Acropolis Museum

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archaeological museum cultural institution museum

The Acropolis Museum is a modern archaeological museum in Athens dedicated to exhibiting the artifacts and sculptures from the Acropolis hill and its surrounding slopes.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Acropolis Museum Organization	1
Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes	1
Μουσείο Ακρόπολης	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological museum ⓘ cultural institution ⓘ museum ⓘ
address	15 Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, Athens, Greece ⓘ
architect	Bernard Tschumi ⓘ Michael Photiadis ⓘ
architecturalStyle	modern architecture ⓘ
awarded	2010 Keck Award from the International Institute for Conservation ⓘ 2012 European Museum of the Year Award shortlist ⓘ
builtOn	site of the Makrygianni excavations ⓘ
collectionPeriod	Archaic period ⓘ Classical period ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ
collectionType	ancient Greek sculpture ⓘ archaeological artifacts ⓘ
constructionCompleted	2007 ⓘ
constructionStarted	2003 ⓘ
coordinates	37.9681°N 23.7286°E ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
dedicatedTo	artifacts from the Acropolis hill and its slopes ⓘ
exhibitionArea	approximately 14,000 square metres ⓘ
floorArea	approximately 25,000 square metres ⓘ
hasExhibition	Archaic Gallery ⓘ Acropolis Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes Parthenon Gallery ⓘ
hasFeature	glass floors revealing archaeological excavations ⓘ panoramic views of the Acropolis ⓘ top-floor Parthenon Gallery aligned with the Parthenon ⓘ
hasRestaurant	yes ⓘ
hasShop	yes ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.theacropolismuseum.gr ⓘ
inauguratedBy	Karolos Papoulias ⓘ
locatedIn	Makrygianni district ⓘ
locatedInCity	Athens ⓘ
locatedNear	Acropolis of Athens ⓘ
name	Acropolis Museum self-link ⓘ
nativeName	Acropolis Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Μουσείο Ακρόπολης
notableCollection	Caryatids of the Erechtheion ⓘ Parthenon sculptures ⓘ Parthenon sculptures ⓘ surface form: frieze of the Parthenon metopes of the Parthenon ⓘ pedimental sculptures of the Parthenon ⓘ
openingDate	2009-06-20 ⓘ
operatedBy	Acropolis Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Acropolis Museum Organization
ownedBy	Greece ⓘ surface form: Hellenic Republic
purpose	to house artifacts from the Acropolis of Athens ⓘ
region	Attica ⓘ
subjectOf	architectural studies on museum design and display of antiquities ⓘ
visitorStatistics	over 1 million visitors per year in many years ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes

Athens → hasMuseum → Acropolis Museum ⓘ

Acropolis Museum → name → Acropolis Museum self-link ⓘ

Acropolis Museum → nativeName → Acropolis Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Μουσείο Ακρόπολης

Acropolis Museum → operatedBy → Acropolis Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acropolis Museum Organization

Parthenon sculptures → partiallyLocatedIn → Acropolis Museum ⓘ

the Parthenon → sculpturesHeldAt → Acropolis Museum ⓘ

subject surface form: Parthenon