Museum Opening Hours to Change During Greek Elections

A number of museums around Greece will be closed or close early on the election days, May 26 and June 2.


As a result of the local government and European Parliament elections taking place on Sunday, May 26, readers are advised that some museums and archaeological sites will be closed or will open for fewer hours on the day. The same will apply on the day of the local election runoffs on Sunday, June 2.

In Athens, the Archaeological Museum and Byzantine Museum and Aristotle’s Lyceum will close at 16:00, while the Numismatic and Epigraphical museums will close at 15:00.

 

On Crete, the museum at Eleutherna and the Archaeological Museum of Rethymno will close at 15:30.

In Thessaloniki, parts of the Galerian Complex will be closed for the day, as will the castle and Archaeological Museum of Kythera.

This article was originally published at ekathimerini.com.



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