Maritime Museum of Greece
The first attempt to establish the Hellenic Maritime Museum was in the newly established Greek state in 1867. That year the master of the Navy Gerasimos Zochios, founder of the Navy Retirement Fund, suggested that the Fund takes the task of collecting and conserving objects related to the Greek maritime history.- Opening hours:
Tuesday—Saturday: 9:00 AM—2:00 PM
public holidays: closed - Email: nme@ath.forthnet.gr
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Greece
- Also known as: “Hellenic Maritime Museum”, “Hellenic Maritime Museum – Piraeus”, and “Nautiko mouseio Ellados”
- Address: Ακτή Θεμιστοκλέους, Φρεαττύδα, Πειραιάς, 18537
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tzanio General Hospital and Bust of Lambros Porphyra, Peiraeus.
Tzanio General Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tzanio General Hospital is situated 180 metres north of Maritime Museum of Greece.
Bust of Lambros Porphyra, Peiraeus
Work of art
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bust of Lambros Porphyra, Peiraeus is a work of art.
Archaeological Museum of Piraeus
Museum
The Archaeological Museum of Piraeus is a museum in Piraeus, a port city within the Athens urban area in Greece. It contains mainly sculptures, discovered in Piraeus and in the area of the Attic coast from Bronze Age to Roman times. Archaeological Museum of Piraeus is situated 540 metres north of Maritime Museum of Greece.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Freattyda and Vryoni.
Freattyda
Neighborhood
Freattyda is the name of a residential area in Piraeus, Athens, Greece. It is situated in the southeastern part of the Piraeus, near the Zea harbour. The Hellenic Maritime Museum is situated in Freattyda.
Zea (Pasalimani)
Neighborhood
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Bay of Zea, since Ottoman times and until recently known as Paşalimanı, is a broad bay located at the eastern coast of the Piraeus peninsula in Attica, Greece.
Maritime Museum of Greece
- Categories: maritime museum, building, tourism, public building, and tourist attraction
- Location: Piraeus, Piraeus Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.93258° or 37° 55′ 57″ northLongitude
23.64611° or 23° 38′ 46″ eastInception
1949Levels
2Open location code
8G95WJMW+2COpenStreetMap ID
way 388503977OpenStreetMap feature
building=civicOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q3035316
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Turkish—“Maritime Museum of Greece” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Kreikan merenkulkumuseo”
- French: “musée maritime hellénique”
- French: “Musée maritime hellénique”
- Greek: “Ναυτικό Μουσείο Ελλάδος”
- Italian: “Museo marittimo ellenico”
- Polish: “Muzeum Morskie w Pireusie”
- Russian: “Греческий морской музей”
- Spanish: “Museo Maritimo de Grecia”
- Spanish: “Museo Marítimo de Grecia”
- Spanish: “Museo Maritimo Hellenico”
- Turkish: “Yunanistan Denizcilik Müzesi”
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