The Erechtheion, a temple on the Acropolis of Athens, was built  in the Ionian style in 420 to 406 BC  . The concept probably goes back to Pericles, who at the beginning of the construction died. As architects of the temple were Philokles and Archilochos under whose supervision the temple was completed around 406. Opposite Erechtheum is the temple of Parthenon the famous temple on the Acropolis of Athens.

It is build where the original palace of the mythical king Erechtheus I was. The temple complex sums in a number of old architectural form sculptures for a total of 13 deities and heroes. Thus, it contains the wooden, allegedly fallen from the sky sculpture image of the city goddess Athina, the annual festival at the newly decorated Panathenaia. It also includes the construction of the Earth tree in which Athena’s sacred snake lived, the sacred olive tree of the goddess, the salt source of the Poseidon who in a contest between Athena emerge, and the grave of the mythical King Cecrops I.

 Erechtheion, is well known for the main facade and the pillars of six girls figures the Caryatids . They were also described as caryatids (according to the Vitruvius they named after the city Karya in the Peloponnese), but it is not known exactly who they represent. One of the six was brought in 1811 by Lord Elgin in to Britain (now in the British Museum) and the remaining five have been replaced by replicas to avoid further damage from smog the originals are in the Acropolis Museum.

The stoa of Attalus in Athens Greece is a portico built on the agora of Athens by Attalus II Philadelphus, King of Pergamon, circa 150 BC. in appreciation of the education received in the city penthouse. It was rebuilt in the same from 1953 to 1956 by the American School of Archaeology with funding from JD. Rockefeller and now houses the Museum of Ancient Agora in Athens.

Typical of Hellenistic art, the stoa of Attalus is a building large-scale, long by 116 wide and 50 metres by 20 metres 05. It has two floors: the ground floor belongs to the Doric order and the first floor to the Ionic order, and the two levels are connected by two staircases located at the ends of the building. The walls are made of Piraeus limestone, marble facade of Penteli and the roof is covered with tiles.

The hosts during antiquity twice twenty-one shops, each measuring 4 meters 91 on 4 metres 66: the premises are leased by the State Athens. It is therefore a shopping mall but also a place of sociability where citizens can gather and discuss while sheltering from the sun during the summer and cold in winter.

The Benaki Museum one of the best Athens museums, ranks among the great benefactions which have enriched the material assets of the Greek state. At the same time, it is the oldest museum in Greece, which functions as a Foundation under Private Law.

Through its extensive collections covering several different cultural fields, as well as its more general range of activities which serve more than one social need, the Benaki Museum is perhaps the sole instance of a complex structure within the wider network of museum foundations in Greece.

This group of collections comprises many distinct categories totaling more than 30.000 items illustrating the character of the Greek world through a spectacular historical panorama: from antiquity and the age of Roman domination to the medieval Byzantine period, from the fall of Constantinople (1453) and the centuries of Frankish and Ottoman occupation to the outbreak of the war for independence in 1821, and from the formation of the modern state of Greece (1830) down to 1922, the year in which the Asia Minor disaster took place.

The Numismatic Museum of Athens Greece, with a history going back to 1829, is one of the few of its kind in the world and the only such museum in the Balkans. It provides continuous educational support for Hellenism in terms of numismatics, history and art history.

The strength of the collection lies in some six hundred thousand coins covering the ancient Greek world, the Roman and Byzantine periods, western Mediaeval times and modern times, “hoards” (closed numismatic groups), weights, lead stamps, medals and precious stones. About ten thousand volumes devoted to the special field of numismatics, to Athens history, to seals and to archaeology, as well as off prints, fascicles, and general publications cover the archaeological material. In addition there is an extraordinarily rich archive of documents.

The Iliou Melathron (The Palace of Ilion), the house of Heinrich Schliemann, which houses the Numismatic Museum, is a work of the German architect Ernst Ziller in the style of buildings of the Italian Renaissance adapted to the neoclassical spirit of the late 19th century. The building was inaugurated on the 10th of January, 1881. The walls inside are decorated with wall paintings copying Pompeian themes and the finds of Schliemann at Troy and Mycenae.

With many activities, such as scientific and informative publications (in printed as well as electronical form), cycles of educational lectures, lectures, symposia, the organization of periodic and occasional exhibitions, educational programs, participation in international programs, the Museum will become a centre of research and attraction for scholars and for the wider public.

Conservation of metal objects belonging to the Museum and coins from the excavations of the Archaeological Ephorates is carried out in the fully equipped laboratory.

The exhibition of the objects, provided with electronical support, is organized to show various themes (history of the Museum, donors, life and work of Heinrich Schliemann, the architect of the Iliou Melathron, an introduction to numismatics, the mints of Athens and of Alexander the Great, Greek colonization, numismatic “hoards”, portrait heads, statues and coins, mythological representations, buildings, fauna, flora, etc.).

Planned also is the sale of publications, copies and so on, to be on the first floor and a cafe in the garden.

In its endeavor to communicate to a broad spectrum of the public both the obvious, self-evident significance of numismatics and the less-apparent, concealed aspect of the art, which has attended human vanity throughout the ages, the Numismatic Museum of Athens, in collaboration with the Archaeological Receipts Fund, has published a series of elegant, concise guides for visitors to the exhibition in the Iliou Melathron, which illustrates the importance of coins, here arranged by subject, as a source of knowledge and delight.

The are many important museums in Athens, the Byzantine Museum was founded in 1914. From 1930 on it has been housed in the “Ilisia” mansion, which belonged to the Duchess of Placentia and was built in 1848 by the architect Stamatis Kleanthes. It was transformed into a museum by the architect Aristotle Zachos. Today an addition is being made and a large extension with basement and buildings in part above ground. The architectural design is by Manos Perrakis.
The collections of the Byzantine Museum show the course of Greek art from the 4th to the 19th century. They comprise sculptural works, paintings and small works of all sorts. These works represent the artistic production of the Greek area, and other regions both central and peripheral of the Byzantine empire and subsequently of Hellenism on into post-Byzantine times.

The Museum collections include the following:

- Byzantine and post-Byzantine ikons.
- Sculpture
- Manuscripts
- Wall paintings
- Mosaics
- Small objects (cloth, coins, pottery, metal objects, silver)
- Wood carvings
- Patterns (anthibola), bronze engravings, lithographs
- A collection of old prints (incunabula)
- A collection of copies of paintings

The Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum (ILJM) is a centre for international jewelry studies. On permanent display are the creations by Ilias Lalaounis, an Athenian jeweler and goldsmith, elected member to the French Academy des Beaux-Arts. The Museum organizes temporary exhibitions on various aspects of modern or antique jewelry and runs a series of educational and cultural activities.

The Athens museum of Lalaounis operates as a non-profit cultural institution; following the combined approval of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Finance the Museum is a registered charity. The ILJM opened to the public in December 1994. It is housed in the old Ilias Lalaounis workshop on the south slope of the Acropolis. The building, a beautiful 1930s house, was renovated by Vassilis Gregoriadis on plans prepared by Bernard Zehrfuss.

The permanent exhibition displays 3000 pieces of jewelry and micro-sculpture from 45 collections designed by Lalaounis in the period 1940-1992. They include jewelry inspired by prehistoric art, Bronze Age Greece, Greek jewelry from the Classical and the Hellenistic periods, Byzantium, the art of Persia, the Ottoman Empire and the Far East, as well as creations marking developments in technology and science, from breakthroughs in biology to space travel.

The exhibition is documented by trilingual labels in Greek, English, and French. Guided tours are also given in German and Italian. A variety of videos in Greek, English, and French are available for show at all times in a specially provided Projection Room. Actual jewelry craftsmen may be seen at work in the Museum’s Model Workshop. There is a Cafe and restaurant on the ground floor, and a roof garden with a view to the South side of the Parthenon

The Epigraphical Museum was founded in 1885 and it was established in the ground floor of the building of the National Archaeological Museum, which was constructed between 1866 and 1889, according to architectural plans by L.Lange and E.Ziller.
It was renovated and extended in six new rooms, during the years 1953-1960, according to plans of the architect P.Karantinos.
It comprises a collection of Attic inscriptions and also a collection of inscriptions from other districts of Greece.

Decree of the Athenian people assembly (Demos) ordering, after a proposal of Themistocles, the evacuation of Athens, the mobilization of the fleet and other measures, before the Persian invasion in Attica in 480 B.C. (3rd cent. B.C. copy from Troizen). Height 0,61, width 0,37, thickness 0,09 m.

Sacred law concerning temple-worship on the Acropolis (including the so called Hekatompedon temple). The inscription is the finest example of stoichedon writing (letters arranged in ranks) of the Archaic period, (485/4 B.C.). Height 1,175, width 1,02, thickness 0,125 m.

Stele with building accounts concerning the construction of the Erectheion and the Parthenon on the Acropolis in the year 408/7 B.C. Height 0,955, width 0,445, thickness 0,10 m.

Stele, on which specifications (syngraphai) have been engraved for the construction of the “skeuotheke” (arsenal) at Piraeus, entrusted to the architects Philon and Euthydomos (347/6 B.C.). Height 1,175, width 0,54, thickness 0,10 m.
Inscribed poros stele, dedicated to the goddess Athena, concerning the institution of the Panathenaic Games (566 B.C.). Height 0,36, width 0,68, thickness 0,25 m.

Fragment of lime stone with a graffito found on the Athens Acropolis. The two preserved lines are written boustrophedon (i.e., from right to left and from left to right). The graffito is one of the earliest examples of Greek writing on stone (8th cent. B.C.). Height 0,082, width 0,081, thickness 0,015 m. On the Erehtheion are to be seen th Caryatides.
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Stele found in Eleusis with a decree of the Athenian people assembly (demos) concerning the offerings (“aparchai” i.e.first fruits) of cereals to the Eleusinian goddesses Demeter and Kore (Persephone) (circa 422 B.C.). Height 1,33, width 0,50, thickness 0,095 m.

Stele with the text of the Second Athenian League (378/7 B.C.). Height 1,99, width 0,50, thickness 0,17 m.
Stele bearing a 409/8 B.C. copy of the Draconian laws (7th cent. B.C.), concerning homicide. Height 1,025, width 0,72, thickness 0,135 m.
Altar dedecated to Apollo Pythios by Peisistratos the younger, grandson of the tyrant, during his archonship in Athens (circa 521 B.C.). Height 0,18, width 1,85, thickness 0,55 m.