Τhe Museum of Cycladic Art [Museum Profile]

Τhe Museum of Cycladic Art [Museum Profile]
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Where: Athens (Vasilissis Sofias Ave & 1 Irodotou St)

In a few words:
Τhe Museum of Cycladic Art is dedicated to the study and promotion of ancient cultures of the Aegean and Cyprus, with special emphasis on Cycladic Art of the 3rd millennium BC. The museum exhibits acquisitions obtained either through direct purchases or through donations by important collectors and institutions.

 


 


Why:
The Cycladic civilization flourished on the islands of the central Aegean during the Early Bronze Age (3rd millennium BC). The museum maintains one of the largest and most complete collections of Cycladic antiquities in the world, with representative samples of marble figurines and vases, bronze weapons and tools and pottery of all phases of the Early Cycladic period.

 

 

What you will see:
The Collection Cycladic Antiquities Museum of Cycladic Art is set on the first floor of the building of the permanent collections and opened in 1986. It includes a large number of high quality marble figurines and vases, some of the earliest bronze objects in the Aegean pottery everyday and ritual use, etc. most of which are placed in the 3rd millennium BC.
It also includes:

  • Temporary exhibitions regarding dialogues between the permanent collection and contemporary art
  • Highly sculptured marble bottles, plates, cups and zoomorphic vessels
  • Metal objects, such as bronze tools and weapons, leaden figurines and a small silver vessel
  • Symbolic objects such as frying vessels, which are decorated with incised motifs reminiscent of the sea, the stars and female fertility
  • The so-called “Treasure of Keros”
  • The NG 724 female figurine Early Cycladic II period, with a height of 1.40 meters. This makes it the second largest in the world
  • Known as “Vase Pigeon” (NG 329), the largest and most complete example of poppet plate sculpted birds that have been found to date

 

Athena and Phevos, the Olympic mascots of the 2004 Athens Olympics were loosely modeled after the archaic Greek terra cotta daidala from the 7th century BC
Mycenaean, Late Bronze Age (1600 – 1100 BC) golden death mask, armour and sword.

 

 

Opening hours:
Monday: 10am – 5pm
Tuesday: closed
Wednesday: 10am – 5pm
Thursday: 10am – 8pm
Friday: 10am – 5pm
Saturday: 10am – 5pm
Sunday: 11am – 5pm

Closed:
New Years Day, March 25, Clean Monday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, May 1, Holy Spirit Monday, August 15, Christmas Day, Boxing Day

Ticket prices (2017):
Full admission(Permanent collection & Temporary exhibitions): €7
Temporary exhibitions: €3.50

Full admission on Mondays: €5 (Permanent collection & Temporary exhibitions)
Full admission on Mondays: €3.50 (Permanent collection)

Reduced admission:
Seniors (over 65): €3,50 (Permanent collection)
Seniors (over 65): €5 (Permanent & Temporary exhibitions)
Students (19-26 years old): €3,50 (Permanent collection)
Students (19-26 years old): €5 (Permanent & Temporary exhibitions)
Groups of 15 or more: 5€/each

Free admission 
1. Children and young persons under 18
2. Visitors with disabilities and their companion
3. Archaeologists and archaeology or art history students
4. Journalists
5. Teachers accompanying school-classes participating in educational programmes
6. Parents accompanying their kids for the Saturday’s & Sunday’s programme

Official website:
cycladic.gr

 

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