museums · kolonaki
Byzantine & Christian Museum
kolonakiPrice level: budget
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30,000 artefacts from the Byzantine and post-Byzantine periods in a 19th-century villa — icons, manuscripts, mosaics, and ecclesiastical metalwork spanning 1,500 years of Greek Christian history.
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Opening hours
- Mon
- 08:30–15:30
- Tue
- Closed
- Wed
- 08:30–15:30
- Thu
- 08:30–15:30
- Fri
- 08:30–15:30
- Sat
- 08:30–15:30
- Sun
- 08:30–15:30
Closed Tuesdays. Visitors leave the galleries 20 minutes before closing. Also closed 1 January, 25 March, 1 May, Orthodox Easter Sunday, 25–26 December; Good Friday has shorter hours. Checked 2026-10-11.
Nearby
- Athens War Museum2 min walk
- Museum of Cycladic Art4 min walk
- Mount Lycabettus Hike6 min walk
- Alex The Fresh Pasta Bar6 min walk
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