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Acropolis Museum

The Acropolis Museum is an archaeological museum focused on the findings of the archaeological site of the . The museum was built to house every artifact found on the rock and on the surrounding slopes, from the Greek Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine Greece.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday: 8:00 AM—4:00 PM
    Tuesday—Thursday and Saturday—Sunday: 8:00 AM—8:00 PM
    Friday: 8:00 AM—10:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Athens, Greece
  • Also known as: “New Acropolis Museum”
  • Address: Διονυσίου Αρεοπαγίτου 15, Αθήνα, 11742
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Parthenon and Theatre of Dionysus.

Photo: Elena Tatiana Chis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a former temple on the , Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of classical Greek art, and the is considered an enduring symbol of ancient Greece, Western civilization, and democracy. is situated 370 metres northwest of Acropolis Museum.

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The is an ancient Greek theatre in . It is built on the south slope of the hill, originally part of the sanctuary of Dionysus Eleuthereus. is situated 240 metres north of Acropolis Museum.

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The or Temple of Athena Polias is an ancient Greek Ionic temple, on the north side of the , , that was primarily dedicated to the goddess Athena. is situated 440 metres northwest of Acropolis Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Makrygianni and Acropolis.

Neighborhood
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or Makriyanni is a neighborhood of , . Also known as Acropolis, it is located in the south side of and bounded between the avenues Dionysiou Areopagitou and Syngrou.

Neighborhood
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Makrygianni or Makriyanni is a neighborhood of , . Also known as , it is located in the south side of and bounded between the avenues Dionysiou Areopagitou and Syngrou.

Neighborhood
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is a scenic tiny neighborhood of the center of , part of the old historical neighborhood called . It lies on the northeast side of the .

Acropolis Museum

Latitude
37.96852° or 37° 58′ 7″ north
Longitude
23.72849° or 23° 43′ 43″ east
Elevation
82 metres (269 feet)
Open location code
8G95XP9H+C9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 983921252
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
7910525
Wiki­data ID
Q421084
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Acropolis Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أكروبولس (المتحف الجديد)”
  • Arabic: “متحف أكروبولس الجديد”
  • Arabic: “متحف أكروبولس”
  • Arabic: “متحف اكروبوليس”
  • Arabic: “متحف الأكروبول”
  • Arabic: “متحف الأكروبولس”
  • Arabic: “متحف الأكروبولي”
  • Armenian: “Հին Ակրոպոլիս թանգարան”
  • Bashkir: “Акрополь музейы”
  • Belarusian: “Новы музей Акропаля”
  • Bulgarian: “Музей на Акропола”
  • Bulgarian: “Нов музей на Акропола”
  • Catalan: “Museu de l’Acròpoli d’Atenes”
  • Catalan: “Museu de l’Acròpoli”
  • Chinese: “卫城博物馆”
  • Chinese: “衛城博物館”
  • Czech: “Muzeum Akropolis”
  • Danish: “Akropolismuseet”
  • Danish: “Akropolismuseum”
  • Dutch: “Acropolis Museum”
  • Dutch: “Acropolismuseum”
  • Dutch: “Akropolismuseum”
  • Esperanto: “Akropola Muzeo”
  • Finnish: “Akropolis-museo”
  • Finnish: “Uusi Akropoliin museo”
  • French: “Musee de l’Acropole d’Athenes”
  • French: “musée de l’Acropole d’Athènes”
  • French: “Musée de l’acropole d’athènes”
  • French: “Musée de l’Acropole d’Athènes”
  • French: “Musée De L’Acropole D’Athènes”
  • French: “Musée de l’Acropole”
  • Georgian: “აკროპოლისის მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Akropolis-Museum”
  • German: “Akropolismuseum”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο Ακροπόλεως”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο Ακρόπολης”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο της Ακροπόλεως”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο της Ακρόπολης”
  • Greek: “Νέο Μουσείο Ακροπόλεως”
  • Greek: “Νέο Μουσείο Ακρόπολης”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון האקרופוליס באתונה”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון האקרופוליס”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Akropolis”
  • Italian: “Museo dell’acropoli di Atene”
  • Italian: “Museo dell’Acropoli di Atene”
  • Italian: “Museo dell’Acropoli”
  • Japanese: “アクロポリス博物館”
  • Japanese: “新アクロポリス博物館”
  • Japanese: “新アクロポリス美術館”
  • Korean: “아크로폴리스 박물관”
  • Lithuanian: “Akropolio muziejus”
  • Mazanderani: “آکروپولیس موزه”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Akropolismuseet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Akropolismuséet”
  • Norwegian: “Akropolismuseet”
  • Persian: “موزه آکروپولیس”
  • Persian: “موزهٔ آکروپولیس”
  • Persian: “موزه اکروپولیس”
  • Persian: “موزه جدید آکروپولیس”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Akropolu w Atenach”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Akropolu”
  • Portuguese: “Museu da Acrópole de Atenas”
  • Portuguese: “Museu da Acrópole”
  • Russian: “Музей Акрополя”
  • Russian: “Новый музей Акрополя”
  • Serbian: “Akropoljski muzej”
  • Serbian: “Акропољски музеј (Атина)”
  • Serbian: “Акропољски музеј Атина”
  • Serbian: “Акропољски музеј у Атини”
  • Serbian: “Акропољски музеј”
  • Serbian: “Музеј на Акропољу”
  • Serbian: “Нови музеј Акропоља”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Akropoliski muzej”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Akropoljski muzej”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Akropoloski muzej”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Akropolski muzej”
  • Spanish: “Museo de la Acropolis de Atenas”
  • Spanish: “Museo de la Acrópolis de Atenas”
  • Spanish: “Museo de la Acropolis”
  • Spanish: “Museo de la Acrópolis”
  • Spanish: “Museo de la Acrσpolis”
  • Spanish: “Nuevo Museo de la Acropolis”
  • Spanish: “Nuevo Museo de la Acrópolis”
  • Swedish: “Acropolis Museum”
  • Swedish: “Akropolismuseet”
  • Turkish: “Akropolis müzesi”
  • Turkish: “Akropolis Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей акрополя”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей Акрополя”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей Афінського Акрополя”
  • Ukrainian: “Новий музей акрополя”
  • Ukrainian: “Новий музей Акрополя”
  • Urdu: “ایکروپولیس عجائب گھر”
  • Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng Acropolis”
  • Western Armenian: “Աքրոփոլիին Թանգարանը”
  • Western Panjabi: “ایکروپولیس عجائب گھر”

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