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museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...
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Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...
by regional unit.


Attica Attica ( el, Αττική, Ancient Greek ''Attikḗ'' or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the city of Athens, the capital of Greece and its countryside. It is a peninsula projecting into the Aegean S ...


Central Athens

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Acropolis Museum The Acropolis Museum ( el, Μουσείο Ακρόπολης, ''Mouseio Akropolis'') is an archaeological museum focused on the findings of the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens. The museum was built to house every artifact found o ...
* Archaeological Museum of Kerameikos * Epigraphical Museum *
Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art The Nicholas P. Goulandris Foundation - Museum of Cycladic Art is a museum of Athens. It houses a notable collection of artifacts of Cycladic art. The museum was founded in 1986 in order to house the collection of Cycladic and Ancient Greek art ...
* Museum of the Ancient Agora *
Museum of the Center for the Acropolis Studies A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
* National Archaeological Museum of Athens *
Old Acropolis Museum The Old Acropolis Museum ( el, (Παλαιό) Μουσείο Ακρόπολης ''(Palaio) Mouseio Akropolis'') was an archaeological museum located in Athens, Greece on the archeological site of Acropolis. It is built in a niche at the eastern e ...
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Numismatic Museum of Athens Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, medals and related objects. Specialists, known as numismatists, are often characterized as students or collectors of coins, but the discipline also inclu ...
* Syntagma Metro Station Archaeological Collection :Byzantine, Ecclesiastic *
Byzantine and Christian Museum The Byzantine and Christian Museum ( el, Βυζαντινό και Χριστιανικό Μουσείο, links=no) is situated at Vassilissis Sofias Avenue in Athens, Greece. It was founded in 1914, and houses more than 25,000 exhibits with rare ...
(of Athens) :Biographical, City, Diachronic, Ethnic, Ethnographic, History, Historic House *
Benaki Museum The Benaki Museum, established and endowed in 1930 by Antonis Benakis in memory of his father Emmanuel Benakis, is housed in the Benakis family mansion in downtown Athens, Greece. The museum houses Greek works of art from the prehistorical to the ...
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Eleftherios Venizelos Historical Museum Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos ( el, Ελευθέριος Κυριάκου Βενιζέλος, translit=Elefthérios Kyriákou Venizélos, ; – 18 March 1936) was a Greeks, Greek statesman and a prominent leader of the Greek national liberati ...
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Jewish Museum of Greece The Jewish Museum of Greece ( el, Εβραϊκό Μουσείο της Ελλάδος) is a museum in Athens, Greece. It was established by Nicholas Stavroulakis in 1977 to preserve the material culture of the Greek Jews.Plaut, Joshua Eli, Gree ...
* 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 The Centre for the Study of Traditional Pottery, also known as Psaropoulos Museum of Traditional Pottery and as Study Centre for Contemporary Ceramics is a museum and school in Athens, Greece. It is housed in a villa built 1875 during the Ottoman ...
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Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum (often referred to as the ILJM) is a museum in Athens, Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balka ...
* Museum of Greek Folk Art * Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments *
Museum of the History of the Greek Costume Museum of the History of the Greek Costume is a special interest museum in Athens, Greece. It was inaugurated by the former Minister of Culture, Melina Mercouri Maria Amalia "Melina" Mercouri (, 18 October 1920 – 6 March 1994) was a Greek ...
:Art museums and galleries, Music, Theater, Culture, Popular Art *
Athinais Culture Center The Athinais Cultural Center ( gr, Αθηναΐς Πολυχώρος Πολιτισμού) is a "multi-purpose" conference complex in Athens, Greece. It hosts business events, cultural activities, and entertainment. It also contains an art gall ...
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Bernier–Eliades Gallery Museum Thiseio or Thissio ( el, Θησείο, ) is a traditional neighbourhood in the old city of Athens, Greece, northwest of the Acropolis, and surrounded by the archaeological sites of the Agora, Keramikos and Pnyx. The name refers to the Tem ...
* Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation, Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art *
City of Athens Cultural Center The City of Athens Cultural Center ( el, Πνευματικό Κέντρο Δήμου Αθηναίων) is the cultural center of the Municipality of Athens, in Greece. It is housed in an 1836 neoclassical building in the center of Athens. Original ...
* Design Museum of the 20th Century *
Frissiras Museum Frissiras Museum is a contemporary painting museum in Plaka Athens, Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located ...
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Gounaropoulos Museum Gounaropoulos Museum is located in Athens, Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Eu ...
* Herakleidon Art Museum * Museum of Engravings and Graphic Arts *
Marika Kotopouli Museum The Marika Kotopouli Museum is a modern art museum in Zografou, Athens, Greece. The building housing the museum was built by the famous Greek theater actress Marika Kotopouli Marika Kotopouli ( el, Μαρίκα Κοτοπούλη; 3 May 1887 ...
* Melina Merkouri Cultural Center * Municipal Gallery of Athens * Museum of Children's Art in Plaka * National Art Gallery   * National Glyptotheque * National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens * Paxinou-Minotis Museum *
Pieridis Museum Pieridis Museum is a museum in Athens, Greece. Its collection includes items dating back almost nine thousand years, from the neolithic period to the Middle Ages. They are a part of the archaeological collection of the Pieridis Museum (Larnaca), Pi ...
of Ancient Cypriot Greek Art & Contemporary Art * The N. Chatzikiriakos-Gkikas Art Gallery * Technopolis (Gazi) * Theatrical Museum of Greece :Industry, Maritime, Military, Mill, Railway, Science, Technology *
Athens War Museum The Athens War Museum ( el, Πολεμικό Μουσείο Αθήνας), established on July 18, 1975, is the museum of the Greek Armed Forces. Its purpose is the exhibition of weapon artifacts and the relevant research in the history of war. It ...
* Evgenidio Foundation * Hellenic Air Force Museum *
Hellenic Motor Museum The Hellenic Motor Museum ( Greek: Ελληνικό Μουσείο Αυτοκινήτου) is a car museum in Athens. It is owned by the Theodore Charagionis Foundation and opened in . The museum is situated in central Athens near the National Ar ...
* Railway Museum of Athens :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.)


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 South Athens ( el, Νότιος Τομέας Αθηνών) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Attica. The regional unit covers the south-central part of the agglomeration of Athens. Administration As a part of the ...

* Evgenidio Foundation (Planetarium and Science museum) *
Greek armored cruiser Georgios Averof ''Georgios Averof'' ( el, Θ/Κ Γεώργιος Αβέρωφ) is a modified armored cruiser built in Italy for the Royal Hellenic Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The ship served as the Greek flagship during most of the first hal ...
* Tactual Museum of Athens


Piraeus regional unit

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Piraeus :Art museums and galleries, Theater * Municipal Art Gallery of Piraeus * Panos Aravantinos Decor Museum :Maritime, Railway * Electric Railways Museum of Piraeus *
Hellenic Maritime Museum The first attempt to establish the Hellenic Maritime Museum was in the newly established Greek state in 1867. That year the master of the Navy Gerasimos Zochios, founder of the Navy Retirement Fund, suggested that the Fund takes the task of collec ...
(Piraeus)


Islands regional unit

* Archaeological Museum of Aegina * Archaeological Museum of Poros *Archaeological Museum of Kythera *Pavlos Kountouriotis Mansion, Hydra * Spetses Museum


West Attica West Attica ( el, Δυτική Αττική) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Attica. The regional unit covers the western part of the agglomeration of Athens, and the area to its west. Administration The region ...

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Eleusis *Archaeological Museum of Megara :Art museums and galleries *Skironio Museum Polychronopoulos


East Attica East Attica ( el, Ανατολική Αττική) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Attica. The regional unit covers the eastern part of the urban agglomeration of Athens, and also the rural area to its east. Adm ...

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Acharnes (part of Folk Art Museum of Acharnes) *
Archaeological Museum of Brauron The Brauron Archaeological Museum is a museum in Markopoulo Mesogeias, Greece. Much of the collection is derived from excavations in the Sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron. Of note is a statue representing a small girl, a so-called "bear" (arktoi) (Med ...
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Archaeological Museum of Lavrion Laurium or Lavrio ( ell, Λαύριο; grc, Λαύρειον (later ); before early 11th century BC: Θορικός ''Thorikos''; from Middle Ages until 1908: Εργαστήρια ''Ergastiria'') is a town in southeastern part of Attica, Greec ...
* Archaeological Museum of Marathon * Athens International Airport Archaeological Collection *Schimatari Museum :Folklore, Folk art * Folk Art Museum of Acharnes * Zygomalas Museum, Avlonas * Vorres Museum, Paiania :Technology, Geology * Phaethon Technological Museum (car museum) (Kalamos) *
Mineralogical Museum of Lavrion Mineralogical Museum of Lavrion is a museum in Lavrion, Attica, Greece.) A brief history of the museum The Mineralogical Museum of Lavrion was inaugurated in 1986 through the efforts of the “Society for Lavrion region Studies” (the Scientif ...


Central Macedonia Central Macedonia ( el, Κεντρική Μακεδονία, Kentrikí Makedonía, ) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece, consisting of the central part of the geographical and historical region of Macedonia. With a populat ...


Thessaloniki regional unit

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki * Museum of Roman Forum * Museum of Plaster Casts (Thessaloniki) * Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai (Vergina) :Byzantine, Ecclesiastic *Crypt of Agios Demetrios * Museum of Byzantine Culture *
White Tower of Thessaloniki The White Tower of Thessaloniki ( el, Λευκός Πύργος ''Lefkós Pýrgos''; tr, Beyaz Kule; lad, Kuli Blanka) is a monument and museum on the waterfront of the city of Thessaloniki, capital of the region of Macedonia in northern Greece ...
:Biographical, City, Diachronic, Ethnic, Ethnographic, History, Historic House, Natural History * Holocaust Museum of Greece (under construction) * Atatürk Museum (Thessaloniki) * Historical Museum of the Balkan Wars *
Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki The Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki ( el, Εβραϊκό Μουσείο Θεσσαλονίκης, lad, Museo Djidio De Salonik) is a museum in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece presenting the history of Sephardic Jews and Jewish life in ...
* Museum of the Macedonian Struggle * Natural History Museum (Thessaloniki) :Folklore, Folk art * Folk Art and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia and Thrace * Nature and Folklore Museum of Loutra Almopias :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 * 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 * National Map Library * 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 * Plaster Casts Museum of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki * Thessaloniki Olympic Museum (former Sports Museum) *The water museum of Thessaloniki


Imathia Imathia ( el, Ημαθία ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Macedonia, within the geographic region of Macedonia. The capital of Imathia is the city of Veroia. Administration The regional unit Ima ...

:Agricultural * Wine and Vine Museum (Naoussa) :Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Veroia *
Vergina Vergina ( el, Βεργίνα, ''Vergína'' ) is a small town in northern Greece, part of Veria municipality in Imathia, Central Macedonia. Vergina was established in 1922 in the aftermath of the population exchanges after the Treaty of Laus ...
(Building for the protection of the royal tombs > see section) :Byzantine, Ecclesiastic * Byzantine Museum of Veroia :Folklore * Folklore Museum of the Lyceum of Hellenic Women (Naoussa) * Folklore Museum of Veroia


Kilkis regional unit

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Kilkis :History, War * Military museum of Kilkis * Museum of the Battle of Lahanas :Folklore * Macedonian Folklore Museum (Goumenissa)


Serres regional unit

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Amphipolis * Archaeological Museum (Serres) :Byzantine, Ecclesiastic * Ecclesiastical Museum of the Holy Bishopry of Serres and Nigrita *Museum of the Old Cathedral at Serres :Folklore * Mihalis Tsartsidis Folklore and History Museum (Sidirokastro) * Sarakatsani Folklore Museum


Chalkidiki Chalkidiki (; el, Χαλκιδική , also spelled Halkidiki, is a peninsula and regional unit of Greece, part of the region of Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia in Northern Greece. The autonomous Mount Athos region co ...

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Polygyros :Byzantine, Ecclesiastic *Tower of Ouranoupolis :Folklore * Folklore Museum (Polygyros) * History and Folklore Museum (Arnaia)


Pella regional unit

:Archaeological *
Archaeological Museum of Pella The Archaeological Museum of Pella ( el, Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Πέλλας) is a museum in Pella in the Pella regional unit of Central Macedonia. The building was designed by architect Kostas Skroumpellos and is on the site o ...
:Ecclesiastical * Ecclesiastical Museum (Edessa) :Folklore * Folklore Museum (Edessa) * Folklore Museum (Yannitsa)


Pieria

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Dion :Geological *Olympus Geological Museum (Leptokaria) :Folklore *
Folklore Museum (Katerini) The Folklore Museum of Katerini was set up by the Pieria Pontic Association, and is housed in a building owned by the Association in the centre of Katerini, Macedonia, Greece, near the Municipal Park. It opened in 1990, following efforts to colle ...


East Macedonia and Thrace Eastern Macedonia and Thrace ( el, Ανατολική Μακεδονία και Θράκη, translit=Anatolikí Makedonía ke Thráki, ) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It consists of the northeastern parts of the cou ...


Rhodope regional unit

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Komotini :Byzantine, Ecclesiastic * Byzantine Museum of Komotini *Ecclesiastical Museum of the Holy Bishopry of Maroneia and Komotini :Folklore, Folk art * Basketry Museum of the Roma *
Folklore Museum of Komotini The Folklore Museum of Komotini ( el, Λαογραφικό Μουσείο Κομοτηνής, Laografikó Mouseío Komotinís) is a museum in Komotini in Greece. It was founded in 1962 and since 1989 it is housed in the Peidis Mansion, itself a re ...


Kavala Kavala ( el, Καβάλα, ''Kavála'' ) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia and the capital of Kavala (regional unit), Kavala regional unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across ...

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Kavala *Archaeological Museum of Philippi :Folklore, Folk art *Cultural House of Nea Karvali :Industry, Maritime, Military, Mill, Railway, Science, Technology *Tobacco Museum *Maritime Museum of Kavala * Olive and Oil Museum (Eleochori)


Thasos Thasos or Thassos ( el, Θάσος, ''Thásos'') is a Greek island in the North Aegean Sea. It is the northernmost major Greek island, and 12th largest by area. The island has an area of and a population of about 13,000. It forms a separate r ...

*Archaeological Museum of Thasos


Evros regional unit

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Samothrace :Byzantine, Ecclesiastic *Alexandroupolis Ecclesiastical Museum :Ethnographic, History * Ethnological Museum of Thrace (Angeliki Giannakidou) :Industrial, Technology * Art of Silk Museum, Soufli


Xanthi regional unit

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Abdera


Drama regional unit

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Drama :History * Natural History Museum (Paranesti) :Folklore * Folklore Museum (Drama)


West Macedonia Western Macedonia ( el, Δυτική Μακεδονία, translit=Ditikí Makedonía, ) is one of the thirteen regions of Greece, consisting of the western part of Macedonia. Located in north-western Greece, it is divided into the regional unit ...


Kozani regional unit

:Archaeological * Aiani Archaeological Museum *
Archaeological Museum of Kozani The Archaeological Museum of Kozani is a museum in Kozani, Greece. The museum's collection includes finds from archaeological excavations as well as from individuals from all over Kozani prefecture, apart from the Aiani area. It includes Sculpture, ...
:Byzantine, Ecclesiastic * Ecclesiastical Museum of Siatista :Ethnographic, History, Folklore, Folk art * Anthropological and Folklore Museum (Ptolemaida) * Historical - Folklore and Natural History Museum of Kozani * Museum of Modern Local History of Kozani :Natural History, Geology, Paleontology * Paleontological and Historical Museum of Ptolemais * Paleontological Museum of Siatista


Kastoria regional unit

:Archaeological * Dispilio Lakeside Neolithic Settlement Archaeological Collection :Architectural * Monuments Museum (Kastoria) :Byzantine, Ecclesiastic * Byzantine Museum of Kastoria :Folklore, Folk art * Costume Museum (Kastoria) * Folklore Museum of Kastoria


Florina regional unit

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Florina :Art museums and galleries *
Florina Museum of Modern Art The Florina Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Florina in Greece. It was founded by the Florina Art Centre in 1977. It is housed in a neoclassical building by the Sakouleva river. The museum's collection is composed of 480 works by 254 artis ...
* The Florina Art Gallery :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 sq, Epiri rup, Epiru , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = Historical region , image_map = Epirus antiquus tabula.jpg , map_alt = , map_caption = Map of ancient Epirus by Heinri ...


Ioannina regional unit

:Archaeological *
Archaeological Museum of Ioannina The Archaeological Museum of Ioannina is a museum located in Litharitsa Park in the centre of Ioannina, Greece. The museum contains many artifacts unearthed in the surrounding area such as Palaeolithic tools, from Kokkinopilos, Asprochaliko and ...
:Byzantine, Ecclesiastic * Byzantine Museum of Ioannina :Ethnographic, History, War * 1912–1913 War Museum *Athanasios Vrellis Museum of Wax Effigies (in town) *
Municipal Ethnographic Museum of Ioannina The Municipal Ethnographic Museum of Ioannina is a museum in Ioannina, Greece. It is housed in the Aslan Pasha Mosque, also known as the Mosque of Ali Pasha, in the Ioannina Castle The Ioannina Castle ( el, Κάστρο Ιωαννίνων) is ...
* 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 * Averoff Gallery (Metsovo) * Municipal Art Gallery of Ioannina


Arta regional unit

:Archaeological * Archaeological Collection of Arta :Folklore, Folk art * Arta Folklore Museum of "Skoufas" Association


Preveza regional unit

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Nikopolis in Preveza City


Thesprotia Thesprotia (; el, Θεσπρωτία, ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Epirus region. Its capital and largest town is Igoumenitsa. Thesprotia is named after the Thesprotians, an ancient Greek tribe that inhabited the ...

:Archaeological *Archaeological Museum of Igoumenitsa


Thessaly Thessaly ( el, Θεσσαλία, translit=Thessalía, ; ancient Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, The ...


Magnesia

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Almyros * Archaeological Museum of Volos :Byzantine, Ecclesiastic * Ecclesiastic Museum of Aghia Marina :Biographical, Ethnographic, History * Hellenic Museum of Zagora :Folklore, Folk art *
Museum of Folk Art and History of Pelion The Museum of Folk Art and History of Pelion ( el, Μουσείο Λαϊκής Τέχνης και Ιστορίας του Πηλίου) is a museum in the village of Makrinitsa (Volos), Magnesia, Greece. It is housed in the Topali Mansion ( el, Α ...
* Kitsos Makris Folklore Museum * Theofilos Museum of Anakasia :Art museums and galleries * Alexander K.Damtsas Museum * Municipal Art Gallery of Volos :Industry, Railway, Technology * Thessaly Railway Museum *Tsalapatas National Museum of Industrial History


Sporades The (Northern) Sporades (; el, Βόρειες Σποράδες, ) are an archipelago along the east coast of Greece, northeast of the island of Euboea,"Skyros - Britannica Concise" (description), Britannica Concise, 2006, webpageEB-Skyrosnotes " ...

* Alonissos Museum * Papadiamantis House Museum of Skiathos * Folklore Museum of Skopelos * Photographic Center of Skopelos


Larissa regional unit

:Diachronic *Diachronic Museum of Larissa :Ethnographic, Historical, Folklore, Folk art, Ecclesiastical * Folklore and Historical Museum of Larissa * Folklore and Historical Museum of Ambelakia * G. Schwartz Mansion of Ambelakia * Folklore Museum of Gonnoi * Folklore Museum of Livadi – G. Olympios Mansion * Folklore Museum of Dolichi * Museum of Thessalic Life of Elateia * Hatzigogos Inn Historical Museum of Sarantaporo * Wine Museum of Rapsani * Wine Museum of Tyrnavos * Folklore Museum of Verdikoussia :Art museums and Galleries * Municipal Art Gallery – G.I Katsigra Museum of Larissa :Anthropology, Natural History, Geology, Paleontology :Military, Science, Biographical, Education * Larissa Museum of National Resistance of Thessaly * School Museum of Farsala


Central Greece Continental Greece ( el, Στερεά Ελλάδα, Stereá Elláda; formerly , ''Chérsos Ellás''), colloquially known as Roúmeli (Ρούμελη), is a traditional geographic region of Greece. In English, the area is usually called Central ...


Phthiotis Phthiotis ( el, Φθιώτιδα, ''Fthiótida'', ; ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Φθιῶτις) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. The capital is the city of Lamia. It is borde ...

:Archaeological *Archaeological Museum of Atalanti *Archaeological Collection of Elateia * Archaeological Museum of Lamia :Byzantine, Ecclesiastic * Byzantine Museum of Phthiotida


Phocis Phocis ( el, Φωκίδα ; grc, Φωκίς) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. It stretches from the western mountainsides of Parnassus on the east to the mountain range of Var ...

:Archaeological *Amfissa Archaeological Museum *Archaeological Collection of Lidoriki * Delphi Archaeological Museum *Galaxidi Archaeological Collection


Euboea regional unit

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Eretria * Archaeological Museum of Skyros *Archaeological Museum of Chalkis *Archaeological Museum of Karystos :Folklore, Folk art *Folklore Museum of Kymi *Manos Faltaits Museum (Skyros)


Boeotia Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia ( el, Βοιωτία; modern: ; ancient: ), formerly known as Cadmeis, is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Greece. Its capital is Livadeia, and its ...

:Archaeological *Archaeological Museum of Chaironeia *Archaeological Museum of Thebes * Distomo Archaeological Collection *Schimatari Museum


Ionian Islands


Corfu regional unit

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Corfu * Archaeological Museum of Paleopolis :Byzantine, Ecclesiastic * Byzantine Museum of Antivouniotissa :Biographical, Ethnic, History * Kapodistrias Museum * Serbian Museum of Corfu *Solomos Museum :Art museums and galleries * Museum of Asian art of Corfu * Municipal Gallery of Corfu : Music Museum *The Music Museum 'Nikolaos Halikiopoulos Mantzaros' of the Philharmonic Society of Corfu : Numismatic Museum * Banknote Museum


Zakynthos Zakynthos (also spelled Zakinthos; el, Ζάκυνθος, Zákynthos ; it, Zacinto ) or Zante (, , ; el, Τζάντε, Tzánte ; from the Venetian form) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands. Z ...

:Byzantine, Ecclesiastic *Byzantine Museum of Zakynthos :Biographical, History *Museum of Dionysios Solomos and Eminent Zakynthians *Museum of Grigorios Xenopoulos


Cephalonia

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Argostoli *Archaeological Collection of Stavros :Folklore, Folk art *Korgialeneio Historical and Folklore Museum :Natural history *Museum of Natural History of Cephalonia and Ithaca :Byzantine, Ecclesiastic *St. Andrew Convent- The ecclesiastical Museum :Maritime *Maritime Museum of the Ionian Sea *Nautical and Environmental Museum of Fiscardo


Ithaca Ithaca most commonly refers to: *Homer's Ithaca, an island featured in Homer's ''Odyssey'' *Ithaca (island), an island in Greece, possibly Homer's Ithaca *Ithaca, New York, a city, and home of Cornell University and Ithaca College Ithaca, Ithaka ...

*Archaeological Museum of Vathy


Lefkada regional unit

:Archaeological *Archaeological Museum of Lefkada


West Greece Western Greece Region ( el, Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Ελλάδας, translit=Periféria Dhitikís Elládhas, ) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It comprises the western part of continental Greece and the north ...


Achaea

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Aigion * Archaeological Museum of Patras * Fissini Street Archeological Collection (Patras) :Ethnographic, History * Historical Museum of The Aghia Lavra Monastery * Museum of the Sacrifice of the People of Kalavryta :Folklore, Folk art * Folk Art Museum of Patras :Art museums and galleries, Popular art * Popular Art Museum of Chalandritsa :Natural history * Zoological Museum of the Patras University :Science and Technology * Museum of Science & Technology of the University of Patras


Aetolia-Acarnania Aetolia-Acarnania ( el, Αιτωλοακαρνανία, ''Aitoloakarnanía'', ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the geographic region of Central Greece and the administrative region of West Greece. A combination of the histor ...

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Agrinion *Archaeological Museum of Thyrreion :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 Elis or Ilia ( el, Ηλεία, ''Ileia'') is a historic region in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It is administered as a regional unit of the modern region of Western Greece. Its capital is Pyrgos. Until 2011 it was ...

:Archaeological *Archaeological Museum of Elis *
Archaeological Museum of Olympia The Archaeological Museum of Olympia (Greek: Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Ολυμπίας) is one of the principal museums of Greece, located in Olympia. It is overseen by the Ministry of Culture and Sports, and, as of 2009, is direc ...
*The Old Museum of Olympia :Sports *Museum of the Modern Olympic Games :Technology * Museum of Ancient Greek Technology (Ilia)


Peloponnese


Argolis Argolis or Argolida ( el, Αργολίδα , ; , in ancient Greek and Katharevousa) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Peloponnese, situated in the eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula and part of the ...

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Argos *
Archaeological Museum of Epidaurus Archaeological Museum of Epidaurus is a museum in Epidaurus, in Argolis on the Peloponnese peninsula, Greece. The museum, noted for its reconstructions of temples and its columns and inscriptions, was established in 1902 and opened in 1909 to displ ...
*Archaeological Museum of Mycenae * Archaeological Museum of Nafplion * Archaeological Museum of Nemea :Byzantine, Ecclesiastic *Byzantine Museum of Argolis :Folklore, Folk art *Komboloi Museum *Laskarideio Folklore Museum


Messenia Messenia or Messinia ( ; el, Μεσσηνία ) is a regional unit (''perifereiaki enotita'') in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece. Until the implementation of the Kallikratis plan on 1 January 2011, Messenia was a ...

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Chora *
Archaeological Museum of Messenia The Archaeological Museum of Messenia is located in Kalamata, the capital of Messenia in southern Greece. The museum is built on the site of the city's old market hall. Among else its collection includes the finds which were formerly kept in the ...
*Benakeion Archaeological Museum of Kalamata Now defunct, see Archaeological Museum of Messenia *Museum of Ancient Messene


Arcadia

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Astros *Archaeological Museum of Lykosoura * Archaeological Museum of Tegea :Open-air * Dimitsana Open-air Water Power Museum


Corinthia Corinthia ( el, Κορινθία ''Korinthía'') is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese. It is situated around the city of Corinth, in the north-eastern part ...

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth *Archaeological Museum of Isthmia :Ethnographic, Folklore, Historical * Historical and Folklore Museum of Corinth


Laconia

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Sparta *Monemvasia Archaeological Collection :Byzantine, Ecclesiastic * Archaeological Museum of Mystras


North Aegean The North Aegean Region ( el, Περιφέρεια Βορείου Αιγαίου, translit=Periféria Voríou Eyéou, ) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece, and the smallest of the thirteen by population. It comprises the isla ...


Chios regional unit

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Chios :Byzantine, Ecclesiastic * Chios Byzantine Museum *Museum of Nea Moni at Chios :Maritime * Chios Maritime Museum


Lesbos Lesbos or Lesvos ( el, Λέσβος, Lésvos ) is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It has an area of with approximately of coastline, making it the third largest island in Greece. It is separated from Asia Minor by the nar ...

:Archaeological *Archaeological – Folklore Collection of Napi * Archaeological Museum of Mytilene :Geology, Natural History, Paleontology *
Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest The Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest ( el, Μουσείο Φυσικής Ιστορίας Απολιθωμένου Δάσους Λέσβου) is a geological museum located in the village of Sigri on the island of Lesbos in Gr ...
:Ouzo *Ouzo Museum – The World of Ouzo


Lemnos regional unit

*Archaeological Museum of Lemnos


Ikaria regional unit

*Archaeological Collection of Agios Kirykos


Samos Samos (, also ; el, Σάμος ) is a Greece, Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, south of Chios, north of Patmos and the Dodecanese, and off the coast of western Turkey, from which it is separated by the -wide Mycale Strait. It is also a se ...

:Archaeological *Archaeological Museum of Samos *Kambos Archaeological Museum * The Paleontological Museum of Mytilinioi (Samos)


South Aegean The South Aegean ( el, Περιφέρεια Νοτίου Αιγαίου, translit=Periféria Notíou Eyéou, ) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It consists of the Cyclades and Dodecanese island groups in the central and ...


Andros Andros ( el, Άνδρος, ) is the northernmost island of the Greek Cyclades archipelago, about southeast of Euboea, and about north of Tinos. It is nearly long, and its greatest breadth is . It is for the most part mountainous, with many ...

* Archaeological Museum of Andros * Archaeological Museum of Palaiopolis * Andros Museum of Modern Art * Andros Maritime Museum


Kalymnos regional unit

* Archaeological Museum of Astypalaia *Archaeological Museum of Kalymnos *Vouvalis Mansion (Kalymnos)


Karpathos regional unit

*Archaeological Museum of Karpathos (future)


Kea-Kythnos

*Archaeological Museum of Kea


Kos regional unit

*Archaeological Museum of Kos *Archaeological Museum of Nisyros


Milos regional unit

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Kimolos * Archaeological Museum of Milos * Archaeological Collection of Serifos * Archaeological Museum of Sifnos * Archaeological Collection of Agios Andreas on Sifnos :Byzantine, Ecclesiastic * Ecclesiastical Museum in Adamas (Milos) :Other * Milos Mining Museum (Adamas on Milos)


Mykonos Mykonos (, ; el, Μύκονος ) is a Greek island, part of the Cyclades, lying between Tinos, Syros, Paros and Naxos. The island has an area of and rises to an elevation of at its highest point. There are 10,134 inhabitants according to th ...

* Archaeological Museum of Delos * Archaeological Museum of Mykonos * Mykonos Folklore Museum * Aegean Maritime Museum (Mykonos)


Naxos regional unit

:Archaeological *Archaeological Collection of Amorgos *Archaeological Museum of Apeiranthos *Archaeological Museum of Gyroulas at Sangri * Archaeological Museum of Naxos :Byzantine, Ecclesiastic *Byzantine Museum of Naxos :Other *Apiranthos Natural History Museum *Vallindras Distilery (Kitron Naxou distillery in Chalkio on Naxos) ''! Not listed as a museum'' *Venetian Museum (Della Rocca Barozzi at Naxos)


Paros regional unit

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Archaeological Museum of Paros The Archaeological Museum of Paros is a museum located in Parikia on Paros, Greece. The museum was found in 1960 and consists of two rooms and an atrium. Museum plan Room A contains Archaic and Classical sculptures. Room B contains pottery, ...


Rhodes regional unit

* Archaeological Museum of Rhodes * Kastellorizo Archaeological Museum * Palace of the Grand Masters (Rhodes) * Kastellorizo Folk Art Museum * Decorative Arts Collection, Rhodes * Aquarium of Rhodes * Museum of Mineralogy & Paleontology Stamatiadis, Rhodes


Syros Syros ( el, Σύρος ), also known as Siros or Syra, is a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea. It is south-east of Athens. The area of the island is and it has 21,507 inhabitants (2011 census). The largest towns are Ermoupoli, An ...

* Archaeological Museum of Syros


Thira regional unit

* Archaeological Collection of Anafi * Folegandros Folklore Museum *Archaeological Museum of Ios * Archaeological Museum of Thera * Museum of Prehistoric Thira


Tinos Tinos ( el, Τήνος ) is a Greek island situated in the Aegean Sea. It is located in the Cyclades archipelago. The closest islands are Andros, Delos, and Mykonos. It has a land area of and a 2011 census population of 8,636 inhabitants. Tinos ...

*Archaeological Museum of Tinos


Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, ...


Chania regional unit

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Chania *Archaeological Museum of Kissamos :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 * Eleftherios Venizelos Museum of Chalepa :Historical, Folklore *Historical and Folklore Museum of Gavalochori :Maritime, War * Maritime Museum of Crete * War Museum of Chania :Children, Education * School Life Museum


Heraklion regional unit

:Archaeological *
Heraklion Archaeological Museum The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is a museum located in Heraklion on Crete. It is one of the greatest museums in Greece and the best in the world for Minoan art, as it contains by far the most important and complete collection of artefacts ...
:Byzantine, Ecclesiastic * Collection of Agia Aikaterini of Sinai * Collection of Agios Matthaios of Sinai :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 * Museum of Visual Arts :Natural History *
Aquaworld Aquarium Aquaworld Aquarium is a natural history museum in Hersonissos, Heraklion, Crete, Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and ...
* Natural History Museum of Crete


Rethymno regional unit

:Archaeological * Archaeological Museum of Rethymno *
Museum of Ancient Eleutherna The Museum of Ancient Eleutherna ( el, Μουσείο Αρχαίας Ελεύθερνας) is an on-site museum of Greece in the archaeological park of Eleutherna, Rethymno, and houses artifacts found in the nearby archaeological site of Eleuthern ...
:Byzantine, Ecclesiastic * Museum of the Monastery of Arkadi * Museum of the Monastery of Preveli :Ethnographic, Folklore, Historical * Historical and Folklore Museum of Rethymno :Folklore, Folk art * The Frantzeskaki Collection :Art museums and galleries * Municipal Gallery "L.Kanakakis" :Natural history *
Museum of Sea Life at Rethymno Museum of Sea Life at Rethymno was a museum in Rethymno, Crete, Greece.The Museum of ...
* Paleolithic museum of Rethymno


Lasithi (regional unit)

:Archaeological *Archaeological Collection of Neapolis * Archaeological Museum of Agios Nikolaos * Archaeological Museum of Sitia


References


External links


Museums in Greece by the Greek National Tourism Organisation

Ministry of culture of Greece /Museums

City of Athens /Museums

City of Athens/Visitors' website /Museums

Athens Museums' Guide with Reviews

Greek museums info
{{Europe topic, List of museums in *
Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...
Museums A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
Museums A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
Museums A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...