Established July 2004 Curator Tonia Giannoudaki Phone +30 21 0770 9855 Function Museum | Type sculpture museum Website www.nationalgallery.gr Founded 2004 Public transit access Katechaki metro station | |
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Location Army Park, Goudi
Athens, Greece Director Prof. Marina Lambraki-Plaka Address Άλσος Στρατού Γουδή Είσοδος από Λεωφόρο Παναγιώτη Κανελλόπουλου, Katechaki, Athina 115 25, Greece Hours Closed today TuesdayClosedWednesday9AM–4PMThursday9AM–4PMFriday9AM–4PMSaturday(Greek Independence Day)9AM–4PMHours might differSunday9AM–4PMMonday9AM–4PMSuggest an edit Similar National Gallery, Municipal Gallery of Athens, Railway Museum of Athens, Centre for the Study of Traditio, Theatrical Museum of Greece | ||
Athens the national glyptotheque
National Glyptotheque (Greek: Εθνική Γλυπτοθήκη) is a sculpture museum located in Athens, Greece. It is an annex of the National Gallery of Greece. The museum was established in 2004 and became the first National Glyptotheque of Greece. It houses a permanent collection of Greek sculpture from the 19th and the 20th centuries and temporary exhibitions, mainly of sculpture. The museum is based in two buildings of the former royal stables and a surrounding area of 6,500 m2, situated at the "Alsos Stratou" (Army Park) in Goudi.
So far, the museum has hosted two temporary exhibitions. The exhibition Marino Marini (1901-1980) (June–October 2006) and a retrospective exhibition of Yannoulis Chalepas (February–September 2007).
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