Outdoor Adventure Business: Experience Kotsanas Museum's Unique Exhibits

Duration: All Day Ticket

The Hi-Tech Inventions of Ancient Greece – The origins of our modern technology

In a unique historic Art Nouveau building at the heart of Athens in Kolonaki district you may travel through time and explore the fascinating inventions of Ancient Greeks.

The Hi-Tech inventions then and now! Visitors have the chance to meet over 100 fully functional reconstructions of ancient Greek inventions, accompanied by rich audio-visual material, from the robot – servant of Philon to the cinema of Heron and from the automatic clock of Ktesibios to the analog computer of Antikythera. Each exhibit is a stimulus to relate technology and science and their role to the everyday life of people diachronically.

The public is invited to discover and wonder around the revelation that the technology of the Ancient Greeks, just before the end of the Greek world, was shockingly similar to the beginning of our modern technology.

Guests will also be able to purchase from the Museum Shop, handmade models, copies of the exhibits of the museum made by Marios Kotsanas, such as an exact replica of the Antikythera Mechanism, the portable "clock" notebook of Parmenion, the fourth quadrant of the Hipparchus, ancient Greek ships, toys, musical instruments, and other items.

The aim of the museum is to demonstrate with absolute validity and credibility that the technology of the ancient Greeks, just before the end of the Ancient Greek world, was very similar to the beginnings of our modern technology.

Ticket includes tour-demonstration of selected exhibits

Useful tips

• Interactive exhibits
• Free to take pictures
• Easy access to metro station Syntagma and bus stops
• Walking distance to the most popular tourist attractions

Note: In case you wish to make a reservation for more than 10 people, it is recommended to contact the museum directly, as exhibits assistant is provided to groups upon arrangement.