Key facts
- Established
- 20 June 2009 ( 2009-06-20 )
- Location
- Dionysiou Areopagitou Street , Athens , Greece
- Type
- Archaeological Museum
- Collection size
- 4,250+ objects
- Visitors
- 2,000,312 (2024)
- Owner
- Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism
- Public transit access
- Akropoli
- Website
- theacropolismuseum.gr
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Archive
- Founded
- 2009
- Location
- Athens, Greece
- Status
- Active
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- museum
- Named after
- Acropolis of Athens
- Official name
- Μουσείο Ακρόπολης
- Field of work
- Ancient Greece
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Athens Municipality
- Area
- 23000
- Chairperson
- Dimitrios Pandermalis
- Operator
- Ministry of Culture (Greece)
- Main subject
- antiquities
- Material used
- marble
- Manufacturer
- Arup
- Official website
- www.theacropolismuseum.gr
- Image
- View of the Acropolis Museum from the Acropolis in Athens.jpg
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- inception
- 2009-01-01
- located on street
- Dionisiou Areopagitou Pedestrian Street
- Commons category
- Acropolis Museum
- replaces
- Old Acropolis Museum
- visitors per year
- 547910
- offers view on
- Mount Lycabettus
- Commons Institution page
- Acropolis Museum
- topic's main category
- Category:Acropolis Museum
- native label
- Μουσείο Ακρόπολης
- date of official opening
- 2009-06-20
- floors above ground
- 3
- street address
- Διονυσίου Αρεοπαγίτου 15
- postal code
- 11742
- capital cost
- 130000000
- fee
- 10
- phone number
- +30 21 0900 0900
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online
- online catalog URL
- www.theacropolismuseum.gr/exereynisi-syllogon
- terms of service URL
- www.theacropolismuseum.gr/oroi-hrisis
- privacy policy URL
- www.theacropolismuseum.gr/politiki-prosopikon-dedomenon
- fax number
- 21 0924 1643
- collection or exhibition size
- 10557
- payment types accepted
- debit card
- Wi-Fi access
- gratis
- has facility
- reading room
- architectural style
- Minimalism
- different from
- Old Acropolis Museum
- number of viewers/listeners
- 702662
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Encyclopedic overview
The Acropolis Museum (Greek: Μουσείο Ακρόπολης, Mouseio Akropolis) is an archaeological museum focused on the findings of the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens. 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. The Acropolis Museum also lies over the ruins of part of Roman and early Byzantine Athens.
The museum was founded in 2003, while the Organization of the Museum was established in 2008. It opened to the public on 20 June 2009. More than 4,250 objects are exhibited over an area of 14,000 square metres.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acropolis Museum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.