Nicholas P. Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art
Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art
Greece, Athens
The Nicolas P. Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art is a museum in Athens founded by the Goulandris family, one of the wealthiest and noblest families in Greece, and dedicated to the study and promotion of the ancient culture of the Aegean and Cyprus, with a particular focus on the Cycladic art of the 3rd millennium BC.
The main exposition of the Museum of Cycladic Art is represented by 3 departments:
1. Cycladic culture - early Bronze Age (3200 - 2000 BC).
2. Ancient Greek art from the Bronze Age to late Roman times (second millennium BC - 4th century AD).
3. Cypriot culture from the Eneolithic to the early Christian period (4 thousand BC - 6 century AD).