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Official Unit:
Ephorate of Antiquities of the City of Athens

148 Ermou Str., Athens (Prefecture of Attiki)

Telephone: +30 210 3463552
Email: efaath@culture.gr

 
 
Tickets
Full: €10, Reduced: €5
Valid for the archaeological site and museum of Kerameikos. Tickets are available at ticket offices on site as well as online. In order to purchase tickets online visit the official e-ticketing service of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports at https://hhticket.gr/tap_b2c_new/.
Free admission days
6 March (in memory of Melina Mercouri)
18 April (International Monuments Day)
18 May (International Museums Day)
The last weekend of September annually (European Heritage Days)
28 October
 
  Open

Winter:
8:00-15:00
Last entrance to the Site at 14:30
Every Tuesday the museum opens at 10:00.

Summer:
08:00 – 20:00 Last entrance: 19:30


From the 1st.09.2025 the opening hours apply.
1-15.09: 8:00- 19:30
Last entrance to the Site at 19:00
On the 1st of September 2025 the opening hours apply, due to a gradual reduction in the length of the day, as follows:
1st to 15th September 08:00 - 19:30
Last entrance to the Site at 19:00,
16th to 30th September 08:00 - 19:00
Last entrance to the Site at 18:30,
1st to 15th October 08:00 - 18:30
Last entrance to the Site at 18:00 and
16th to 30th October 08:00 - 18:00
Last entrance to the Site at 17:30.

Urgent Notification: As we have already announced [Ministry of Culture/Kerameikos/ANNOUNCEMENT/ efaathculture.gr], the Archaeological Site and the Museum of Kerameikos will be closed to the public from Monday 5 May 2025 and for eight months -until the end of this year- for the execution of works to upgrade the infrastructure of the Archaeological Site in the framework of the project of the Ministry of Culture: 'Sub.1 .1.4: Improvement of accessibility infrastructure in the archaeological sites and museums of the Ancient Agora of Athens and Kerameikos", in accordance with the studies approved by the Central Archaeological Council. More detailed information on the content of the approved studies already being implemented, as well as the major project of aesthetic and functional upgrading of the Ancient Agora and Kerameikos as a whole, has been provided by the Ministry of Culture through individual press releases [New routes and new viewing areas in the Ancient Agora of Athens and Kerameikos, Ministry of Culture: The active fire protection system is part of the program of the holistic enhancement of the Ancient Agora, the Arion and Kerameikos; Hellenic Ministry of Culture: Functional and aesthetic upgrading of the Ancient Agora of Athens; Hellenic Ministry of Culture: Functional and aesthetic upgrading of the archaeological site of Kerameikos; Hellenic Ministry of Culture: Functional and aesthetic upgrading of Kerameikos]. We ask for everyone's understanding, as the actions which temporarily cause the dissatisfaction of some visitors, aim at the permanent and overall upgrading of the experience of visiting the country's outstanding cultural heritage monument.

Holidays
1 January
25 March
1 May
Easter Sunday
25 December
26 December
 
  Amenities for the physically challenged
The archaeological museum of Kerameikos is fully accessible to visitors with reduced mobility and wheelchair users. A WC for persons with special needs is also provided.
 
  Access
Electric Railway (ISAP): Thiseion station. METRO: Kerameikos station, Bus no 049 from Omonia Square and Piraeus: Gazi station, Trolley bus no 21: Gazi station
 
  Shop
Books, memorabilia
 
  Suggestive Bibliography
Kerameikos, Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen, I-XVI, Berlin 1932-1999
Knigge U., The Athenian Kerameikos, Αθήνα 1992
Knigge U., Ο Κεραμεικός της Αρχαίας Αθήνας, Αθήνα 1992
 
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See also
Other museums in the same prefecture
Acropolis Museum
Ancient Agora Museum-Stoa of Attalos
Ancient Agora of Athens Museum
Archaeologcal Exhibition in the METRO Station "Akropolis"
Archaeological Collection in the Athens International Airport
Archaeological Museum of Brauron
Archaeological Museum of Brauron
Archaeological Museum of Brauron
Archaeological Museum of Brauron
Archaeological Museum of Brauron