{"id":46723,"date":"2021-09-17T14:56:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T14:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.gr\/ktiria\/ethniki-pinakothiki-kentriko-ktirio\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:53:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:53:29","slug":"national-gallery-central-building","status":"publish","type":"ktiria","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.gr\/en\/buildings\/national-gallery-central-building\/","title":{"rendered":"National Gallery Central Building"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Since May 2021, the National Gallery-Museum of Alexandros Soutsou has welcomed visitors to its recently refurbished building. The new building complex, with its roots in the heritage of Greek modernism, is a contemporary cultural landmark in the heart of Athens. After the long absence of the main building of the National Gallery from the cultural life of Athens due to the expansion projects, the new facility aims to spread its work through an energetic connection between the urban and the museum experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

The new modernized building complex of the National Gallery, an open space for access and familiarization with the history of modern Greek art, is articulated in an aesthetic and functional game of built volumes and outdoor spaces. Given the protected shell of the building, its total size was doubled to 20,760 m2: bigger exhibition spaces, contemporary art storage, a 240-seat auditorium, a two-storey art library, up-to-date conservation laboratories, modern offices, new educational areas, a large impressive lobby, where, in addition to the ticket office and the cloakroom, the museum shop and the digital information lounge are located, and finally, a garden-outdoor sculpture gallery and a stylish coffee shop.<\/span><\/p>\n

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More on expansion and renovation of the main building<\/a><\/p>\n

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Virtual tour<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n
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OPENING HOURS<\/h3>\n
Monday: 10:00 – 18:00<\/div>\n
Tuesday: closed<\/div>\n
Wednesday: 14:00 – 22:00<\/div>\n
Thursday: 10:00 – 18:00<\/div>\n
Friday: 10:00 – 18:00<\/div>\n
Saturday: 10:00 – 18:00<\/div>\n
Sunday: 10:00 – 18:00<\/div>\n

Admission up to one hour before closing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The use of credit cards is encouraged in all financial transactions in the Museum.<\/p>\n

We inform the visitors that there is a security X-ray scanner for baggage inspection at the museum entrance.<\/p>\n

Entrance to the museum will be held by priority.<\/p>\n

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Group Visits<\/a><\/p>\n

School visits<\/a><\/p>\n

Bank holidays:
\n1st January, Epifany (6th January),\u00a0 Ash Monday, 25th March, Good Friday, (open 13.00-17.00), Easter Sunday, Monday after Easter, 1st May, Holy Spirit, 15th August, 28th October, 25th & 26th December<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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TICKETS<\/h3>\n

Permanent Exhibition<\/h4>\n

General Admission: 10 \u20ac
\nReduced entry ticket: 5\u20ac<\/p>\n

Please consult the list of beneficiaries here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Free admission<\/p>\n

Please consult the list of beneficiaries here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Free admission for all visitors (without fee payment), on the following dates:
\nevery first Sunday of each month from November 1st to March 31st,
\n6 March\u00a0 (in memory of Melina Mercouri)
\n18 April\u00a0 (International Monuments Day)
\n18 May\u00a0 (International Museums Day)
\nThe last weekend of September (European Heritage Days)<\/p>\n

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LOCATION<\/h3>\n

50 Vasileos Konstantinou str.
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\n+30 214 40 86 201<\/p>\n

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Metro Line 3
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Lines 550, 10
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20 minutes from Syntagma Square<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/section>\n\n\r\n

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PERMANENT EXHIBITION<\/h2><\/header>

Browse the renovated rooms of the permanent collections and discover more than 1,000 works of modern Greek art.<\/p> <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n

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\r\n \u03a4HE PAINTING OF THE \u0399NDEPENDENT GREEK STATE THE YEARS OF THE REIGN OF KING OTHON (1832-1862) <\/a> <\/h3>\r\n <\/figcaption>\r\n <\/article>\r\n \r\n
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Rodin Auguste (1840 – 1917)<\/a><\/h3>\r\n

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Michalea Frosso (1936 – 2001)<\/a><\/h3>\r\n

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Avramidis Joannis (1922 – 2016)<\/a><\/h3>\r\n

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Nikolaidis Giorgos (1924 – 2001)<\/a><\/h3>\r\n

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Takis (Panayiotis Vassilakis) (1925 – )<\/a><\/h3>\r\n

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