ACROPOLIS MUSEUM
HISTORY
2.40
The idea of building a new museum dates to 1976; it took 33 long years and numerous designs to complete the museum you can visit today. When a location had finally been decided upon, the excavation...
FIRST FLOOR LIONESS PEDIMENT
2.34
This area on the first level of the museum is home to the oldest exhibits, pre-dating the construction of the Parthenon and thus belonging to the Archaic Period.
The first masterpiece I’d like...
FIRST FLOOR RAMPIN RIDER AND MOSCOPHOROS
2.50
In this appealing open space, also dedicated to sculptures from the Archaic Period, I’m just going to point out two sculptures: the Rampin Rider and the Moscophoros.
The “Rampin...
FIRST FLOOR KRITIOS BOY AND PEPLOS KORE
2.32
The Kritios Boy is one of the finest masterpieces of Greek sculpture, and is one of the most important in the museum because it is the first example of the shift from Archaic art to the so-called...
FIRST FLOOR ATHENA NIKE AND CARYATIDS
2.38
The winged statues that formed the parapet of the small temple of Athena Nike, meaning victorious Athena, which you can see here in the museum, date to around 410 BC. This parapet, which formed a...
FIRST FLOOR PROKNE
2.26
The last of the large rooms on the first level of the Museum mostly contains Roman copies of Classical works and likenesses of philosophers and historical figures dating to between 500 BC and 400 AD....
SECOND FLOOR PARTHENON FRIEZE FIRST PART
2.30
As you can see, the bas-reliefs that made up the Parthenon Frieze are arranged on a large structure at the center of the museum, with exactly the same dimensions as the naos, or inner chamber, of the...
SECOND FLOOR PARTHENON FRIEZE SECOND PART
2.12
Take your time walking round the perimeter to look at this frieze. You’ll see the finest youths of the time advancing towards the door of the sacred temple with an offering to Athena: a peplos...
SECOND FLOOR METOPES OF THE PARTHENON
2.38
Around the central structure, corresponding to the naos of the Parthenon, runs another structure supported by columns where you can admire the metopes, the stone plaques sculpted in relief that...
