Acropolis Museum is a museum dedicated to archaeology based on the findings from the Acropolis of Athens. It was established in 2003, but opened to public in 2009. Acropolis Museum is designed to house every artifact and object found during excavations in Acropolis and its surroundings. Those objects date from the Greek Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine era. Up to 4,000 objects are on display.
Gallery of the Slopes of the Acropolis exhibits the first collection. It contains findings from the slopes of the Acropolis, as well as objects related to everyday life of Athenians from all historic periods.
The Archaic Gallery houses many statues from 7th century BC Athens that depict Acropolis in Archaic Period.
The Hekatompedon is the earliest building of Acropolis on display . The 570 BC structure depicts two lionesses tearing up Taurus.
Parthenon Gallery lies on the 3rd floor, where visitor can observe sculptural decorations of the monument. Parthenon is an ancient temple in Acropolis reportedly dating back to 5th century BC.
The entrance to Acropolis Museum is on Dionysiou Areopagitou Street. The closest subway is Akropoli metro station on the red line.
Plan your visit to the museum from 8 am(in summer) or 9 am(in winter) till 4 pm on Mondays, 10 pm on Fridays and 8 pm the rest of the week. Note that the museum doesn't work on 1 January, Easter Sunday, 1 May, 25 and 26 December.
General admission fee costs €5. There is also free admission on 6 March, 25 March, 18 May, 28 October.
The museum itself is very nice. Food / drinks inside very expensive but good. if you're really interested in looking, reading, understanding, comparing the exhibits indulge yourself several hours. We've been around 2h and didn't get into all details or looking at every single piece. A long tail to buy the tickets 45-60 minutes. Overall I enjoyed the trip very much. Do not bring weapons with you! There is a security scan as in airports. No scissors, no pocket knifes, etc. And I think water amount is also limited but don't remember for sure.