Herakleidon Museum Building A

Athens


The smaller section of this private museum devoted to ancient Greek technology occupies a restored mansion. It has an exhibition on automata, featuring an ancient type of robot including one of a moving servant girl. The museum also holds one of the world’s biggest collections of MC Escher artworks (though it's not always on view).

Transportation

  • metro: Thissio

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