National Archaeological Museum

Pottery glorious pottery

July 23rd 2016
<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Day 182 Monday 18th July 2016 – Athens Our hotel does not offer a laundry service but gave us directions to a laundromat which was roughly in the direction of our destination today the National Archaeological Museum. We decided not to take our dirty clothes for a walk just in case we could not find it or it was too expens ... read more

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26th July 2016

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Shards and ships
So curious the things that pique our interest. When in Greece, I was on a hunt for all the Cycladic figures I could find, as in this photo. And while I'm a hound for sailing ships, these warships are a snooze, except for the beautiful captain's quarters. But I think we all agree that the statues and ruins are pretty swell.

26th July 2016

Shelley and Scott
Michele Hutchinson and Scott Maberley

Shards and Ships
As far as "pottery stuff" goes I think the Athens Museum is Numero uno for it's vast collection. Revisiting it again it made me realise just how incredible this place is and the new Acropolis museum although good still comes second place for me. I actually really loved how the Athens museum regionalised the finds and it all made more sense to me, but if you had to make me choose the Georgios Averof is still my favourite, almost as good as the Acropolis

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