The Acropolis Museum 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 th
The Acropolis Museum as seen from the top of the Acropolis of Athens
The archaeological site over which the new museum is built – the pink Weiler Building is seen top right, the two buildings scheduled for demolition are seen top left, with the rocky hill of Acropolis barely visible behind them.
Εarthworks in the archaeological site in Makrygianni, during the construction of the museum.
Parthenon (left) and Acropolis Museum (right).
The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical s
Acropolis Museum
…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 of Athens in 2025
The Acropolis of Athens as seen from Mount Lycabettus. The wooded Hill of the Nymphs is half-visible on its right, and Philopappos Hill on the left, immediately behind. The Philopappos Monument is seen here where, in the distant background, the coast of Peloponnese meets the waters of the Saronic Gulf.
Primitive Acropolis with the Pelargicon and the Old Temple of Athena.
Elevation view of a proposed reconstruction of the Old Temple of Athena. Built around 525 BC, it stood between the Parthenon and the Erechtheum. Fragments of the sculptures in its pediments are in the Acropolis Museum.