With imaginative children’s workshops, family backpacks, gallery talks for adults, Christmas tunes, harp melodies in the Parthenon Gallery and more surprises, the Acropolis Museum will welcome its visitors during the month of December 2016.

Christmas tunes

On Sunday 18 December, at 12 noon, the Athens Big Band will present Christmas songs at the Museum ground floor.

Harp melodies in the Parthenon Gallery

From Tuesday 27 December until Friday 30 December, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., visitors will enjoy their walk in the Parthenon Gallery listening to live harp music by Thodoris Matoulas.

Acropolis Museum lucky charm

The Acropolis Museum’s lucky charm for 2017 is inspired by the masterful waterspout in the form of a lion head from the Old Τemple of Athena Polias that is dated to the last quarter of the 6th cent. BC. The multicolored head of this regal animal decorated the roof of the Temple and protected the sacred building from every evil. The Museum's lucky charm is available for purchase in the ground floor Shop. For visitor access to the ground floor Shop, the purchase of a ticket is not required.

Festive meals at the Café & Restaurant

During the festive season, the Museum ground floor café and second floor restaurant will serve traditional festive meals and sweets. Christmas jazz nights are also taking place every Friday by famous jazz music ensembles. For reservations, please contact the restaurant during Museum opening hours on +30 210 9000915.

Other activities

Gallery talks “Dodona. The oracle of sounds”

Gallery talks “A walk through the Museum with an archaeologist”

Family program “Temples and other buildings made with LEGO® and inspired by the Acropolis”

Family program “The trees of the gods”

Family program “The ship of the Panathenaic festival inside the Museum”

Family program “Suspended creations in the lit-up Museum”