Top 9 Museums in Kolonaki, Attica

Exhibiting contemporary Greek artists. Providing a variety of the artistic flavors in Greece.

Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology in the heart of Athens. In a unique historic Art Nouveau building (Unfortunately there is no access for people with disabilities because the building has been listed and unfortunately no relevant intervention can be made), Pindarou 6 and Akadimias St. in Kolonaki, with a total area of 700 square meters, guests will have the unique opportunity to get to know a relatively unknown aspect of Ancient Greek culture through the exhibition "The Hi-Tech Inventions of Ancient Greece – The origins of our modern technology", which includes approximately 100 selected exhibits, reconstructed inventions, from the robot-servant and the "cinema" of Philon to the automatic theater of Heron, and from the Hydraulic Clock of Ktesibios to the Antikythera Mechanism. At the same time, the same building will permanently house the independent exhibition of Ancient Greek Musical Instruments with 42 fully functional, reassembled reconstructed musical instruments.

Roma Gallery is a Greek art gallery with an international program devoted to postwar and contemporary art. Roma Gallery specializes in private sales in the secondary market of prominent 20th Century artists. The gallery collaborates with several American and European artists, galleries and foundations. It is committed to promoting new, innovative talents as well as advancing the legacies of artists by working closely with their families, foundations and estates. Roma Gallery is focused on embracing new generations of collectors, curators and audiences by selectively and passionately working with expertise and commitment worldwide. Roma Gallery provides collectors with a private viewing room by appointment only. The viewing room is located on the second floor of the building above the gallery space. This setting allows clients to discuss, acquire in-depth information and evaluate their needs with expert advice.

A dynamic cultural institution in the centre of Athens, the Museum of Cycladic Art focuses on promoting the ancient cultures of the Aegean and Cyprus, with particular emphasis on Cycladic art of the third millennium BC. The Museum’s permanent collections include 3000 Cycladic, ancient Greek, and ancient Cypriot artefacts, witnesses to the cultures that flourished in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean from the fourth millennium BC to approximately the sixth century AD. The Museum of Cycladic Art’s temporary exhibitions focus on archaeology and modern and contemporary art with the aim to familiarize the public with important twentieth and twenty-first century artists and to explore the relations between ancient cultures and modern art. Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Thomas Struth, Louise Bourgeois, Sarah Lucas, Ugo Rondinone, Jannis Kounellis, Mario Merz, Ai Weiwei, and Cy Twombly are among the artists hosted.

The Benaki Museum is among the most extensive and innovative cultural organizations in Europa. Diverse cultures from all historical periods and geographical areas meet contemporary art across a network of venues all over Athens – and beyond. The Benaki Museum of Greek Culture presents the history and art of the Greek world from prehistory to the 20th century, through 6.000 objects arranged over four floors. Antonis Benakis (1873-1954) was a passionate art collector. He belonged to a cosmopolitan circle of connoisseurs and intellectuals in Alexandria, Egypt. Following his return to Athens and the death of his benefactor father Emmanuel, Antonis bequeathed to Greece his collections and parental home, which opened in April 1931 as the Benaki Museum. After a comprehensive refurbishment, the building reopened on 7 June 2000 as the Benaki Museum of Greek Culture while the remaining diverse collections have since been housed in new buildings (see Benaki Museum of Islamic Art).

Skoufa Gallery opened in 1981 exhibiting works by contemporary Greek artists. Host of historically significant, contemporary artists of the 1930's, the gallery aims to introduce the then-emerging generation of Greek artists. In 2000 the gallery opened its additional space on the first floor of the building to feature a selection of fine art pieces and exhibitions primarily by emerging artists.