Acropolis Museum

The museum has been built on stilts to preserve and integrate into the new building important archaeological remains were found while digging the foundations. The project of the Franco-Swiss architect Bernard Tschumi has been inspired by mathematical concepts of classical Greece.

The building consists of:

A base, suspended by stilts, that through a transparent glass floor allows you to see the remains of archaeological excavations.

A central trapezoidal volume, 10 meters high, supported by imposing columns.

A superior, fully glazed volume that houses the rectangular Parthenon gallery where the protagonist is natural light that filters through the windows and skylights offering a suggestive view of the Acropolis.

The building has three floors. It houses more than 350 sculptures and archaeological remains, some up to 2,500 years old, found in excavations of the Acropolis.
One floor is dedicated exclusively to the Parthenon and it has reserved a room where the Elgin Marbles would be located if they are returned by the British Museum in London. Currently replicas of temple friezes are exposed.


One of the most valuable pieces of the museum is the kriophoros, a "kouros" Marble 165 centimeters tall bearing a ram shoulders and is considered one of the masterpieces of the Archaic Period in Greece.