New Acropolis Museum (Athens, Greece)

For those of us who visit Greece who aren't history buffs, the New Acropolis Museum is a great way to make sense of the Acropolis instead of just taking the mandatory photo in front of the Parthenon to show your friends on Facebook. It has explanations of everything about the buildings on the top of the Acropolis and houses the original statues and reliefs discovered by archaeologists. The museum, which was opened in June 2009 has hundreds of items including some which have never been exhibited before such as the 22 metre long pediment depicting two lions devouring a bull with Heracles depictions on either end. The collection is the ...  Read the complete review