Museum of the City of Athens, Municipal history museum in Central Athens, Greece.

The Museum of the City of Athens is located in central Athens and holds paintings, sculptures, photographs, and household items that trace how the city developed over time. The building sits on Paparigopoulou Street and its rooms showcase objects spanning different periods of the city's history.

Built in 1833/34 to designs by German architects G. Lueders and J. Hoffer, the mansion was among the first houses erected in Athens and an early example of classicist architecture in Greece. King Otto and Queen Amalia used it as their temporary residence, the so-called Old Palace, from 1836 until 1843, when they moved to the new palace. Since 1980 it has housed the Museum of the City of Athens, founded by Lambros Eutaxias, great-grandson of the merchant Stamatios Dekozis Vouros.

The museum displays furnished rooms showing how wealthy Athenian families lived during the 1800s, including decorative metalwork, glassware, and textiles from that period. These objects reveal the tastes and daily routines of the city's upper classes.

The museum operates on weekdays but closes on Tuesdays, with shorter weekend hours available. Plan your visit accordingly since the collection features mostly small objects and furnishings that take less time to view.

The museum opened in 1980 in the mansion of merchant Stamatios Dekozis Vouros, who moved from Constantinople to Athens in 1832. It was founded by his great-grandson Lambros Eutaxias, an art collector whose own collection of antiquities, Byzantine art, paintings and photographs forms the displays.