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  Administrative Information
 
 

Official Unit:
Ephorate of Antiquities of the City of Athens

148 Ermou Str., Athens (Prefecture of Attiki)

Telephone: +30 210 3463552
Email: efaath@culture.gr

 
 
Tickets
Full: €10, Reduced: €5
1. Valid for the archaeological site and museum of Kerameikos. Tickets are available at ticket offices on site as well as online. In order to purchase tickets online visit the official e-ticketing service of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports at https://hhticket.gr/tap_b2c_new/. 2. From 1st of November till 31st of March (1/11-31/03) each year, a reduced rate only for single-use tickets is valid for all state owned archaeological sites and museums.
Special ticket package: Full: €10, Reduced: €5
Valid for: Acropolis of Athens, Ancient Agora of Athens Museum, Ancient Agora of Athens- Areios Pagos, Archaeological Museum of Kerameikos, Hadrian's Library, Kerameikos, Lykeion Archaeological Site, North slope of the Acropolis, Olympieio, Roman Agora of Athens, South Slope of Acropolis
Free admission days
6 March (in memory of Melina Mercouri)
18 April (International Monuments Day)
18 May (International Museums Day)
The last weekend of September annually (European Heritage Days)
28 October
 
  Open

Winter:
8:00-15:00
Last entrance to the Site at 14:30
Every Tuesday the museum opens at 10:00.

Summer:
08:00 – 20:00 Last entrance: 19:30
Good Friday: 12:00-17:00
Holy Saturday: 08:30-15:30

From the 1st.09.2025 the opening hours apply.
1-15.09: 8:00- 19:30
Last entrance to the Site at 19:00
On the 1st of September 2025 the opening hours apply, due to a gradual reduction in the length of the day, as follows:
1st to 15th September 08:00 - 19:30
Last entrance to the Site at 19:00,
16th to 30th September 08:00 - 19:00
Last entrance to the Site at 18:30,
1st to 15th October 08:00 - 18:30
Last entrance to the Site at 18:00 and
16th to 30th October 08:00 - 18:00
Last entrance to the Site at 17:30.

Holidays
1 January
25 March
1 May
Easter Sunday
25 December
26 December
 
  Amenities for the physically challenged
The archaeological museum of Kerameikos is fully accessible to visitors with reduced mobility and wheelchair users. A WC for persons with special needs is also provided.
 
  Access
Electric Railway (ISAP): Thiseion station. METRO: Kerameikos station, Bus no 049 from Omonia Square and Piraeus: Gazi station, Trolley bus no 21: Gazi station
 
  Shop
Books, memorabilia
 
  Suggestive Bibliography
Kerameikos, Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen, I-XVI, Berlin 1932-1999
Knigge U., The Athenian Kerameikos, Αθήνα 1992
Knigge U., Ο Κεραμεικός της Αρχαίας Αθήνας, Αθήνα 1992
 
  Services
 
 
See also
Other museums in the same prefecture
Acropolis Museum
Ancient Agora Museum-Stoa of Attalos
Ancient Agora of Athens Museum
Archaeologcal Exhibition in the METRO Station "Akropolis"
Archaeological Collection in the Athens International Airport
Archaeological Museum of Brauron
Archaeological Museum of Brauron
Archaeological Museum of Brauron
Archaeological Museum of Brauron
Archaeological Museum of Brauron