Tactual Museum of Athens, Athens

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The Tactual Museum of Athens is a museum for the visually impaired in Kallithea, Athens, Greece. It was founded in 1984 by the Kallithea-based association Lighthouse for the Blind of Greece to allow visually impaired people to become familiarised with the cultural heritage of Greece. ()

Local name: Μουσείο Αφής ΑθήναςCoordinates: 37°56'44"N, 23°42'0"E

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Καλλιθέα (Αγία Ελεούσα)Athens Greece

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+30 21 0941 5222

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Tactual Museum of Athens – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Nea Smyrni Stadium, Evgenidio Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Greek cruiser Georgios Averof.

0.5 miE
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Nea Smyrni Stadium, Athens
14 min walk • Nea Smyrni Stadium, nestled in the bustling city of Athens, Greece, is a quintessential sports venue that has become a hub for football enthusiasts and local sports events. This stadium serves as the home ground for the Panionios G.S.S.
0.4 miSW
Museum, Observatories and planetariums, Science museum
Evgenidio Foundation, Athens
11 min walk • The Evgenidio Foundation was established in 1956 in Athens, Greece implementing the will of the late Greek benefactor Eugenios Eugenidis, who died in April 1954. It has the form of private legal entity under law.
0.5 miSW
Arts center with a park and opera house
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens
13 min walk • The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center is a complex in the bay of Faliro in Athens which includes new facilities for the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera, as well as the 210,000 m² Stavros Niarchos Park.
1.2 miSW
Ship
Greek cruiser Georgios Averof, Athens
31 min walk • Georgios Averof is a modified Pisa-class armored cruiser built in Italy for the Royal Hellenic Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The ship served as the Greek flagship during most of the first half of the century.
0.9 miS
Town, Harbor
Phalerum, Athens
24 min walk • Phalerum or Phaleron was a port of Ancient Athens, 5 km southwest of the Acropolis of Athens, on a bay of the Saronic Gulf. The bay is also referred to as "Bay of Phalerum". The area of Phalerum is now occupied by the towns Palaio Faliro, Kallithea, Moschato and Neo Faliro, all of which are part of the Athens agglomeration.
1.2 miSW
Park
Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex, Athens
32 min walk • The Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Sports Complex is a complex in the coastal zone of Athens, Greece. It consists of two indoor arenas and a beach volleyball stadium, and it hosted Handball, Taekwondo, and volleyball events at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
1.3 miNW
Museum
Hellenic Cosmos, Athens
33 min walk • Hellenic Cosmos is a modern Cultural Centre and Museum in Athens, Greece which attempts to unravel the complex issues of Hellenism. Many current cultural events take place in the centre, including the annual Plisskën music festival.
1.1 miSW
Ship, Museum
Olympias, Athens
29 min walk • Olympias is a reconstruction of an ancient Athenian trireme and an important example of experimental archaeology. It is also a commissioned ship in the Hellenic Navy of Greece, the only commissioned vessel of its kind in any of the world's navies.
1.2 miNW
Street
Peiraios Street, Athens
31 min walk • Peiraios Street is a main road in Athens, Greece linking the center of the city with the port of Piraeus. It is part of the system of national roads, as number 56. Its length spans 10 km.
0.7 miN
Area
Kallithea, Athens
19 min walk • Kallithea is the 8th largest municipality in Greece and the 4th biggest in the Athens urban area. Additionally, it is the 2nd most densely populated municipality in Greece, with 21,192/km2. The municipality has an area of 4.749 km2.
0.8 miE
Area
Nea Smyrni, Athens
20 min walk • Nea Smyrni is a municipality and a southern suburb of Athens, Greece. At the 2011 census, it had 73,076 inhabitants.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Tactual Museum of Athens?

Nearby attractions include Evgenidio Foundation, Athens (11 min walk), Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens (13 min walk), Kallithea, Athens (19 min walk), Nea Smyrni, Athens (20 min walk).

How to get to Tactual Museum of Athens by public transport?

The nearest stations to Tactual Museum of Athens:

Bus

Φαροσ Τυφλων • Lines: 911 (1 min walk)
Αθηνάς • Lines: 911 (2 min walk)

Trolleybus

Αθηνάς • Lines: 10 (2 min walk)
3η Κατσώνη • Lines: 10 (4 min walk)

Tram

Δέλτα Φαλήρου (18 min walk)
Τζιτζιφιές (19 min walk)

Metro

Kallithea • Lines: Μ1 (27 min walk)
Tavros - Eleftherios Venizelos • Lines: Μ1 (31 min walk)