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Tip of the day – Free entrance to museums!

Tip of the day – Free entrance to museums! 1024 768 Cloudkeys

The first Sunday of every month from November 1st to March 31st each year, the entrance to museums and archaeological sites is free. Check out our Museums  in Athens Guide and plan your visit to the museum you want!

There also some more days during a year that museums in Greece (included National  Gallery and National Glyptotheque) have  a free entrance and those are the following dates:

6 March (Melina Mercouri Memorial Day)
18 April (International Monuments  Day)
18 May (International Museums Day)
The last weekend of September: 27 & 28 September 2025 (European Heritage Days)
28 October (Greek National Day)

If you  plan to visit Acropolis  Museum, check its  opening hours  as it does not follow the general rule of free admission every first Sunday from November to March. However, admission is free on the following dates: 6 March, 25 March, 18 May, 18 May, 28 October

Another useful information is about National Museum of Natural History Goulandris in the Kifissia area, near the Kifissia metro station (Green Line) is tthat, from recently that became a National  Museum, it has also free entrance the first Saturday of every month,  begginning from 7th of February 2026. More details  here.