About
The Byzantine Museum was founded in 1914. From 1930 on it has been housed in the "Ilisia" mansion, which belonged to the Duchess of Placentia and was built in 1848 by the architect Stamatis Kleanthes. It was transformed into a museum by the architect Aristotle Zachos. In recent yars an addition and a large extension with basement and buildings in part above ground have been made. The architectural design is by Manos Perrakis.

Collections
The collections of the Byzantine Museum show the course of Greek art from the 4th to the 19th century. They comprise sculptural works, paintings and small works of all sorts. These works represent the artistic production of the Greek area, and other regions both central and peripheral of the Byzantine empire and subsequently of Hellenism on into post-Byzantine times.

The Museum collections include the following:
Byzantine and post-Byzantine ikons.
Sculpture
Manuscripts
Wall paintings
Mosaics
Small objects (cloth, coins, pottery, metal objects, silver)
Wood carvings
Patterns (anthibola), bronze engravings, lithographs
A collection of old prints (incunabula)
A collection of copies of paintings

The Museum Library is open to researchers, scholars and students of the Byzantine civilisation

The Museum shop sells copies and publications of the Archaeological Publications Office (T.A.P).