Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens, Greece, Dec.10,12

The Museum of Cycladic Art is one of the most elegant and refined museums I've been in. It's not large but has a lovely cafe where I am right now and a book store with high end jewelry and art. The museum has 4 floors with the first devoted to Cycladic Art. Early cycladic cultures dates (3200 to 2000 BC). The exhibit has stone, marble, clay and metal object and obsidian cores and blade. The marble figurines, mostly female are outstanding. . Hunter or warrior. The second floor is devoted to Ancient Greek Art, a history in images. This is a synthetic approach extending from 2000 BC to 400 ad. On the third floor is Cyprus, ancient art and culture. It extends from 4000 BC to the 18th century AD. On the 4th floor there are Scenes from Daily Life in Antiquity. Here photographs serve as background to artefacts and movies depict the life of the day. It's reminiscent for me of the trend in museums I saw in Washingtong DC, making them much more comprehensible especially for students. Everywhere the artifacts were accompanied by writing in several languages including English describing the artifact