Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum — Attraction in Athens

I am sure we will visit this place more than once. In addition to a very interesting exposition, lectures, concerts, meetings are held here. The Paul and Alexandra Kanellopoulou Museum is a place where the public can get acquainted with Greek art. The museum's world-famous collection reflects the vitality and diversity of Greek art from prehistoric times to the present day. The Paul and Alexandra Kanellopoulou Museum stands out for its huge collection of ancient and Byzantine treasures, which emphasize the timelessness and unbreakable unity of Greek art. The creation of the Museum is an act of donation to society, since Pavlos and Alexandra Kanellopoulou donated their private collection to the Greek state, which they created with great love and dedication. Since 2019, the Museum has been operating. After graduating in 1927, he visited various European countries, mainly Italy and Spain, in order to study art history and archaeology. Then he deliberately focused his collection activities on the works of Greek culture in order to return them to Greece. At the same time, he traveled the world, saving many objects of Greek art from obscurity. In 1940, he received a license as a collector of Greek and Byzantine antiquities and has continued to replenish his collection ever since. The donation of his private collection to the Greek state and the creation of the Paul and Alexandra Kanellopoulou Museum became for him the realization of his dream. Pavlos, even at an advanced age and with a significant visual impairment, regularly visited the museum and accompanied visitors himself, sharing with the public his deep knowledge and love for art and...

A diachronic (archaeological and byzantine) museum. Situated very close to acropolis. The Byzantine collection has many Postbyzantine portable icons as well as juelery and woodcarves. The archaelogical collection covers from from the cycladic civilisation to romaic times with many figures and pots. The two collections are rich and some of the items are very nice. There is also a small agyptian collection. Overall it's a nice museum to visit.

Sadly the museum is almost empty as very few tourists know about it. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Because the museum doesn't attract many visitors it is highly understuffed for the most part of the year. So (apart from some months in summer) there is only one room open out of six, rendering the museum practically closed. I recommend asking about how many of the rooms are open to the public before...

A small collection of Ancient Greek and Byzantine art in a beautiful neoclassical mansion on one of Athens’ most picturesque roads. You will need an hour to enjoy the collection as it wonders from prehistory and the Minoans to the classical era, Roman era and ends with icons from the late Byzantium. The curation is rather outdated, presenting art in a traditional chronological order, but the collection itself is rich and...