List of museums in Greece

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This is a list of museums in Greece by regional unit.

Attica

Central Athens

Archaeological
Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
Biographical, City, Diachronic, Ethnic, Ethnographic, History, Historic House
Folklore, Folk art
Art museums and galleries, Music, Theater, Culture, Popular Art
Industry, Maritime, Military, Mill, Railway, Science, Technology
Anthropology, Natural History, Geology, Paleontology
Children, Education, Special Interests, Sports, University

North Athens

South Athens

Piraeus regional unit

Archaeological
Art museums and galleries, Theater
Maritime, Railway

Islands regional unit

West Attica

Archaeological
Art museums and galleries
  • Skironio Museum Polychronopoulos [8]

East Attica

Archaeological
Folklore, Folk art
Technology, Geology

Central Macedonia

Thessaloniki regional unit

Archaeological
Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
Biographical, City, Diachronic, Ethnic, Ethnographic, History, Historic House, Natural History
Folklore, Folk art
Art museums and galleries, Music, Theater, Culture, Popular Art
Industry, Maritime, Military, Mill, Railway, Science, Technology
Children, Education, Special Interests, Sports, University

Imathia

Agricultural
Archaeological
Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
Folklore

Kilkis regional unit

Archaeological
History, War
Folklore

Serres regional unit

Archaeological
Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
Folklore

Chalkidiki

Archaeological
Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
  • Tower of Ouranoupolis [15]
Folklore

Pella regional unit

Archaeological
Ecclesiastical
Folklore

Pieria

Archaeological
Geological
  • Olympus Geological Museum (Leptokaria)[16][17]
Folklore

East Macedonia and Thrace

Rhodope regional unit

Archaeological
Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
Folklore, Folk art

Kavala

Archaeological
Folklore, Folk art
  • Cultural House of Nea Karvali [20]
Industry, Maritime, Military, Mill, Railway, Science, Technology

Thasos

  • Archaeological Museum of Thasos [23]

Evros regional unit

Archaeological
Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
  • Alexandroupolis Ecclesiastical Museum [24]
Ethnographic, History
  • Ethnological Museum of Thrace (Angeliki Giannakidou) [25]
Industrial, Technology
  • Art of Silk Museum, Soufli [26]

Xanthi regional unit

Archaeological

Drama regional unit

Archaeological
History
Folklore

West Macedonia

Kozani regional unit

Archaeological
Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
Ethnographic, History, Folklore, Folk art
Natural History, Geology, Paleontology

Kastoria regional unit

Archaeological
Architectural
Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
Folklore, Folk art

Florina regional unit

Archaeological
Art museums and galleries
Folklore

Grevena regional unit

Epirus

Ioannina regional unit

Archaeological
Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
Ethnographic, History, War
Folklore, Folk art
Art museums and galleries

Arta regional unit

Archaeological
Folklore, Folk art

Preveza regional unit

Archaeological

Thesprotia

Archaeological
  • Archaeological Museum of Igoumenitsa [29]

Thessaly

Magnesia

Archaeological
Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
Biographical, Ethnographic, History
Folklore, Folk art
Art museums and galleries
Industry, Railway, Technology
Natural history

Sporades

Larissa regional unit

Diachronic
  • Diachronic Museum of Larissa [30]
Ethnographic, Historical, Folklore, Folk art, Ecclesiastical
  • Folklore and Historical Museum of Larissa [31]
  • Folklore and Historical Museum of Ambelakia [32]
  • G. Schwartz Mansion of Ambelakia [33]
  • Folklore Museum of Gonnoi [34]
  • Folklore Museum of Livadi – G. Olympios Mansion [35]
  • Folklore Museum of Dolichi [36]
  • Museum of Thessalic Life of Elateia [37]
  • Hatzigogos Inn Historical Museum of Sarantaporo [38]
  • Wine Museum of Rapsani [39]
  • Wine Museum of Tyrnavos [40][41]
  • Folklore Museum of Verdikoussia [42]
Art museums and Galleries
  • Municipal Art Gallery – G.I Katsigra Museum of Larissa [43]
Anthropology, Natural History, Geology, Paleontology
Military, Science, Biographical, Education
  • Larissa Museum of National Resistance of Thessaly [44]
  • School Museum of Farsala [45]

Central Greece

Phthiotis

Archaeological
Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
  • Byzantine Museum of Phthiotida [48]

Phocis

Archaeological

Euboea regional unit

Archaeological
Folklore, Folk art
  • Folklore Museum of Kymi [54]
  • Manos Faltaits Museum (Skyros) [55]

Boeotia

Archaeological

Ionian Islands

Corfu regional unit

Archaeological
Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
Biographical, Ethnic, History
Art museums and galleries
Music Museum
Numismatic Museum

Zakynthos

Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
  • Byzantine Museum of Zakynthos [61]
Biographical, History
  • Museum of Dionysios Solomos and Eminent Zakynthians [62]
  • Museum of Grigorios Xenopoulos [63]

Cephalonia

Archaeological
Folklore, Folk art
  • Korgialeneio Historical and Folklore Museum [65]
Natural history
  • Museum of Natural History of Cephalonia and Ithaca [66]
Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
  • St. Andrew Convent- The ecclesiastical Museum [67]
Maritime
  • Maritime Museum of the Ionian Sea [68]
  • Nautical and Environmental Museum of Fiscardo[69]

Ithaca

  • Archaeological Museum of Vathy [70]

Lefkada regional unit

Archaeological
  • Archaeological Museum of Lefkada [71]

West Greece

Achaea

Archaeological
Ethnographic, History
Folklore, Folk art
Art museums and galleries, Popular art
  • Popular Art Museum of Chalandritsa
Natural history
Science and Technology
  • Museum of Science & Technology of the University of Patras

Aetolia-Acarnania

Archaeological
Ethnographic, Folklore, History

Elis

Archaeological
Sports
  • Museum of the Modern Olympic Games [76][77]
Technology

Peloponnese

Argolis

Archaeological
Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
  • Byzantine Museum of Argolis [79]
Folklore, Folk art
  • Komboloi Museum [80]
  • Laskarideio Folklore Museum [81]

Messenia

Archaeological

Arcadia

Archaeological
Open-air

Corinthia

Archaeological
Ethnographic, Folklore, Historical

Laconia

Archaeological
Byzantine, Ecclesiastic

North Aegean

Chios regional unit

Archaeological
Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
Maritime

Lesbos

Archaeological
Geology, Natural History, Paleontology
Ouzo
  • Ouzo Museum – The World of Ouzo [92]

Lemnos regional unit

  • Archaeological Museum of Lemnos [93]

Ikaria regional unit

  • Archaeological Collection of Agios Kirykos [94]

Samos

Archaeological
  • Archaeological Museum of Samos [95]
  • Kambos Archaeological Museum [96]
  • The Paleontological Museum of Mytilinioi (Samos) [97]

South Aegean

Andros

Kalymnos regional unit

Karpathos regional unit

  • Archaeological Museum of Karpathos (future) [100]

Kea-Kythnos

  • Archaeological Museum of Kea [101]

Kos regional unit

  • Archaeological Museum of Kos [102]
  • Archaeological Museum of Nisyros [103]

Milos regional unit

Archaeological
Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
  • Ecclesiastical Museum in Adamas (Milos)[106]
Other
  • Milos Mining Museum (Adamas on Milos)[107]

Mykonos

Naxos regional unit

Archaeological
Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
  • Byzantine Museum of Naxos[111]
Other
  • Apiranthos Natural History Museum[112]
  • Vallindras Distilery (Kitron Naxou distillery in Chalkio on Naxos) ! Not listed as a museum[113]
  • Venetian Museum (Della Rocca Barozzi at Naxos)[114]

Paros regional unit

Rhodes regional unit

Syros

Thira regional unit

Tinos

  • Archaeological Museum of Tinos [124]

Crete

Chania regional unit

Archaeological
Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
Biographical, Ethnographic, History
Historical, Folklore
  • Historical and Folklore Museum of Gavalochori [126]
Maritime, War
Children, Education

Heraklion regional unit

Archaeological
Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
Biographical, Ethnographic, History, War
Folklore, Open Air
Art museums and galleries
Natural History

Rethymno regional unit

Archaeological
Byzantine, Ecclesiastic
Ethnographic, Folklore, Historical
Folklore, Folk art
Art museums and galleries
Natural history

Lasithi (regional unit)

Archaeological

References

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