Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art

The Stathatos Mansion houses the temporary exhibits of the Museum of Cycladic Art

An example of the collection: Cycladic female figurine, Canonical type, early work of the Spedos variety

The Nicholas P. Goulandris Foundation - Museum of Cycladic Art is one of the great museums of Athens. It houses a notable collection of artifacts of Cycladic art.

The museum was founded in 1986 in order to house the collection of Cycladic and Ancient Greek art belonging to Nicholas and Dolly Goulandris. Starting in the early 1960s, the couple collected Greek antiquities, with special interest in the prehistoric art from the Cyclades islands of the Aegean Sea. The Museum's main building, erected in the centre of Athens in 1985, was designed by the Greek architect Ioannis Vikelas. In 1991, the Museum acquired a new wing, the neo-classical Stathatos Mansion at the corner of Vassilissis Sofias Avenue and Herodotou Street.

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Coordinates: 37°58′33.61″N 23°44′31.85″E / 37.9760028°N 23.7421806°E / 37.9760028; 23.7421806

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Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art

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