Photographic Archives

More than 70,000 photographs and negatives documenting the art works in and history of the National Gallery, as well as the history of modern Greek photography are to be found in the Photographic Archives.

Old photographs of art works in the museum’s collections as well as in other public or private collections, footage from exhibition preparations and openings, photographs illustrating the history of the building and the people constitute the main sections covering the history of the National Gallery.

More than 25,000 photographs and negatives by Greek and foreign photographers of the 19th and 20th century documenting the history of modern Greek photography are also deposited in the archival collections. Depictions of people, monuments, sites and buildings, scenes of everyday life, still lifes, historical and military scenes make up the mosaic of themes captured in the photographic archives originating from donations, bequests and acquisitions  to/ by the museum. They are at your disposal in the archival collections section of our webpage.