Museum of Cycladic Art

Μουσείο Κυκλαδικής Τέχνης

The white marble faces Picasso admired

Hours

Closed Tuesday; open until 8pm Thursday and until 5pm other days

Tickets

General €14, reduced €11

Address

4 Neofytou Douka St (if the main door is closed for works, use the Stathatos Mansion entrance on Vasilissis Sofias)

Marble figures carved on the Aegean islands around 3000 BC stand in glass cases, arms folded, faces blank except for a nose. That plainness is what caught Modigliani and Picasso. The museum is small enough to finish in about an hour, and a short walk from the Benaki, so the two pair well.