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The Benaki museum originally the Harokopos family residence, it was bought and renovated by Emmanuel Benakis in 1910. After his death in 1929, the building was turned into a museum by his son, Antonis.
Additional wings were added and many extensions were built in the following decades, leading to the latest expansion and remodelling during 1989-2000.
The Benaki Museum offers an ideal overview of Greek culture for the visitor in Athens with just a few hours. The building houses authentic exhibition on Greek civilization arranged diachronically from prehistory to the 20th century.
The galleries on the third floor of the permanent exhibition, tell the story of modern Greece - the Greek Revolution to the Second World War.
