Visit the Acropolis Museum

The work of Swiss architect Bernard Tschumi, the Acropolis Museum on the southeast slope and was unveiled in 2009 to present the many thousands of artifacts discovered on the archaeological site of the Acropolis.

The new Acropolis Museum's expansive galleries are filled with natural light, which highlights the valuable artifacts that have been brought here for storage after being taken from the hill.

The highlight of the museum is the top-floor glass atrium, where a 161-meter-long frieze from around the top of the Parthenon is installed at eye level so that visitors can see all of its intricate details and get a better sense of its enormous scale (with the exception of the portion still kept in the British Museum).

Visitors are guided chronologically through the ages on three floors, beginning with the archaic discoveries made on the hill in a sizable trapezoidal hall that also contains artifacts from the Erechtheion, the Propylaea doorway, and the Temple of Athena Nike. After that, you ascend to a hall with the same size, column spacing, and orientation as the temple to gaze in awe at the Parthenon's marble pediments and frieze (including metopes).

Opening hours: The Acropolis Museum is open daily. Hours vary by season. From April 1 to October 31, the museum opens at 8 am and closes between 4 pm and 8 pm, depending on the day of the week.
Entrance fee: €10 April 1 to October 31; €5 November 1 to March 31