The Acropolis Museum invites you to experience a festive season with family programs, evening gallery tours for adults, hidden stories of the exhibits, unique gift creations in the Museum shops and festive meals at the restaurant.
Christmas carols
Combine your visit at the Museum with a coffee or desert at the restaurant and Christmas carols.
On Thursday 22 December at 11 a.m., the Museum will welcome the famous Greek National Opera’s Children’s Chorus for a Christmas concert, directed by Konstantina Pitsiakou. The concert is organized in collaboration with the Greek National Opera.
On Wednesday 28 December at 11 a.m., the Female Choir Ensemble ‘Chórεs’ will present traditional carols and well-known songs from the Greek and international repertoire, directed by Simela Emmanouilidou. The concert is organized in collaboration with the Greek National Opera.
On Friday 30 December at 11 a.m., the Museum will host the Efxinos Club of Episkopi Naousa in Imathia that will present traditional carols and Pontian dances.
Evening tours at the Museum and traditional recipes
Every Friday of December, join us for a captivating walk in the Parthenon Gallery, where you can admire two unique vessels from Toronto, Canada. Their iconography is closely related to the Parthenon’s frieze. Clay and marble reveal known and unknown aspects of the Great Panathenaia, which you can discover together with the Museum’s archaeologists in the Parthenon Gallery. The gallery talk takes place at 6 p.m. in English and at 8 p.m. in Greek (participation: general admission ticket). Read more information about gallery talks A Festival for goddess Athena. The procession and the games of Great Panathenaia.
To complete your Museum experience, we recommend you enjoy a festive menu lunch or dinner at the second floor restaurant from 20/12 until 8/1. Join us also at the restaurant every Friday and Saturday until midnight, except for 24/12 and 31/12, for a delicious dinner over the beautiful views of the Acropolis hills. Restaurant reservations: 210 9000915.
Goblin … mix up
This year goblins invade the Acropolis Museum! There they will team up with various mischievous creatures of antiquity, such as Satyrs and Pan and…what do you think they are going to come up with? All together they mix up the exhibits’ captions and, as a result, visitors receive false information!
The Museum’s archaeologists are panicked, so they are asking for the help of the children to fix the mess and keep the troublemakers away. As an extra helper they recruit Medusa, the mythical creature with the terrifying appearance that wards off evil. Well, at least that’s what the ancient people believed. What do you think? Are we going to be able to make it, all of us together?
- Days: Wednesday 28/12, Thursday 29/12, Wednesday 4/1 & Thursday 5/1
- Hours: 10 a.m. and 12 noon (in Greek only)
- Age: 5-10 years old.
- Duration: 60 minutes
- Registration: Refer to the Information Desk on the day of the tour. Limited to 30 visitors. First-in first-served.
- Cost: Free admission ticket for children & general admission ticket for parents/escorts. It is recommended to make your registration before ticket issuance.
This program is held by the Museum's Department of Educational Programs and the Department of Information & Education – Acropolis Restoration Service (YSMA).
Read more information about the family program Goblin … mix up.
Hidden stories of 20+1 masterpieces
Discover with the Museum’s archaeologists the hidden stories of 20+1 masterpieces every Saturday of December. Myths and fables, folklores and traditions, historical milestones and human stories transform into art and weave a vivid experience during an outstanding walk in the Museum’s galleries. The gallery talk takes place at 10:30 a.m. in English and at 12:30 p.m. in Greek (participation: Museum general admission ticket). Read more information about gallery talks Hidden stories of 20+1 masterpieces.
Festive season gifts
Before leaving the Museum don’t forget to pass by the Shop, where you will find beautiful decorative objects, and Christmas gift ideas. This year’s lucky charm is ideal for a gift to your loved one, inspired by the helix which forms at the peak of the sima (roof gutter) of the Hekatompedon, the great temple built around 570 BC, about 120 years prior to the construction of the Parthenon. Explore the festive season gifts of the Acropolis Museum Shops.
