The Goulandris Museum of Natural History is in the northern suberbs, in Kifisia, 15 km from the center of Athens.

It was founded by Agelos and Niki Goulandris in 1964. Originally, it operated as a Botanic Museum, while in 1977 it expanded in the areas of zoology, paleontology and geology.

The museum is inspired by the famous Natural History Museum of London, with which it cooperates, and has permanent exhibitions with stuffed animals, insects, plants, rocks and animal fossils.

In 1999 the Goulandris Natural History Museum created the Center for Environmental Research and Education GAIA, to serve as the museum of the future, devising a new environmental policy both in Greece and internationally. The GAIA Centre presents to visitors the evolution and functioning of planet Earth and its current state.

On the museum premises you will also find an excellent café-restaurant and a shop.

Goulandris Museum of Natural History: Address, Levidou 13 street & Othonos, Kifissia.

More information concerning the Goulandris Museum of Natural History can be found in www.gnhm.gr and the number 210 8015870.