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culture
Excavation
Unveiled
As the Acropolis Museum
celebrates 15 years in
2024, it proudly opens its
new excavation museum.
Top left, clockwise: Sealstone made of red jasper depicting Athena, 3rd–5th
century AD. (Artifact number NMA 2494). Clay lagynos for serving wine,
1st century BC. (Artifact number NMA 1775). Fragment of a clay vessel with
a wedding scene, 4th century BC. (Artifact number NMA 2714). Marble head of
a statue of the goddess Hygieia, 1st–2nd century AD. (Artifact number M 1122).
Opposite: Marble relief depicting the healing god Asclepius, 4th century BC.
(Artifact number NMA 126).
M arking its 15th anniversary, the
Acropolis Museum introduces an
innovative excavation museum.
This pioneering space on the south-
ern excavation site features 1,150 ar-
tifacts from over 4,500 years of history. The exhibits,
organized thematically and chronologically, unique-
ly highlight aspects of daily life in an ancient neigh-
borhood: household organization, the activities of
men, women, and children, entertainment, commu-
nication, trade, workspaces, and places of worship.
To access the excavation site and its exhibits, a general ad-
mission ticket to the Acropolis Museum is required.
theacropolismuseum.gr/en
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