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The National Archaeological Museum is one of the most famous museums in the world and is the largest museum in Greece.

Originally, it was supposed to hold the finds from the 19th century archeological excavations in and around Athens. Instead, it became the central National Archaeological Museum with finds from all over Greece. The museum holds over 20,000 exhibits, offering a fascinating picture of Greek civilization from prehistory to the Late Antiquity. The museum occupies a huge 19th century neoclassical building designed by L. Lange and has more than 86,000 square feet of exhibition space housing five permanent collections: The Prehistoric Collection, with works of the great civilizations from the Aegean from the sixth millennium BC to 1050 AD; the Sculptures Collection, with Greek sculptures from the 7th to 5th centuries BC; the Vase and Minor Objects Collection; the Metallurgy Collection; and the only Near Eastern and Egyptian Antiquities Collection in Greece.

28is Oktovriou 44, Athens 106 82, Greece, Phone: +30-21-32-14-48-00

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