Athens - Acropolis Museum
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The Acropolis Museum, containing one of the most valuable collections of Greek art in existence, was built in 1949-53 at the southeast corner of the Acropolis, lying so low that it does not obtrude.
The rooms to the left contain material of the Archaic period (sixth century B.C.) which formed part of the "Persian rubble" and was recovered during excavations by Panayiotis Kavvadias in 1885-86: pediments from temples and treasuries, votive statues and (in the rooms to the right) marble figures from the pediment of the Old Temple of Athena (Rooms I-V). In the other rooms to the right (VI-XI) is sculpture of the Classical period (fifth century).
The rooms to the left contain material of the Archaic period (sixth century B.C.) which formed part of the "Persian rubble" and was recovered during excavations by Panayiotis Kavvadias in 1885-86: pediments from temples and treasuries, votive statues and (in the rooms to the right) marble figures from the pediment of the Old Temple of Athena (Rooms I-V). In the other rooms to the right (VI-XI) is sculpture of the Classical period (fifth century).
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Acropolis Museum, Athéna , Greece
Hours:
January 1 to March 31: 8:30am-3pm; Mon: 10am-3pm
April 1 to December 31: 8am-7:30pm; Mon: 11am-7:30pm
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), Greek National Day (March 25), May Day / Labor Day (May 1), Christmas - Christian (December 25), Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26), Easter - Christian
Tips: Free admission Sundays in the period between 1 November and 31 March.
Guides: Interpretive sessions sometimes available.
Transit: Bus: 230 and electric Rail: from Theseion.
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