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Ancient Olympia, Olympia (Prefecture of Ilia)

Telephone: +30 26240 22517
Fax: +30 26240 22529
Email: efahle@culture.gr

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Tickets
Full: €12, Reduced: €6
For the period April 1st - October 31st combined, individual ticket can be purchased for the price of 12 euros (reduced ticket € 6) and includes the visit to the following areas:1.Archaeological Site of Olympia, 2. Archaeological Museum of Olympia 3. Museum of the History of the Olympic Games of Antiquity and 4. Museum of the History of the Excavations in Olympia. The ticket is valid for one day. There are no longer availiable tickets only for a single area (e.g. The Arcaeological Site of Olympia) During the period November 1st - March 31st, the price of the single ticket for all the above mentioned sites is reduced by 50% for all visitors and cost 6 euros. To purchase your electronic ticket please click here
Special ticket package: Full: €12, Reduced: €6
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
Every first Sunday from November 1st to March 31st
Reduced admission for:
For information about free and reduced admission to Greek State Archaeological Sites, Monuments and Museums please press here
 
  Open

Summer:
From 01.11.2023

Daily (Monday - Sunday) 08:30- 15:30

Last Admission: 20' before closing time

Holidays
1 January: closed
25 March: closed
Good Friday: 12.00-17.00
Holy Saturday: 08.00-15.00
1 May: closed
Easter Sunday: closed
25 December: closed
26 December: closed
 
  Access
Pets are not allowed inside the Museum. Guide and assistance dogs accompanying individuals with disabilities are welcome.
 
  Suggestive Bibliography
Furtwangler A., Olympia IV, Die Bronzen und die ubrigen Kleinfunde 1890
Adler F., Dorpfeld W., Graeber F., Graef P., Olympia II, Die Baudenkmaler 1892-96
Treu G., Olympia III, Die Bildwerke in Stein und Ton 1894-97
Dittenburger W., Purgold K., Die Inschriften 1896
Adler F., Curtius E., Dorpfeld W., Graef P., Partsch J., Weil R., Olympia I, Topographie und Geschichte 1897
Dorpfeld W., Alt Olympia I-II, Untersuchungen und Ausgrabungen zur Geschichte des altesten Heiligtumes von Olympia und der alteren griechischen Kunst 1935
Κοντής Ι., Το Ιερόν της Ολυμπίας κατά τον Δ΄π. Χ. αι. 1958
Mallwitz A., Olympia und Seine Bauten 1972
Παπαχατζής Ν., Παυσανίου Ελλάδος περιήγησις: Μεσσηνιακά-Ηλιακά, Αθήνα 1979
Οι ολυμπιακοί αγώνες στην αρχαία Ελλάδα, Αθήνα 1982, σ. 88-103
Kyrieleis H., Neue Ausgrabungen in Olympia, Antike Welt 3 1990
Γιαλούρη Α., Γιαλούρης Ν., Ολυμπία. Το μουσείο και το ιερό, Αθήνα 1991
Αραπογιάννη Ξ., Ολυμπία. Η κοιτίδα των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων, Αθήνα 2001
Βικάτου 0., Ολυμπία. Ο Αρχαιολογικός Χώρος και τα Μουσεία, Αθήνα 2006, 10-46
 
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See also
Other museums and archaeological sites in the same prefecture
Acropolis at Platiana
Agia Triada
Alipheira
Archaeological Museum of Elis
Archaeological Museum of Olympia
Archaeological Museum of Pirgos
Archaeological Site of Epitalio
Bassae
Chlemoutsi Castle
Coastal Roman Baths of Skafidia