Do you want to visit the Acropolis Museum? Although closed, it has never been closer!

The Acropolis Museum – Athens, Greece – is now entirely digital. It is not just about creating virtual visits to the Museum. But a complete project that, through various applications, integrates detailed information about the works of the permanent exhibition, galleries and virtual exhibitions, videos and interactive experiences.

Children have their own space at the Acropolis Digital Museum with the  Acropolis Museum Kids,

which includes videos and games.

The Digital Museum is available in Greek and English, with some activities in Spanish, Italian, German and French.

Let’s explore a little bit of this new Acropolis Digital Museum and, why not, start planning the next family trip in the “post Covid 19 world “.

Acropolis Museum  Digital – the project

The Acropolis Museum enters dynamically into the world of digital technology and opens new channels of communication with the public. The large number of applications that were developed under the programme “Creation of the Digital Acropolis Museum” showcases the multiple aspects of its exhibits, offers unique experiences in its galleries and creates a new, exciting world for kids and grownups alike.

At the same time its new website captures in a contemporary way the Museum’s function and activities, provides multidimensional orientation and entertainment, renders all its collections open and accessible to the international community and forms an attractive environment, designed specifically for children.

The 1.3 million euro project, funded via the Regional Operation Programme “Attica 2014–2020”, includes the development of a comprehensive website which is available in both Greek and English, with additional content in French, Italian, German, and Spanish. It has also been specially designed to be accessible to color-blind and visually-impaired visitors.

The new website provides detailed information on 2,156 artifacts in the museum’s permanent collection, recovered from archaeological excavations on the Acropolis and its slopes.

The digital collection is complete with extensive descriptions (some of which remain to be completed), high-resolution photographs, drawings, and, in some cases, videos. The digital collection will also be further expanded with the inclusion of artifacts currently kept in the museum’s storerooms.

23 richly detailed multimedia applications offer a range of interactive experiences.

(Museum website )

Acropolis Museum Digital – virtual tour

If you want to make a complete virtual visit to the permanent collection of the museum you can do it with Google Arts & Culture, clicking on the following image or from the Website .