A walk through its galleries is a walk through history – between the masterpieces of the Archaic and Classical periods, but also in the ancient neighborhoods of Athens.
The Museum offers many opportunities for rest and recreation, as well as a visitor friendly environment for some of the most emblematic works of antiquity.
The National Archaeological Museum is the largest museum in Greece and one of the world's great museums. Although its original purpose was to secure all the finds from the nineteenth century excavations in and around Athens, it gradually became the central National Archaeological Museum and was enriched with finds from all over Greece. Its abundant collections, with more than 20,000 exhibits, provide a panorama of Greek civilization from the beginnings of Prehistory to Late Antiquity.
Five thematic exhibitions compose the new display proposal by the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. Through these, the visitor will come in contact with the world of ancient Macedonia, with its civilization and its people.
The Museum of Byzantine Culture aims in presenting various aspects of life during the byzantine and post-byzantine periods: art, ideology, social structure and religion, as well as how historical changes and the political situation were affecting people's everyday life.
The HerakleionArchaeologicalMuseum
The HerakleionArchaeologicalMuseum is one of the largest and most important museums in Greece, and among the most important museums in Europe. It houses representative artefacts from all the periods of Cretan prehistory and history, covering a chronological span of over 5,500 years from the Neolithic period to Roman times. The singularly important Minoan collection contains unique examples of Minoan art, many of them true masterpieces. The HerakleionMuseum is rightly considered as themuseum of Minoan culture par excellence worldwide.
Hi! I’m Eleana and I’m 11 years old. I live in Greece. My country borders with Albania, FYROM, Bulgaria and Turkey.
Greece has mountains, rivers and a lot of islands. Greece is washed by the Mediterranean Sea.
The weather in Greece is fine almost all year. Summers are warm and winters are mild. The sky is blue and the sun shines.
Greeks are interesting people. They enjoy their lives. They are clever people.
In my opinion, Greece’s geographical location helped greek people to come close and know a lot of countries and develop their culture. I loveGreece very much and I don’t want to leave from here!
My name is Anastasia and I am 11 years old. I live in Ptolemaida, Greece. My country borders from the North with Albania, FYROM, Bulgaria and from the East with Turkey. My country is washed by the Aegean Sea and the Ionian Sea and has got a lot of islands.
Greece is a famous country around the world for its ancient culture. Athens, the capital of Greece, was the first town to have democracy.
My country is mountainous and it has got many lakes and rivers.
The weather is cold in winter and warm in summer time.
The people of Greece are hospitable and this shows from their smiley faces.
I think it’s exciting to live in Greece because it’s the most beautiful country in the world.
Pericles, the "father" of democracy
My Country
by Chris G.
My country is Greece. It is a nice country because it has got nice islands and great villages.
The capital city is Athens. Athens has got the Acropolis, an ancient building, and a lot of other high or short buildings.
One nice island is Crete. It’s the biggest island in Greece. Crete has got nice beaches and views.
This is Greece. Come and see a lot of nice sights and views.
The world famous Parthenon or Acropolis
Chania, a beautiful town in Crete
My name is Tania and I’m 11 years old. I live in Ptolemaida, Greece. Greece borders with Albania, FYROM, Bulgaria and Turkey.
In Greece there are a lot of forests and mountains. The highest mountain is Olympus. She has got lakes and rivers. Also there are a lot ofislands.
The weather in summer is sunny, but in winter it is always cold.
People work in different jobs and enjoy their
lives.
Greece is fantastic! I’m very lucky that I live in Greece.
Mountain Olympus
My name is Theo. It’s a Greek name because my father comes from Greece. The name of my country is Greece. Greece borders with Alb
ania, Bulgaria, Turkey. The Ionian Sea in the East separates Greece from Italy.
The country is mostly mountainous. It has got a lot of rivers and lakes. I live in Macedonia and the most famous mountain here is Olympus and the most famous lakes are Big and Small Prespes.
The weather is cold in winter and hot in summer time. Most of the time is sunshine.
The people of Greece are very polite and hospitable.
I think it’s exciting to live in Greece becaus it opens its doors to everyone.
The Ionian sea has many beautiful beaches, like this one in Zakynthos.
Prespes
My name is Elpida and I’m twelve years old. It is a Greek name because I am from Greece. My country borders Albania, Skopia, Turkey and Bulgaria. Greece is in the Balkan peninsula.
Greece has got mountains, rivers, lakes and a lot of plains. Greece has got a lot of islands and a beautiful sea.
The weather is cold in winter and hot in summer. It rains very much in winter.
The people in Greece work in shops, businesses, electric plants and in mines (in Ptolemaida).
I think Greece is great because it’s got a lot of beautiful things.
Ptolemaida's mines
My name is Katherine and I am eleven years old. The name of my country is Greece and it borders with Albania, FYROM and Bulgaria.
The country has many mountains and a few plains. It has many rivers and many lakes.
The weather in winter is cold and in summer is warm and hot.
The people of Greece speak Greek and some of them English as a foreign language. Many people in Ptolemaida work at electric plants.
You can see many old stone bridges at Greek rivers
My country is Greece. Greece is insouth- eastern Europe and it borders with Skopia, Albania, Bulgaria.
The landscape of Greece is very beautiful. It has many islands and many forests.
The weather in Greece in winter is cold and in summer is very hot.
People here are very friendly.
My opinion is that Greece is one of the most beautiful countries in Europe.
John
Syros-a famous island in Aegean sea
Greece is a beautiful country. Greece is in Europe.
The weather in Greece is good in summer and spring but in winter and autumn isn’t good enough.
Greece has almost 11.000.000 people and a lot of tourists.
This country has a lot of mountains, rivers, sea, lakes and other things which you can come and see.
A walk through its galleries is a walk through history – between the masterpieces of the Archaic and Classical periods, but also in the ancient neighborhoods of Athens.
