Permanent Exhibition
The exhibits of this room illuminate aspects of urban life in 19th century Greece. The furniture comes from the homes of historical personalities.
With elements from both Byzantine and western costume design, dresses were worn in the second half of the 18th and in th...
The oldest garment, the kavadi, is a long outer garment with long narrow or wide sleeves and a vertical opening at the f...
The Folk Art Collection of the National Historical Museum includes works representative of Modern Greek art.
The throne used by King Otto (1833-1862) and later by George I (1863-1913) decorated the imposing Throne Room on the fir...
In the early hours of October 28, 1940, the Greek Prime Minister rejected an ultimatum presented by the Italian ambassad...
In 1908, the movement of the Young Turks in the Ottoman Empire engendered expectations to the non-Muslim ethnic communit...
After Otto's removal, George I, second son of king of Denmark, was appointed as King of the Greeks (1863-1913).
The struggle of the Greeks for national independence was rewarded by the creation of an autonomous (1826) and then indep...
