No. 01 · Europe · South

The Opening
Act.

City
Athens
Dates
Saturday, October 24, 2026
Format
One Day
Status
Seats Opening Soon
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Benaki Museum · Pireos 138.

The Benaki's contemporary cultural center on Pireos Street.

The House

Benaki Museum · Pireos 138

Pireos 138 & Andronikou, 118 54 Athens, Greece

Building
8,200 m²
Capacity
360 in the amphitheatre
Nearest
Kerameikos / Petralona metro · short ride
Style
Contemporary · built around an atrium
01

A 360-seat amphitheatre

Purpose-built for talks and performance — raked seating, proper sightlines, and a stage sized for a real show, not a panel table.

02

An interior atrium

An 850 m² covered courtyard at the building's heart — the natural home for intermissions, the welcome reception, and the evening's food and drink.

03

A foyer & café

The foyer holds 350 standing and the café/restaurant another 200 seated — room for the conversations that happen between the talks.

A modern stage on Pireos Street.

The Benaki Museum's Pireos 138 building is the institution's contemporary venue — a renovated industrial structure organised around an open interior atrium, on one of Athens' main new cultural axes. Its 360-seat amphitheatre is built for conferences, talks, music, theatre and dance, with a foyer and atrium alongside for the receptions. A clean, modern counterpoint to the city's ancient stone.

Getting there.

01

Metro

Kerameikos (line 3) or Petralona (line 1) — a short walk or quick taxi along Pireos.

02

Airport

Athens International (ATH) · ~45 min by taxi, or metro line 3 toward the centre.

03

Hotel

We block rooms at partner hotels in the centre with easy access to Pireos. Info sent after you reserve.

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