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About
The Numismatic Museum of Athens (Greek: Νομισματικό Μουσείο Αθηνών) is one of the most important museums in Greece, holding a collection of over 500,000 coins, medals, engraved gems, weights, stamps and related artefacts from 1400 BC to modern times. The collection of Ancient Greek coinage is one of the richest in the world, paralleled by those of the British Museum in London, the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, the Bode Museum in Berlin, and the American Numismatic Society in New York City. The museum itself is housed in the former mansion of the archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, formally known as Iliou Melathron (Greek: Ιλίου Μέλαθρον, "Palace of Ilion"). The Numismatic Museum is in central Athens, on 12 Panepistimiou Street near Syntagma Square. It is served by the Syntagma metro station. There is a museum shop and a coffeehouse in the garden.
Nearby
Places within walking or a short drive, best first.
- Tower of Adrianou streetCastle740 m away
- The Acharnian Gate of the Ancient WallArchaeological site690 m away
- DiogeneionArchaeological site700 m away
- Roman bathsArchaeological site710 m away
- Acharnian road and tombsArchaeological site720 m away
- PantheonArchaeological site740 m away
- Hadrian's LibraryArchaeological site760 m away
- Aristotle's LyceumArchaeological site760 m away
- Zappeion DomusArchaeological site790 m away
- AgoranomionArchaeological site830 m away
- OlympieioArchaeological site850 m away
- Vaulted bed of Eridanos riverArchaeological site850 m away