On the ground floor of the building is the ILISSOS Café-Restaurant, which offers a variety of drinks, snacks, and meals.

The opening hours of the cafe-restaurant are the same as those of the museum.

Tel: +30 210 72 10 800

The planting of the garden area of the National Gallery is based on the principles of sustainability and resilience. The area occupies 2,287 m2 and comprises 99 plant species, mainly native, but also exotic which, over the years, have been acclimatized to the local climatic conditions and have been integrated into the Greek cultural heritage. 

The planting composition reflects seasonal change and is appealing throughout the year, as various ornamental characteristics of the plants are combined, such as diverse colors and textures of leaves and flowers as well as different flowering periods. Thus, the garden of the National Gallery forms a “living canvas” with a rich palette of shapes, colors and textures.

Among the selected species are plants that have been a source of inspiration for Greek artists and are depicted in actual artworks exhibited at the National Gallery, an aspect usable in the context of various educational programs organized by the museum.

In specifically selected places of the garden area, 8 important sculptures from the collections of the National Gallery have been installed. These works investigate some of the primary themes of modern sculpture: human figure (Avramidis, Kapralos), animal figure (Michalea), the object (Zongolopoulos), as well as principles from the wider field of natural sciences (Nikolaidis, Takis, Varotsos). At the main entrance of the museum, visitors are greeted by The Walking Man on Column, an emblematic work by the so-called “father” of modern sculpture Auguste Rodin, created in 1900, the year the National Gallery was founded.

The auditorium has a capacity of 240 seats and is available for hosting conferences, lectures and corporate events.

The venue is equipped with the latest audiovisual technology and offers simultaneous interpretation. Specifically, the venue’s Shure integrated conference system supports, the chair, the podium, and the three interpreters’ cabins, offering wireless headphones to the audience. The audio signals are routed through a multichannel digital sound console. The auditorium is also equipped with a projector for presentations, high-resolution cameras for videotaping the events, a live-montage console and the capacity for live broadcasting via the venue’s broadband connectivity.

For additional information and reservations, please contact the secretariat at this email address: [email protected] or call +30 214 40 86 230.

Contact person: Ms Aliki Arnaouti