Acropolis Museum
10 expert reviews
“The imposing modernist building brings together the surviving treasures... including items formerly held in other museums or storage, as well as pieces returned from foreign museums.”
– Lonely Planet
"Designed by Bernard Tschumi (and Michalis Fotiadis), the 21,000-sq.-m (226,000-sq.-ft.) glass-and-concrete museum is stunning." Full review
"The Acropolis Museum nods to the fabled ancient hill above it but speaks... in a contemporary architectural language." Full review
"The museum holds more than 4,000 artifacts, including five of the six original caryatids returned by Britain, but its crown glory is the Parthenon Gallery." Full review
"One of my most wondrous experiences was a year or two ago at the Acropolis Museum, which is devoted to archaeology." Full review
"The first floor of the museum is dedicated mainly to beautiful works of pottery and other votive offerings to the slopes of the Acropolis." Full review
3 Stars
"After entering this place, how will you leave it?" Full review
1.0
"Houses various archaeological findings from the Acropolis. Key exhibits include a relief of Athena Nike, several carved statues from Erechtheion and a gallery with various Parthenon artifacts." Full review
"It's impossible to miss the glass-and-concrete façade of this 21,000-square-meter (226,000-square-feet), startlingly modern museum—there's nothing else like it within miles of the Acropolis" Full review