ALC Athens City Museum

This art museum and former residence of the first royal couple, King Otto and Queen Amalia (1836-1843), houses a collection of antiquities, Byzantine art, sculptures, paintings, drawings, photographs and metal, glass, textile works and also includes furniture arranged in typical living rooms of the Athenian aristocracy of the 19th century collected by art collector Lambros Eutaxias. My wife and I visited this museum and was somehow interesting due to the fact that seems to be focussed on the one who donated all the stuff rather than explain something about the city. The other rooms are well preserved with numerous art pieces and furnishing, one of the rooms, supposedly the dining room, is fully set with a banquet table which shows the splendour in which the wealthy lived during the 19th century. There is just one room with a video explaining the history of the city. The museum is close to Panepistimio underground station and is just aside the Klafthmonos Square, the ticket price is €5 per person.

A lovely small museum that houses the modern history of Athens. There are two internally connected buildings. The older one was built in 1833 and it was used as the home of king Otto when he arrived at Athens (1836 - 1843). The second building was built in 1859. You need a guided tour to fully understand and enjoy it. Highly recommended for Greeks.