EASTER GIFTS AT THE ACROPOLIS MUSEUM

PORCELAIN EGGS

Our egg-shaped porcelain ornaments are hand painted with designs inspired by the clay vessels dated to the 9th - 8th century BC. The exhibits are displayed in Showcase 1 of the Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes on the ground floor of the Museum. Price per ornament: €24.00 - Design: Treis Grammes Ceramics

CERAMIC EGGS

Our ceramic eggs have bright abstract designs inspired directly by the ancient decoration on clay spindle whorls (weaving weights), which brides-to-be dedicated to the Sanctuary of Nymphe in the 6th century BC. The spindle whorls can be seen at the Acropolis Museum when visiting the Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes on the ground floor of the Museum (Showcase 6, no. 128). Price: small size 24.00 € | medium size 28.00 € | large size 33.00€ - Design: Attikon Fos

CERAMIC ROOSTER

Our little ceramic rooster takes its inspiration from the illustration seen on a clay plate of 520-505 BC. There, the rooster is depicted with a lotus flower and a lizard on the plate’s central well. The plate can be seen at the Acropolis Museum when visiting the Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes on the ground floor of the Museum (Showcase 6, no. 80). Price: 20.00 € - Design: Attikon Fos

CERAMIC HARE

This ceramic rattle is a free rendering of an ancient vessel for perfumed oil in the form of a hare dating to the early 6th century BC. The hole below its ears was used for suspending the vessel with a string or rope. The ancient vessel can be seen at the Acropolis Museum when visiting the Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes on the ground floor of the Museum (Showcase 6, no. 134). Price: 26.00 € - Design: Antonis Palles

BRONZE ROOSTER

Bronze rooster inspired by a bronze cock figurine, an offering to the Sanctuary of the Acropolis, at the end of 6th century BC. The exhibit is at the first floor of the Acropolis Museum, Archaic Acropolis Gallery (showcase 20, no 17). Price: 9.00 € - Design: Antonis Palles

OLIVE BAG

Woven bag made of cotton and suede details. An olive branch, made of plant silk is depicted in the center of the bag which is inspired from an olive embossed detail, on an honorary decree of 372 BC for Alceta, King of the Molosses of Epirus. The exhibit is located on the 1st floor of the Acropolis Museum (North Transept). Price: 95.00 € - Design: Xenaki Anastasia

TIE COIN

Silk tie with a repeating pattern of a coin depicting an owl, inspired by a silver Attic tetradrachm of 420-405 BC. The coin was found during the construction of the New Acropolis Museum and is now exhibited in the Acropolis Museum Excavation Museum (showcase 12 number 55). Price: 37.00 € - Design: Re-two

BOOKMARK LAUREL

Silver bookmark with fabric tassel and laurel theme. The relief detail of laurel, on a red and green enamel background, is inspired by the laurel design depicted on the rim of the red-figure technique loutrophoros of 460-450 BC. The exhibit is located in the Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, on the ground floor of the Acropolis Museum. (showcase 5, number 57). Price: 35.00 € - Design: Kostas Dimopoulos

 

USEFUL INFORMATION

Opening hours The shops are open during the Museum's opening hours; they close 15 minutes before the Museum's closing hours.
For access to the ground-floor gift shop, the purchase of a ticket is not required.
  to the second-floor bookstore, a free admission ticket is required, available at the Museum’s Ticket Desk.
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