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Athens

Numismatic Museum of Athens

The Numismatic Museum of Athens is one of the most important museums in and it houses a collection of over 500,000 coins, medals, gems, weights, stamps and related artefacts from 1400BC to modern times.
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  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday—Sunday: 9:00 AM—4:00 PM
    Monday: closed
    public holidays: closed
  • Email: epnom@culture.gr
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum
  • Also known as: “Numismatic Museum” and “Numismatic Museum, Athens”
  • Address: Πανεπιστημίου 12, Αθήνα, 10671
  • Wheelchair access: yes

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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 1 km southwest of Numismatic Museum of Athens.

Church
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The Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite is the main Roman Catholic church of , , and the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens. is situated 160 metres northwest of Numismatic Museum of Athens.

Museum
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The , established and endowed in 1930 by Antonis Benakis in memory of his father Emmanuel Benakis, is housed in the Benakis family mansion in , . is situated 480 metres southeast of Numismatic Museum of Athens.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Athens and Akadimia.

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is the capital city of with a metropolitan population of 3.15 million inhabitants. It was a major cultural, political and religious centre of Classical Greece, a place that deeply influenced the course of Western civilization.

Neighborhood
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, literally "Academy", is a neighborhood in central , . Located directly north and slight west of , it is bounded by Akadimias Street, Panepistimiou Street, Solonos Street and Stadiou Street.

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is a neighborhood.

Numismatic Museum of Athens

Latitude
37.97783° or 37° 58′ 40″ north
Longitude
23.73539° or 23° 44′ 7″ east
Elevation
118 metres (387 feet)
Operator
Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Open location code
8G95XPHP+45
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3844131091
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
12277258
Wiki­data ID
Q658339
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Numismatic Museum of Athens” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Muséu Numismáticu d’Atenes”
  • Chinese: “雅典貨幣博物館”
  • Dutch: “Numismatic Museum of Athens”
  • Esperanto: “Numismatika Muzeo de Ateno”
  • Finnish: “Numismaattinen museo”
  • French: “musée numismatique d’Athènes”
  • French: “Musée numismatique d’Athènes”
  • Galician: “Museo Numismático de Atenas”
  • Georgian: “ათენის ნუმიზმატიკური მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Numismatisches Museum Athen”
  • German: “Numismatisches Museum”
  • Greek: “Νομισματικό Μουσείο Αθηνών”
  • Greek: “Νομισματικό μουσείο”
  • Greek: “Νομισματικό Μουσείο”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Numismatik Athena”
  • Italian: “Museo numismatico di Atene”
  • Japanese: “アテネ貨幣博物館”
  • Portuguese: “Museu de Numismática”
  • Russian: “Нумизматический музей Афин”
  • Spanish: “Museo Numismatico de Atenas”
  • Spanish: “Museo Numismático de Atenas”
  • Turkish: “Atina Nümismatik Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Нумізматичний музей Афін”
  • Urdu: “ایتھنز کا مسکوکاتی عجائب گھر”
  • Western Panjabi: “ایتھنز دا مسکوکاتی عجائب گھر”

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