List of museums in Greece

This is a list of museums in Greece by regional unit.

Attica

Central Athens

Archaeological

Acropolis Museum
Archaeological Museum of Kerameikos
Epigraphical Museum
Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art
Museum of the Ancient Agora
Museum of the Center for the Acropolis Studies
National Archaeological Museum of Athens
Old Acropolis Museum
Numismatic Museum of Athens
Syntagma Metro Station Archaeological Collection

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

Byzantine and Christian Museum (of Athens)

Biographical, City, Diachronic, Ethnic, Ethnographic, History, Historic House

Benaki Museum
Eleftherios Venizelos Historical Museum
Jewish Museum of Greece
Museum of Pavlos and Alexandra Kanellopoulou
Museum of the City of Athens
National Historical Museum of Greece (Old Parliament House)

Folklore, Folk art

Centre for the Study of Traditional Pottery
Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum
Museum of Greek Folk Art
Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments
Museum of the History of the Greek Costume

Art museums and galleries, Music, Theater, Culture, Popular Art

Athinais Culture Center
Bernier–Eliades Gallery Museum
City of Athens Cultural Center
Design Museum of the 20th Century
Frissiras Museum
Goulandris Museum of Contemporary Art
Gounaropoulos Museum
Herakleidon Art Museum
Museum of Engravings and Graphic Arts
Marika Kotopouli Museum
Melina Merkouri Cultural Center
Municipal Gallery of Athens
Museum of Children's Art in Plaka
National Art Gallery
National Glyptotheque
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
Paxinou-Minotis Museum
Pieridis Museum of Ancient Cypriot Greek Art & Contemporary Art
The N. Chatzikiriakos-Gkikas Art Gallery
Technopolis (Gazi)
Theatrical Museum of Greece
Maria Calas Museum

Industry, Maritime, Military, Mill, Railway, Science, Technology

Athens War Museum
Evgenidio Foundation
Hellenic Air Force Museum
Hellenic Motor Museum
Railway Museum of Athens

Anthropology, Natural History, Geology, Paleontology

Museum of Anthropology, University of Athens
Museum of Criminology (Athens)
Museum of Geology and Paleontology of the Athens University
Zoological Museum of the University of Athens

Children, Education, Special Interests, Sports, University

Athens University Museum
Hellenic Children's Museum
Postal & Philatelic Museum of Greece
Museum of Greek Children's Art (M.G.C.A.)

North Athens

Deste Foundation (exhibition area)
Drossinis Museum
Spathario Museum
Yiannis Tsarouchis Foundation Museum
OTE Museum of Telecommunications, Kifisia
Gaia Center
Goulandris Natural History Museum

South Athens

Evgenidio Foundation (Planetarium and Science museum)
Greek armored cruiser Georgios Averof
Tactual Museum of Athens

Piraeus regional unit

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Piraeus

Art museums and galleries, Theater

Municipal Art Gallery of Piraeus
Panos Aravantinos Decor Museum

Maritime, Railway

Electric Railways Museum of Piraeus
Hellenic Maritime Museum (Piraeus)

Islands regional unit

Archaeological Museum of Aegina
Archaeological Museum of Poros
Archaeological Museum of Kythera
Pavlos Kountouriotis Mansion, Hydra
Spetses Museum

West Attica

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Eleusis
Archaeological Museum of Megara

Art museums and galleries

Skironio Museum Polychronopoulos

East Attica

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Acharnes (part of Folk Art Museum of Acharnes)
Archaeological Museum of Brauron
Archaeological Museum of Lavrion
Archaeological Museum of Marathon
Athens International Airport Archaeological Collection
Schimatari Museum

Folklore, Folk art

Folk Art Museum of Acharnes
Zygomalas Museum, Avlonas
Vorres Museum, Paiania

Technology, Geology

Phaethon Technological Museum (car museum) (Kalamos)
Mineralogical Museum of Lavrion

Central Macedonia

Thessaloniki regional unit

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
Museum of Roman Forum

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

Crypt of Agios Demetrios
Museum of Byzantine Culture
White Tower of Thessaloniki

Biographical, City, Diachronic, Ethnic, Ethnographic, History, Historic House, Natural History

Holocaust Museum of Greece (under construction)
Atatürk Museum (Thessaloniki)
Historical Museum of the Balkan Wars
Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki
Museum of the Macedonian Struggle
Natural History Museum (Thessaloniki)

Folklore, Folk art

Folk Art and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia and Thrace

Art museums and galleries, Music, Theater, Culture, Popular Art

Art Gallery of the Society of Macedonian Studies
Cinema Museum of Thessaloniki
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art
National Bank Museum of the Cultural Center of Northern Greece
Museum of Photography Thessaloniki

Industry, Maritime, Military, Mill, Railway, Science, Technology

National Map Library
Railway Museum of Thessaloniki
Science Center and Technology Museum "Noesis"
War Museum of Thessaloniki
Water Supply Museum

Children, Education, Special Interests, Sports, University

Museum of Plaster Casts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki Olympic Museum (former Sports Museum)

Imathia

Agricultural

Wine and Vine Museum (Naoussa)

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Veroia
Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai (Vergina)
Vergina (Building for the protection of the royal tombs > see section)

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

Byzantine Museum of Veroia

Folklore

Folklore Museum of the Lyceum of Hellenic Women (Naoussa)
Folklore Museum of Veroia

Kilkis regional unit

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Kilkis

History, War

Military museum of Kilkis
Museum of the Battle of Lahanas

Folklore

Macedonian Folklore Museum (Goumenissa)

Serres regional unit

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Amphipolis
Archaeological Museum (Serres)

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

Ecclesiastical Museum of the Holy Bishopry of Serres and Nigrita
Museum of the Old Cathedral at Serres

Folklore

Mihalis Tsartsidis Folklore and History Museum (Sidirokastro)
Sarakatsani Folklore Museum

Chalkidiki

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Polygyros

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

Tower of Ouranoupolis

Folklore

Folklore Museum (Polygyros)
History and Folklore Museum (Arnaia)

Pella regional unit

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Pella

Ecclesiastical

Ecclesiastical Museum (Edessa)

Folklore

Folklore Museum (Edessa)
Folklore Museum (Yannitsa)
Nature and Folklore Museum of Loutra Almopias

Pieria

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Dion (Dion)
Visitable Museum Store in Makrygialos (Makrygialos)

Geological

Olympus Geological History Museum (Leptokarya)

Folklore

Folklore Museum of Katerini (Katerini)
Pieria Asia Minor Society Museum (Katerini)

Maritime

Maritime Museum of Litochoro (Litochoro)

Eastern Macedonia and Thrace

Rhodope regional unit

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Komotini

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

Byzantine Museum of Komotini
Ecclesiastical Museum of the Holy Bishopry of Maroneia and Komotini

Folklore, Folk art

Basketry Museum of the Roma
Folklore Museum of Komotini

Kavala

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Kavala
Archaeological Museum of Philippi

Folklore, Folk art

Cultural House of Nea Karvali

Industry, Maritime, Military, Mill, Railway, Science, Technology

Tobacco Museum
Maritime Museum of Kavala
Olive and Oil Museum (Eleochori)

Thasos

Archaeological Museum of Thasos

Evros regional unit

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Samothrace

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

Alexandroupolis Ecclesiastical Museum

Ethnographic, History

Ethnological Museum of Thrace (Angeliki Giannakidou)

Industrial, Technology

Art of Silk Museum, Soufli

Xanthi regional unit

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Abdera

Drama regional unit

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Drama

History

Natural History Museum (Paranesti)

Folklore

Folklore Museum (Drama)

Western Macedonia

Kozani regional unit

Archaeological

Aiani Archaeological Museum
Archaeological Museum of Kozani

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

Ecclesiastical Museum of Siatista

Ethnographic, History, Folklore, Folk art

Anthropological and Folklore Museum (Ptolemaida)
Historical - Folklore and Natural History Museum of Kozani
Museum of Modern Local History of Kozani

Natural History, Geology, Paleontology

Paleontological and Historical Museum of Ptolemais
Paleontological Museum of Siatista

Kastoria regional unit

Archaeological

Dispilio Lakeside Neolithic Settlement Archaeological Collection

Architectural

Monuments Museum (Kastoria)

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

Byzantine Museum of Kastoria

Folklore, Folk art

Costume Museum (Kastoria)
Folklore Museum of Kastoria

Florina regional unit

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Florina

Art museums and galleries

Florina Museum of Modern Art
The Florina Art Gallery

Folklore

Folklore Museum of the Aristotle Association
Folklore Museum of the Culture Club
Museum of Folklore and History (Drosopigi)

Grevena regional unit

History
Grevena Municipal Museum

Epirus

Ioannina regional unit

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Ioannina

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

Byzantine Museum of Ioannina

Ethnographic, History, War

1912–1913 War Museum
Athanasios Vrellis Museum of Wax Effigies (in town)
Municipal Ethnographic Museum of Ioannina
Ethnographic Museum of the Ioannina University
Ethnographic Museum of Pyrsoghianni
Historical Museum of Ioannina
Museum of National Resistance
Pavlos Vrellis Museum of Hellenic History
War Museum of Kalpaki

Folklore, Folk art

Folk Art Museum of Epirus - "Kostas Frontzos"
Museum of the Foundation for the Epirotic Studies

Art museums and galleries

Averoff Gallery (Metsovo)
Municipal Art Gallery of Ioannina

Arta regional unit

Archaeological

Archaeological Collection of Arta

Folklore, Folk art

Arta Folklore Museum of "Skoufas" Association

Preveza regional unit

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Nikopolis in Preveza City

Thesprotia

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Igoumenitsa

Thessaly

Magnesia

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Almyros
Archaeological Museum of Volos

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

Ecclesiastic Museum of Aghia Marina

Biographical, Ethnographic, History

Hellenic Museum of Zagora

Folklore, Folk art

Museum of Folk Art and History of Pelion
Kitsos Makris Folklore Museum
Theofilos Museum of Anakasia

Art museums and galleries

Alexander K.Damtsas Museum
Municipal Art Gallery of Volos

Industry, Railway, Technology

Thessaly Railway Museum
Tsalapatas National Museum of Industrial History ^{[citation needed]}

Natural history

Athanasios Koutroumbas Insect Museum, in Volos

Sporades

Alonissos Museum
Papadiamantis House Museum of Skiathos
Folklore Museum of Skopelos
Photographic Center of Skopelos
Zisis Oikonomou Museum

Larissa regional unit

Diachronic

Diachronic Museum of Larissa

Ethnographic, Historical, Folklore, Folk art, Ecclesiastical

Folklore and Historical Museum of Larissa
Folklore and Historical Museum of Ambelakia
G. Schwartz Mansion of Ambelakia
Folklore Museum of Gonnoi
Folklore Museum of Livadi – G. Olympios Mansion
Folklore Museum of Dolichi
Museum of Thessalic Life of Elateia
Hatzigogos Inn Historical Museum of Sarantaporo
Wine Museum of Rapsani
Wine Museum of Tyrnavos
Folklore Museum of Verdikoussia

Art museums and Galleries

Municipal Art Gallery – G.I Katsigra Museum of Larissa

Anthropology, Natural History, Geology, Paleontology

Military, Science, Biographical, Education

Larissa Museum of National Resistance of Thessaly
School Museum of Farsala

Central Greece

Phthiotis

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Atalanti
Archaeological Collection of Elateia
Archaeological Museum of Lamia

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

Byzantine Museum of Phthiotida

Phocis

Archaeological

Amfissa Archaeological Museum
Archaeological Collection of Lidoriki
Delphi Archaeological Museum
Galaxidi Archaeological Collection

Euboea regional unit

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Eretria
Archaeological Museum of Skyros
Archaeological Museum of Chalkis
Archaeological Museum of Karystos

Folklore, Folk art

Folklore Museum of Kymi
Manos Faltaits Museum (Skyros)

Boeotia

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Chaironeia
Archaeological Museum of Thebes
Distomo Archaeological Collection
Schimatari Museum

Ionian Islands

Corfu regional unit

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Corfu
Archaeological Museum of Paleopolis

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

Byzantine Museum of Antivouniotissa

Biographical, Ethnic, History

Kapodistrias Museum
Serbian Museum of Corfu
Solomos Museum

Art museums and galleries

Museum of Asian art of Corfu
Municipal Gallery of Corfu

Music Museum

The Music Museum 'Nikolaos Halikiopoulos Mantzaros' of the Philharmonic Society of Corfu

Numismatic Museum

Banknote Museum

Zakynthos

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

Byzantine Museum of Zakynthos

Biographical, History

Museum of Dionysios Solomos and Eminent Zakynthians
Museum of Grigorios Xenopoulos

Cephalonia

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Argostoli
Archaeological Collection of Stavros

Folklore, Folk art

Korgialeneio Historical and Folklore Museum

Natural history

Museum of Natural History of Cephalonia and Ithaca

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

St. Andrew Convent- The ecclesiastical Museum

Maritime

Maritime Museum of the Ionian Sea
Nautical and Environmental Museum of Fiscardo

Ithaca

Archaeological Museum of Vathy

Lefkada regional unit

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Lefkada

West Greece

Achaea

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Aigion
Archaeological Museum of Patras
Fissini Street Archeological Collection (Patras)

Ethnographic, History

Historical Museum of The Aghia Lavra Monastery
Museum of the Sacrifice of the People of Kalavryta

Folklore, Folk art

Folk Art Museum of Patras

Art museums and galleries, Popular art

Popular Art Museum of Chalandritsa

Natural history

Zoological Museum of the Patras University

Science and Technology

Museum of Science & Technology of the University of Patras

Aetolia-Acarnania

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Agrinion
Archaeological Museum of Thyrreion

Ethnographic, Folklore, History

Aitoloakarnania Folklore Museum
Museum of the History of the Holy City of Mesolongi
Ethnographic Museum of Kaletzi
Ethnographic Museum of Lefkasio ^{[citation needed]}

Elis

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Elis
Archaeological Museum of Olympia
The Old Museum of Olympia

Sports

Museum of the Modern Olympic Games

Technology

Museum of Ancient Greek Technology (Ilia)

Peloponnese

Argolis

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Argos
Archaeological Museum of Epidaurus
Archaeological Museum of Mycenae
Archaeological Museum of Nafplion
Archaeological Museum of Nemea

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

Byzantine Museum of Argolis

Folklore, Folk art

Komboloi Museum
Laskarideio Folklore Museum

Messenia

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Chora
Archaeological Museum of Messenia
Benakeion Archaeological Museum of Kalamata Now defunct, see Archaeological Museum of Messenia
Museum of Ancient Messene

Arcadia

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Astros
Archaeological Museum of Lykosoura
Archaeological Museum of Tegea

Open-air

Dimitsana Open-air Water Power Museum

Corinthia

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth
Archaeological Museum of Isthmia

Ethnographic, Folklore, Historical

Historical and Folklore Museum of Corinth

Laconia

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Sparta
Monemvasia Archaeological Collection

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

Archaeological Museum of Mystras

North Aegean

Chios regional unit

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Chios

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

Chios Byzantine Museum
Museum of Nea Moni at Chios

Maritime

Chios Maritime Museum

Lesbos

Archaeological

Archaeological – Folklore Collection of Napi
Archaeological Museum of Mytilene

Geology, Natural History, Paleontology

Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest

Ouzo

Ouzo Museum – The World of Ouzo

Lemnos regional unit

Archaeological Museum of Lemnos

Ikaria regional unit

Archaeological Collection of Agios Kirykos

Samos

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Samos
Kambos Archaeological Museum
The Paleontological Museum of Mytilinioi (Samos)

South Aegean

Andros

Archaeological Museum of Andros
Archaeological Museum of Palaiopolis
Andros Museum of Modern Art
Andros Maritime Museum

Kalymnos regional unit

Archaeological Museum of Astypalaia
Archaeological Museum of Kalymnos
Vouvalis Mansion (Kalymnos)

Karpathos regional unit

Archaeological Museum of Karpathos (future)

Kea-Kythnos

Archaeological Museum of Kea

Kos regional unit

Archaeological Museum of Kos
Archaeological Museum of Nisyros

Milos regional unit

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Kimolos
Archaeological Museum of Milos
Archaeological Collection of Serifos
Archaeological Museum of Sifnos
Archaeological Collection of Agios Andreas on Sifnos

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

Ecclesiastical Museum in Adamas (Milos)

Other

Milos Mining Museum (Adamas on Milos)

Mykonos

Archaeological Museum of Delos
Archaeological Museum of Mykonos
Mykonos Folklore Museum
Aegean Maritime Museum (Mykonos)

Naxos regional unit

Archaeological

Archaeological Collection of Amorgos
Archaeological Museum of Apeiranthos
Archaeological Museum of Gyroulas at Sangri
Archaeological Museum of Naxos

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

Byzantine Museum of Naxos

Other

Apiranthos Natural History Museum
Vallindras Distilery (Kitron Naxou distillery in Chalkio on Naxos) ! Not listed as a museum
Venetian Museum (Della Rocca Barozzi at Naxos)

Paros regional unit

Archaeological Museum of Paros

Rhodes regional unit

Archaeological Museum of Rhodes
Kastellorizo Archaeological Museum
Palace of the Grand Masters (Rhodes)
Kastellorizo Folk Art Museum
Decorative Arts Collection, Rhodes
Aquarium of Rhodes
Bee Museum of Rhodes
Museum of Mineralogy & Paleontology Stamatiadis, Rhodes

Syros

Archaeological Museum of Syros

Thira regional unit

Archaeological Collection of Anafi
Folegandros Folklore Museum
Archaeological Museum of Ios
Archaeological Museum of Thera
Museum of Prehistoric Thira

Tinos

Archaeological Museum of Tinos

Crete

Chania regional unit

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Chania
Archaeological Museum of Kissamos

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Collection of Chania
Museum of the Monastery of Agia Triada Tsangarolon
Museum of the Monastery of Chryssopighi
Museum of the Monastery of Gonia

Biographical, Ethnographic, History

Eleftherios Venizelos Museum of Chalepa

Historical, Folklore

Historical and Folklore Museum of Gavalochori

Maritime, War

Maritime Museum of Crete

Children, Education

School Life Museum

Heraklion regional unit

Archaeological

Heraklion Archaeological Museum
Archaeological Museum of Messara

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

Collection of Agia Aikaterini of Sinai
Collection of Agios Matthaios of Sinai

Biographical, Ethnographic, History, War

Historical Museum of Crete
Museum of Cretan Ethnology
Museum of the Battle of Crete
Nikos Kazantzakis Museum

Folklore, Open Air

Art museums and galleries

Museum of Visual Arts

Natural History

Aquaworld Aquarium
Natural History Museum of Crete

Rethymno regional unit

Archaeological

Archaeological Museum of Rethymno
Museum of Ancient Eleutherna

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

Museum of the Monastery of Arkadi
Museum of the Monastery of Preveli

Ethnographic, Folklore, Historical

Historical and Folklore Museum of Rethymno

Folklore, Folk art

The Frantzeskaki Collection

Art museums and galleries

Municipal Gallery "L.Kanakakis"

Natural history

Museum of Sea Life at Rethymno
Paleolithic museum of Rethymno

Lasithi (regional unit)

Archaeological

Archaeological Collection of Neapolis
Archaeological Museum of Agios Nikolaos
Archaeological Museum of Sitia