The national archaeological Museum in Athens is the largest archaeological Museum in Greece and one of the most famous museums in the world. His rich collection will introduce guests to the history of the development of ancient Greek culture and art of different epochs and civilizations, from prehistoric times.

National archaeological Museum was officially founded in 1829 and was originally located on the island of Aegina. Subsequently it was decided to move the archaeological collection in Athens, proclaimed the capital of the Kingdom of Greece. The construction of the new Museum began in 1866 and was completed in 1889. The building was erected in characteristic of Europe at the time of the neoclassical style. Within the next 100 years, the Museum building was repeatedly reconstructed and expanded, however, being able thus to create a harmonious architectural ensemble and keep the original style.

In the collection of the National archaeological Museum contains unique ancient artifacts found during archeological excavations on the Islands of Santorini and Delos, in the famous Mycenae and Tiryns, in Sparta and Thebes, Pylos and Athens, as well as in many other parts of Greece and abroad. The Museum exhibition includes a variety of pottery, bronze, ivory and stone, gold and silver jewelry, sculptures and figurines, weapons, coins, murals, and more.

Among the most interesting and valuable exhibits of the Museum it is worth noting the gold funerary mask of Agamemnon, found by Schliemann at Mycenae (1600 BC), the Antikythira mechanism (a mechanical device used to calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, 150-100 BC) and a clay plate with a picture of the Eleusinian mysteries (370 BC). No less interesting and Diplomska amphora (8th century BC), a unique ancient frescoes from Santorini (15th century BC), the wooden panels of the Pits, Lemessa Stella (6th century BC), amphora ness (7th century BC), Mycenaean "Vase with warriors" (12th century BC) and more. Special attention deserve and a number of statues of bronze and marble – bronze "the whistling from Antikythera", marble Kouros from Anavyssos (540-515 BC), "Marathon boy" (4th century BC), "Poseidon from Cape Artemision" (460-450 years BC), a marble Kouros of Sounion with Naxos (600 BC), "the Rider from Cape Artemision" (2nd century BC), etc.

National Archaeological Museum owns and superb library is over 20,000 volumes, among which are many rare editions of the archaeology, art, philosophy, and religion, an impressive photo archive, periodicals, etc. are Stored in the Museum and personal diaries of Heinrich Schliemann.

In the South wing of the Museum building is Epigraphical Museum, which is a separate structural unit. Its collection, which is considered one of the best in its kind, there are more than 13500 labels.