Municipal Gallery Of Athens

The Municipal Gallery of Athens is one of a number of museums in Athens which are housed in more than one building.  This can make it quite confusing in the sense of defining exactly what the museum and its exhibits are about.  In the sense of the Municipal Gallery of Athens, it has both temporary and permanent exhibits featuring mainly Greek artists and work connected to Greece.

This can be found at 51 Piraios Street on Eleftharias (Koumoundourou) Square. This was the original building of the Municipal Gallery of Athens and although it was closed down a few years ago when the new ones opened, it has re-opened again.  The building itself is something of an architectural gem; dating back to the late 1800s.

At the time of the author's visit, the exhibition entitled "Athens - 180 years Capital of the Greek State" was showing.  This was originally due to finish in May 2015, but was extended due to popularity.  Inside were numerous paintings, some depicting modern art interpretations of the city with other more original ones.

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