eleftherios Venizelos Historical Museum
- Jewish Museum of Greece
- Museum of Pavlos and Alexandra Kanellopoulou
- Museum of the City of Athens
- National Historical Museum of Greece (Old Parliament House)
- Folklore, Folk art
- Centre for the Study of Traditional Pottery
- Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum
- Museum of Greek Folk Art
- Museum of Popular Music Instruments
- Museum of the History of the Greek Costume
- Art museums and galleries, Music, Theater, Culture, Popular Art
- Athinais Culture Center
- Bernier-Iliadis Gallery Museum
- City of Athens Cultural Center
- Design Museum of the 20th Century
- Frissiras Museum
- Gounaropoulos Museum
- Herakleidon Art Museum
- Museum of Engravings and Graphic Arts
- Marika Kotopouli Museum
- Melina Merkouri Cultural Center
- Municipal Gallery of Athens
- Museum of Children's Art in Plaka
- National Glyptotheque
- National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
- Paxinou-Minotis Museum
- Pieridis Museum of Ancient Cypriot Greek Art & Contemporary Art
- The N. Chatzikiriakos-Gkikas Art Gallery
- Technopolis (Gazi)
- Theatrical Museum of Greece
- Zoumboulaki Gallery
- Industry, Maritime, Military, Mill, Railway, Science, Technology
- Anthropology, Natural History, Geology, Paleontology
- Museum of Anthropology, University of Athens
- Museum of Geology and Paleontology of the Athens University
- Zoological Museum of the University of Athens
- Children, Education, Special Interests, Sports, University
- Athens University Museum
- Hellenic Children's Museum
- Postal & Philatelic Museum of Greece
- Museum of Greek Children’s Art (M.G.C.A.) [2]
North Athens
- Deste Foundation (exhibition area)
- Drossinis Museum
- Spathario Museum
- Yiannis Tsarouchis Foundation Museum
- OTE Museum of Telecommunications, Kifisia
- Gaia Center
- Goulandris Natural History Museum
South Athens
- Evgenidio Foundation (Planetarium and Science museum)
- Greek armored cruiser Georgios Averof
- Tactual Museum of Athens
Piraeus regional unit
- Archaeological
- Art museums and galleries, Theater
- Maritime, Railway
Islands regional unit
- Archaeological Museum of Aegina
- Archaeological Museum of Poros
- Archaeological Museum of Kythera [3]
- Pavlos Kountouriotis Mansion, Hydra (Greek)
- Spetses Museum
West Attica
- Archaeological
- Archaeological Museum of Eleusis
- Archaeological Museum of Megara [4]
- Art museums and galleries
- Skironio Museum Polychronopoulos [5]
East Attica
- Archaeological
- Archaeological Museum of Acharnes (part of Folk Art Museum of Acharnes)
- Archaeological Museum of Brauron
- Archaeological Museum of Lavrion
- Archaeological Museum of Marathon
- Athens International Airport Archaeological Collection
- Schimatari Museum [6] [7]
- Folklore, Folk art
- Folk Art Museum of Acharnes
- Zygomalas Museum, Avlonas
- Vorres Museum, Paiania
- Technology, Geology
- Phaethon Technological Museum (car museum) (Kalamos) official site greek
- Mineralogical Museum of Lavrion
Central Macedonia
Thessaloniki regional unit
- Archaeological
- Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
- Museum of Ancient Greek, Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Instruments
- Museum of Plaster Casts (Thessaloniki)
- Prehistoric Antiquities Museum of Thessaloniki
- Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
- Crypt of Agios Demetrios [8]
- Museum of Ancient Greek, Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Instruments (see Archaeological museums)
- Museum of Byzantine Culture
- White Tower of Thessaloniki
- Biographical, City, Diachronic, Ethnic, Ethnographic, History, Historic House, Natural History
- Atatürk Museum (Thessaloniki)
- Folk Art and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia and Thrace (see Folk Art)
- Goulandris Natural History Museum of Thessaloniki
- Historical Museum of the Balkan Wars
- Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki
- Museum of the Macedonian Struggle
- Natural History Museum (Thessaloniki)
- Folklore, Folk art
- Art museums and galleries, Music, Theater, Culture, Popular Art
- Art Gallery of the Society of Macedonian Studies
- Cinema Museum of Thessaloniki
- Design Museum of Thessaloniki
- Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art
- Music Museum of Macedonia
- Museum of the Cultural Foundation of the Greek Diaspora
- Museum of the Macedonian Art Society
- National Bank Museum of the Cultural Center of Northern Greece
- Museum of Photography Thessaloniki
- Industry, Maritime, Military, Mill, Railway, Science, Technology
- Railway Museum of Thessaloniki
- Science Center and Technology Museum "Noesis"
- War Museum of Thessaloniki
- Water Supply Museum
- Children, Education, Special Interests, Sports, University
- Museum of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- Museum of the National Center of Maps & Cartographic Heritage
- Plaster Casts Museum of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- Sports Museum of Thessaloniki
- Thessaloniki Olympic Museum
- The "Technopark" [9] (hands-on area of the Science Center and Technology Museum "Noesis")
- The water museum of Thessaloniki [10]
Imathia
- Agricultural
- Archaeological
- Archaeological Museum of Veroia
- Vergina (Building for the protection of the royal tombs > see section)
- Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
- Folklore
Kilkis regional unit
- Archaeological
- History, War
- War museum of Kilkis [11]
- Museum of the Battle of Lahanas
- Folklore
Serres regional unit
- Archaeological
- Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
- Ecclesiastical Museum of the Holy Bishopry of Serres and Nigrita [12]
- Museum of the Old Cathedral at Serres [13]
- Folklore
Chalkidiki
- Archaeological
- Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
- Tower of Ouranoupolis [14]
- Folklore
Pella regional unit
- Archaeological
- Ecclesiastical
- Folklore
Pieria
- Archaeological
- Folklore
East Macedonia and Thrace
Rhodope regional unit
- Archaeological
- Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
- Byzantine Museum of Komotini
- Ecclesiastical Museum of the Holy Bishopry of Maroneia and Komotini [15]
- Folklore, Folk art
Kavala
- Archaeological
- Archaeological Museum of Kavala
- Archaeological Museum of Philippi [16] [17]
- Folklore, Folk art
- Folklore Museum of Kavala[citation needed]
- Wax Museum [18]
- Cultural House of Nea Karvali [19]
- Industry, Maritime, Military, Mill, Railway, Science, Technology
- Tobacco Museum [20]
- Maritime Museum of Kavala [21]
- Olive and Oil Museum (Eleochori)
Thasos
- Archaeological Museum of Thasos [22]
Evros regional unit
- Archaeological
- Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
- Alexandroupolis Ecclesiastical Museum [23]
- Ethnographic, History
- Ethnological Museum of Thrace (Angeliki Giannakidou) [24]
- Industrial, Technology
- Art of Silk Museum, Soufli [25]
Xanthi regional unit
- Archaeological
Drama regional unit
- Archaeological
- History
- Folklore
West Macedonia
Kozani regional unit
- Archaeological
- Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
- Ethnographic, History, Folklore, Folk art
- Anthropological and Folklore Museum (Ptolemaida)
- Folklore Museum of Velvendos
- Historical - Folklore and Natural History Museum of Kozani
- Museum of Modern Local History of Kozani
- Natural History, Geology, Paleontology
Kastoria regional unit
- Archaeological
- Architectural
- Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
- Folklore, Folk art
Florina regional unit
- Archaeological
- Art museums and galleries
- Folklore
- Folklore Museum of the Aristotle Association
- Folklore Museum of the Culture Club
- Museum of Folklore and History (Drosopigi)
Grevena regional unit
- History
- Grevena Municipal Museum
Epirus
Ioannina regional unit
- Archaeological
- Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
- Ethnographic, History, War
- 1912–1913 War Museum
- Athanasios Vrellis Museum of Wax Effigies (in town) [26] [27] [28] [29]
- Municipal Ethnographic Museum of Ioannina
- Ethnographic Museum of the Ioannina University
- Ethnographic Museum of Pyrsoghianni
- Historical Museum of Ioannina
- Museum of National Resistance
- Pavlos Vrellis Museum of Hellenic History
- War Museum of Kalpaki
- Folklore, Folk art
- Folk Art Museum of Epirus - "Kostas Frontzos"
- Museum of the Foundation for the Epirotic Studies
- Tositsa Baron Museum of Metsovo
- Art museums and galleries
Arta regional unit
- Archaeological
- Folklore, Folk art
Preveza regional unit
- Archaeological
- Archaeological Museum of Nikopolis in Preveza City
- Mixed
- Museum of Arts and Sciences of Epirus in Flamboura, Preveza City
Thesprotia
- Archaeological
- Archaeological Museum of Igoumenitsa [30]
Thessaly
Magnesia
- Archaeological
- Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
- Biographical, Ethnographic, History
- Folklore, Folk art
- Art museums and galleries
- Industry, Railway, Technology
- Thessaly Railway Museum
- Tsalapatas National Museum of Industrial History
Sporades
- Alonissos Museum
- Papadiamantis House Museum of Skiathos
- Folklore Museum of Skopelos
- Photographic Center of Skopelos
Larissa regional unit
- Archaeological and Byzantine
- Archaeological and Byzantine Museum of Larissa [31]
- Archaeological Collection of Agia [32]
- Archaeological Collection of Elassona [33]
- Ethnographic, Historical, Folklore, Folk art, Ecclesiastical
- Folklore and Historical Museum of Larissa [34]
- Folklore and Historical Museum of Ambelakia [35]
- G. Schwartz Mansion of Ambelakia [36]
- Folklore Museum of Gonnoi [37]
- Folklore Museum of Livadi - G. Olympios Mansion [38]
- Folklore Museum of Dolichi [39]
- Harokopos Mansion of Giannouli [40]
- Museum of Thessalic Life of Elateia [41]
- Hatzigogos Inn Historical Museum of Sarantaporo [42]
- Historical Museum of the Battle of Sarantaporo [43]
- Wine Museum of Rapsani [44]
- Wine Museum of Tyrnavos [45]
- Church Museum of Anatoli [46]
- Historical Archives of Agia [47]
- Folklore Museum of Verdikoussia [48]
- Art museums and Galleries
- Anthropology, Natural History, Geology, Paleontology
- Natural History Museum of Olympus - Olympiotissis Monastery of Elassona [51]
- Military, Science, Biographical, Education
- Military Museum of the Veterinary Service of Larissa [52]
- Hippocrates Memorial Museum of Medicine [53]
- Larissa Museum of National Resistance of Thessaly [54]
- Palaeoseismological Museum of Tyrnavos [55]
- School Museum of Farsala [56]
Central Greece
Phthiotis
- Archaeological
- Archaeological Museum of Atalanti [57]
- Archaeological Collection of Elateia [58]
- Archaeological Museum of Lamia
- Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
- Byzantine Museum of Phthiotida [59]
Phocis
- Archaeological
- Amfissa Archaeological Museum [60]
- Archaeological Collection of Lidoriki [61]
- Delphi Archaeological Museum
- Galaxidi Archaeological Collection [62]
Euboea regional unit
- Archaeological
- Archaeological Museum of Eretria
- Archaeological Museum of Skyros
- Archaeological Museum of Chalkis [63]
- Archaeological Museum of Karystos [64]
- Folklore, Folk art
Boeotia
- Archaeological
- Archaeological Museum of Chaironeia [67]
- Archaeological Museum of Thebes
- Distomo Archaeological Collection
- Schimatari Museum [68]
Ionian Islands
Corfu regional unit
- Archaeological
- Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
- Biographical, Ethnic, History
- Kapodistrias Museum
- Serbian Museum of Corfu
- Solomos Museum [69]
- Art museums and galleries
- Museum of Asian art of Corfu
- Municipal Gallery of Corfu [70]
- Music Museum
- The Music Museum 'Nikolaos Halikiopoulos Mantzaros' of the Philharmonic Society of Corfu
- Numismatic Museum
Zakynthos
- Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
- Biographical, History
Cephalonia
- Archaeological
- Archaeological Museum of Argostoli
- Archaeological Collection of Stavros [75]
- Folklore, Folk art
- Korgialeneio Historical and Folklore Museum [76]
- Natural history
- Museum of Natural History of Cephalonia and Ithaca [77]
- Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
- St. Andrew Convent- The ecclesiastical Museum [78]
- Maritime
Ithaca
- Archaeological Museum of Vathy [81]
Lefkada regional unit
- Archaeological
- Archaeological Museum of Lefkada [82]
West Greece
Achaea
- Archaeological
- Archaeological Museum of Aigion
- Archaeological Museum of Patras
- Fissini Street Archeological Collection (Patras)
- Ethnographic, History
- Folklore, Folk art
- Art museums and galleries, Popular art
- Natural history
Aetolia-Acarnania
- Archaeological
- Archaeological Museum of Agrinion
- Archaeological Museum of Thyrreion [83]
- Ethnographic, Folklore, History
- Aitoloakarnania Folklore Museum
- Museum of the History of the Holy City of Mesolongi
- Ethnographic Museum of Kaletzi
- Ethnographic Museum of Lefkasio
Elis
- Archaeological
- Archaeological Museum of Elis [84]
- Archaeological Museum of Olympia
- The Old Museum of Olympia [85] [86]
- Sports
- Technology
Peloponnese
Argolis
- Archaeological
- Archaeological Museum of Argos
- Archaeological Museum of Epidaurus
- Archaeological Museum of Mycenae [89]
- Archaeological Museum of Nafplion
- Archaeological Museum of Nemea
- Folklore, Folk art
- Komboloi Museum [90]
Messenia
- Archaeological
- Archaeological Museum of Chora [91]
- Archaeological Museum of Messenia
- Benakeion Archaeological Museum of Kalamata [92] [93] Now defunct, see Archaeological Museum of Messenia
- Museum of Ancient Messene [94]
Arcadia
- Archaeological
- Archaeological Museum of Astros
- Archaeological Museum of Lykosoura [95]
- Archaeological Museum of Tegea [96]
- Open-air
Corinthia
- Archaeological
- Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth
- Archaeological Museum of Isthmia [97]
- Ethnographic, Folklore, Historical
Laconia
- Archaeological
- Archaeological Museum of Sparta
- Monemvasia Archaeological Collection [98]
- Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
North Aegean
Chios regional unit
- Archaeological
- Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
- Chios Byzantine Museum
- Museum of Nea Moni at Chios [99]
- Maritime
Lesbos
- Archaeological
- Archaeological - Folklore Collection of Napi [102]
- Archaeological Museum of Mytilene
- Geology, Natural History, Paleontology
- Ouzo
Lemnos regional unit
- Archaeological Museum of Lemnos [104]
Ikaria regional unit
- Archaeological Collection of Agios Kirykos [105]
Samos
- Archaeological
- Archaeological Museum of Samos [106]
- Kambos Archaeological Museum [107]
- The Paleontological Museum of Mytilinioi (Samos) [108]
South Aegean
Andros
- Archaeological Museum of Andros
- Archaeological Collection of Palaiopolis [109]
- Andros Museum of Modern Art
- Andros Maritime Museum
Kalymnos regional unit
- Archaeological Museum of Astypalaia
- Archaeological Museum of Kalymnos [110]
- Vouvalis Mansion (Kalymnos) (Greek)
Karpathos regional unit
- Archaeological Museum of Karpathos (future) [111]
Kea-Kythnos
- Archaeological Museum of Kea [112]
Kos regional unit
Milos regional unit
- Archaeological Museum of Milos [115]
Mykonos
- Archaeological Museum of Delos
- Archaeological Museum of Mykonos
- Mykonos Folklore Museum
- Aegean Maritime Museum (Mykonos) [116]
Naxos regional unit
Paros regional unit
- Archaeological Museum of Paros [117]
Rhodes regional unit
- Archaeological Museum of Rhodes
- Kastellorizo Archaeological Museum [118]
- Palace of the Grand Masters (Rhodes) [119]
- Decorative Arts Collection, Rhodes (Greek)
- Aquarium of Rhodes
- Museum of Mineralogy & Paleontology Stamatiadis, Rhodes [120]
Syros
- Archaeological Museum of Syros [121]
Thira regional unit
- Archaeological Museum of Ios [122]
- Archaeological Museum of Thera
- Museum of Prehistoric Thira
Tinos
- Archaeological Museum of Tinos [123]
Crete
Chania regional unit
- Archaeological
- Archaeological Museum of Chania
- Archaeological Museum of Kissamos [124]
- Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
- Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Collection of Chania
- Museum of the Monastery of Agia Triada Tsangarolon
- Museum of the Monastery of Chryssopighi
- Museum of the Monastery of Gonia
- Biographical, Ethnographic, History
- Historical, Folklore
- Historical and Folklore Museum of Gavalochori [125]
- Maritime, War
- Children, Education
Heraklion regional unit
- Archaeological
- Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
- Biographical, Ethnographic, History, War
- Historical Museum of Crete
- Museum of Cretan Ethnology
- Museum of the Battle of Crete
- Nikos Kazantzakis Museum
- Folklore, Open Air
- Art museums and galleries
- Natural History
- Aquaworld Aquarium
- Natural History Museum of Crete [126] [127]
Rethymno regional unit
- Archaeological
- Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
- Ethnographic, Folklore, Historical
- Folklore, Folk art
- Art museums and galleries
- Natural history
Lasithi
- Archaeological
- Archaeological Collection of Neapolis [128]
- Archaeological Museum of Agios Nikolaos
- Archaeological Museum of Sitia
