War Museum

The Athens War Museum is the military museum of the Greek Armed Forces. It is located at the Athens city center and it is served by the Athens Metro station of .
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  • Opening hours:
    November—March: Monday—Saturday 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
    April—October: Monday—Saturday 9:00 AM—7:00 PM
    Sunday: 9:00 AM—3:00 PM
    public holidays: 9:00 AM—3:00 PM
  • Email: info@warmuseum.gr
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Athens, Greece
  • Also known as: “Athens War Museum” and “Polemiko mouseio”
  • Address: Ριζάρη 2, Αθήνα, 10675

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Byzantine and Christian Museum and Lyceum.

Museum
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The is situated at Vassilissis Sofias Avenue in , Greece.

Archaeological site
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The was a temple in dedicated to Apollo Lyceus. It was best known for the Peripatetic school of philosophy founded there by Aristotle in 334 BC. is situated 230 metres southwest of War Museum.

Museum
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The Nikolaos P. Goulandris Foundation - is a museum in that houses a notable collection of artifacts of Cycladic art. The museum was founded in 1986 in order to house the collection of Cycladic and Ancient Greek art belonging to Nikolaos and Dolly Goulandris. is situated 270 metres west of War Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rigillis and Pangrati.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in , , having an estimated population of 35,173 residents. Named after the ancient sanctuary of Hercules Pancrates, its frontage runs from Vasilissis Sofias Avenue along to Vasileos Konstantinou Avenue and Vassileos Alexandrou Avenue, just a few minutes walk from the .

Quarter
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is a neighborhood of , , named after the river . A portion of the neighborhood, Ano , is in and is near the Theology, Philosophy and Scientific faculties of the University of Athens.

War Museum

Latitude
37.97543° or 37° 58′ 32″ north
Longitude
23.74534° or 23° 44′ 43″ east
Wheelchair access
no
Operator
Υπουργείο Εθνικής Άμυνας
Open location code
8G95XPGW+54
Open­Street­Map ID
way 318587299
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q1788831
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“War Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف أثينا للحرب”
  • Armenian: “Աթենքի պատերազմների թանգարան”
  • Armenian: “Աթենքի ռազմական թանգարան”
  • Armenian: “Պատերազմների թանգարան”
  • Asturian: “Muséu de la Guerra d’Atenes”
  • Bulgarian: “Военен музей в Атина”
  • Catalan: “Museu de la Guerra d’Atenes”
  • Chinese: “雅典戰爭博物館”
  • Finnish: “Sotamuseo”
  • French: “musée de la Guerre d’Athènes”
  • French: “Musée de la Guerre d’Athènes”
  • French: “Musée de la Guerre”
  • German: “Kriegsmuseum (Athen)”
  • German: “Kriegsmuseum”
  • Greek: “Πολεμικό Μουσείο (Αθηνα)”
  • Greek: “Πολεμικό Μουσείο Αθηνών”
  • Greek: “Πολεμικό Μουσείο”
  • Italian: “Museo della guerra”
  • Japanese: “アテネ戦争博物館”
  • Portuguese: “Museu da Guerra de Atenas”
  • Portuguese: “Museu da Guerra”
  • Russian: “Афинский музей войны”
  • Russian: “Военный музей (Афины)”
  • Russian: “Военный музей”
  • Russian: “Музей войны (Афины)”
  • Serbian: “Војни музеј у Атини”
  • Spanish: “Museo de guerra de atenas”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Guerra de Atenas”
  • Spanish: “Museo de la Guerra de Atenas”
  • Turkish: “Atina Savaş Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Афінський музей війни”
  • Ukrainian: “Військовий музей Афін”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний військовий музей (Афіни)”

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