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Benaki Museum

The Benaki Museum occupies a neoclassical mansion on Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, opposite the National Garden, near Syntagma Square and the Greek Parliament. Founded in 1931 by Antonis Benakis, it holds more than 100,000 artefacts spanning Greek history and culture from prehistory to the 20th century. The main building is laid out over some forty rooms with more than 40,000 works, including prehistoric, Byzantine, post-Byzantine and modern art. A highlight is the Kozani Room, which recreates an 18th-century salon. The museum also has a modern conservation workshop and a library of more than 180,000 volumes. It also runs several satellite branches, such as the Museum of Islamic Art in Kerameikos, the Toy Museum in Palaio Faliro, the Ghikas Gallery, the Pireos Street Annexe and the Penelope Delta House in Kifisia.

Things to do at Benaki Museum: 3 missions

• See the Valadoros collectionSee the Valadoros collection, with some 300 religious pieces from antiquity to the post-Byzantine period.
• Explore the Kozani roomExplore the Kozani room, which recreates an 18th-century drawing room.
• Explore the museum of Greek cultureExplore the museum of Greek culture, housed in the main neoclassical building near the Greek parliament.

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