Local Gov’t Elections: Opening Hours for Greek Museums, Sites on Sunday, Oct 8

A number of museums and archaeological sites in Greece will close early on the day of the local government elections, Sunday, October 8, the Greek Culture Ministry recently announced.

According to the announcement, all state museums and archaeological sites under the ministry’s jurisdiction will operate according to the official summer schedule as listed here (file for downloading available in Greek and English), with the following exceptions:

ATHENS

Archaeological Site of the Acropolis and Slopes: 08:00-17:00

Archaeological Site of the Ancient Agora – Areopagus – Stoa of Attalos Museum 08:00-17:00

Archaeological Site of the Roman Agora 08:00-17:00

Archaeological Site of Hadrian’s Library 08:00-17:00

ACHAIA

Archaeological Museum of Patras 08:00-15:30

Archaeological Museum of Thebes.

BOEOTIA

Archaeological Museum of Thebes 08:00-14:00

CORFU

Corfu Archaeological Museum 08:00 – 15:30

PREVEZA

Archaeological Site and Museum of Nikopolis 08:00-15:30

Archaeological Museum of Corfu.

HALKIDIKI

Galatista Tower 08:30-14:30

Tower of Ouranoupolis (Prosforiou) 08:30-14:00

Ouranoupolis tower.

The following sites will remain closed on Sunday, October 8:

AGIOS EFSTRATIOS

Museum of Democracy

CYCLADES

Agios Andreas archaeological site, Sifnos

Kythnos Archaeological Museum

Mykonos Archaeological Museum