Access is free for all visitors on:

• the first and third Sunday of each month between 1^st November and 31^st March.
• 6th March (Melina Merkouri Memorial Day).
• 18th April (International Day for Monuments).
• 18th May (International Museum Day).
• the last weekend of September (European Heritage Days).
• 28th October (National Holiday).

Reductions apply for:

Free access also applies to:

1. Children and young people up to 25 years old from European Union member states, upon presentation of their ID card or passport to confirm age and country of origin.
2. Children up to 18 years old from countries outside the European Union, upon presentation of their passport to confirm age and country of origin.
3. Students over 25 years old in secondary education schools (evening schools, Second Chance Schools, Technical Schools) and vocational schools (EPAS, OAED) from member states of the European Union and the European Economic Area, upon presentation of a certificate of attendance, which will state its duration.
4. Τeachers accompanying students and students of primary and secondary school and higher education Institution, on educational visits, from the member states of the European Union and the European Economic Area.
5. Participants in the Social Income Solidarity (KEA) and the people who depend on them, upon presentation of their police ID and certificate of free entry due to participation in the KEA program for the indicated period, as well as a valid document certifying their depended people.
6. Holders of a greek unemployment card, upon presentation of their police ID and a valid unemployment certificate or recent renewal thereof.
7. All disabled people and one accompanying person, the latter if the disabled people have a disability of 67% or more, upon presentation of either their Disability Card or their police ID or their passport and the Disability Certificate.
8. Parents of large families in Greece, until the youngest child reaches the age of 25 or regardless of age if they have a disability, upon presentation of their police ID and a valid large-child status certificate from the Supreme Confederation of Large Families of Greece (A.S.P.E.), as well as a Disability Certificate EFKA (decision of the Disability Certification Center – KE.P.A.).
9. Parents of three-child families in Greece, until the third child reaches the age of 25 or regardless of age if they have a disability, upon presentation of their police ID and a valid family status certificate from the Municipality, as well as a Disability Certificate EFKA (decision of the Disability Certification Center – KEPA).
10. Parents of single-parent families in Greece until the child reaches the age of 25 (if they have one child) or the youngest child (if they have more) or regardless of age if they have a disability, upon presentation of their police ID and a valid family status certificate from the Municipality, as well as a Disability Certificate EFKA (decision of the Disability Certification Center – KEPA).
11. Refugees, upon presentation of an International Protection Applicant’s Form or a Travel Document of 28^th July 1951 Convention (recognized refugee passport) or a Foreign Travel Document (passport of a recognized beneficiary of subsidiary protection) or a Residence Permit.
12. People serving their military service, upon presentation of a valid Soldier’s Identity Card, and those performing their alternative service, upon presentation of a relevant, valid documentary evidence.
13. The Greek Olympic Champions, by showing their police ID and membership card of the Association of Greek Olympic Champions.
14. Official guests of the Hellenic State at the request of the relevant Ministry (Directorate/Etiquette Office), following approval by the General Directorate of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage.
15. Holders of a membership card of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), upon presentation of their ID card or passport and their valid ICOM/ICOMOS membership card.
16. Members of Societies and Associations of Friends of Archaeological Sites and State Museums, managed by the Ministry of Culture, upon presentation of the relevant, valid membership card.
17. Employees of the Ministry of Culture, the Cultural Resources Management and Development Organization, the Acropolis Museum, the Kanellopoulos Museum, the National Archaeological Museum, the Byzantine and Christian Museum, the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, the Museum of Byzantine Culture and the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, upon presentation of their official ID card.
18. Specialist scientists who are granted a permit for the purpose of photographing, studying, designing or publishing antiquities, upon presentation of the relevant permit.
19. Members of the Greek Chamber of Fine Arts, upon presentation of a valid membership card.
20. Local tour guides, upon presentation of their professional ID, and students of the Ministry of Tourism’s Tour Guide Schools, upon presentation of their student ID.
21. Journalists, upon presentation of a valid journalistic ID.
22. Owners of a Free Access Cards, upon presentation of the card.
23. Members of the Society of Greek Art Historians, upon presentation of a certified membership card.

• 2666/Β’/1-7-2019
• 3976/Β’/31-10-2019
• 1968/Β΄/29-3-2024