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A private museum in Kolonaki holding the world's largest collection of Cycladic art, alongside ancient Greek and Cypriot collections and a strong temporary exhibition programme.
The Cycladic figurines are the most surprising objects in Athens: five thousand years old and unmistakably modern. No other museum has anything like this many.
Superb display and lighting, free entry for under-18s, late Thursday opening, ambitious temporary shows, and a good cafe in the atrium.
Small permanent collection for the price. Closed Tuesdays. Temporary exhibitions carry a higher ticket. Kolonaki prices apply to everything nearby.
Anyone interested in sculpture or modern art, who will recognise the borrowings immediately, and families given free entry for under-18s.
You are only interested in classical Athens. The National Archaeological Museum covers that far better.
Thursday evening is the quietest and longest slot. Start on the Cycladic floor before the tour groups arrive, then work down. Check whether a temporary exhibition is included before buying.
General admission 12 euros, reduced or group visit 9 euros. Free for children under 18, Cycladic Friends members, and several categories including holders of a Hellenic Ministry free entry pass. Some temporary exhibitions are priced separately at 14 euros, 11 reduced.
Metro line 3 to Evangelismos, then a five-minute walk uphill, or a ten-minute walk from Syntagma through Kolonaki.
Kolonaki, the smart shopping and embassy quarter below Lycabettus, five minutes from the Benaki Museum and ten from Syntagma.
Ninety minutes, or two hours with a temporary exhibition.
Step-free with lifts to all floors of both the main building and the Stathatos Mansion wing.
Go on a Thursday evening for the figurines. Twelve euros is fair for the best collection of its kind anywhere, and it is free for under-18s.
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The Museum of Cycladic Art charges 12 euros for general admission and 9 euros reduced or for group visits. It opens Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 10:00 to 17:00, Sunday 11:00 to 17:00 and Thursday 10:00 to 20:00, and is closed on Tuesdays. The Cycladic figurines are the reason to come: flat, white, folded-arm marble figures made in the islands around 3000 BC, which look so much like twentieth-century…
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