Festive programmes for children, special guided tours of the new exhibition “Meanings. Personifications and Allegories from Antiquity to Today”, Christmas melodies, unique gifts in the shop and festive menus in the restaurant, await you this Christmas at the Acropolis Museum.

Guided tours of the new exhibition “Meanings. Personifications and Allegories from Antiquity to Today”

The Museum’s archaeologists offer guided tours of the new temporary exhibition Meanings. Personifications and Allegories from Antiquity to Today, every Tuesday and Thursday at 12:00, and every Saturday and Sunday at 10:00 and 12:00. With them, you will navigate through masterpieces of art that personify concepts, depict allegories, highlight human passions and emotions, awaken the mind and soul, and masterfully unfold the thread that connects Antiquity with Byzantium, the Renaissance and our time. Book your seats here: events.theacropolismuseum.gr

Festive program for children “Give shape and form … in a unique celebration!”

This Christmas, our little friends will take paper, paint, scissors and crayons, use their imagination and give face, shape and form to a beloved concept: the Feast. And not only that… Together with archaeologists, they will discover how and why the ancient Athenians gave human characteristics to other concepts, such as the seasons, love, the sun, victory and many more. If you have children aged 4 to 10 years old, we are waiting for you on Saturday 23/12, Sunday 24/12, Thursday 28/12, Friday 29/12 and Sunday 31/12 at 11:00 & 13:00.

Book your seats here: events.theacropolismuseum.gr (Booking begining at 18/12)

The programme is carried out by the Department of Education

Programmes of the Museum and the Information & Education Department of the

Acropolis Monuments Conservation Service.

Christmas Melodies

Every Friday you can extend your visit to the exhibition halls until 22:00 and every Friday and Saturday until midnight to enjoy a festive dinner with a view of the illuminated Acropolis (restaurant reservations by phone: 210 9000915). On other days and hours you can combine your visit with coffee, dessert and festive music events on the ground floor of the Museum.

On Friday, December 22nd at 6 p.m. the Orchestra and Choir of the Hellenic Music Centre “Phoebus Anogeianakis” in collaboration with the Department of Music Studies of the University of Athens will present traditional carols and songs from various regions of Greece, under the supervision of their teachers Eleni Baili and Evangelia Chaldaiaki respectively.

On Saturday, December 23, at 12 noon, the Rethymnon Club of Vrakoforoi (Crete) will present traditional dances and Cretan carols, while to close the year, on Thursday, December 28, 2023, at 12 noon, the Museum will host the contemporary music ensemble Music Odyssey of the Department of Music Studies of the University of Athens, which will play well-known Christmas and other popular songs, under the supervision of their teacher, Yannis Malafis.

Christmas Gifts

Before you leave the Museum, beautiful souvenirs inspired by the exhibition MEANINGS await all visitors in the shop on the ground floor. Personalizations and Allegories from Antiquity to the present day, as well as decorative items for your Christmas gifts. Among them is the Museum’s 2024 charm, inspired by a small bronze wheel, dedicated to the sanctuary of the Acropolis around 480-470 BC. The wheel is seen as a symbol of luck and its unpredictable turns, of instability and volatility in human life.