Koumantarios Gallery of Sparta

The picture shows the front side of the neoclassical building that houses the annex of the National Gallery, the Koumantarios Gallery of Sparta. The building has a pale yellow colour, with white in its decoration and a stone wall around it in the courtyard. There are marble steps at the main entrance and before the entrance the wall is painted in burgundy. There is a barred door at the entrance and a balcony upstairs. The Greek flag flies at the top of the building. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

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The Koumantarios Gallery of Sparta is the first branch of the National Gallery outside Athens. It was founded in 1982, following the donation of the neoclassical building and the collection of Ioannis Koumantaros by his children, Dolly Goulandris and Georgios Koumantaros.

On the ground floor of the building, the I. Koumantarou collection, consisting of works by European painters with various themes from the 16th to the 19th century, as well as temporary exhibitions are presented.

The first floor of the Gallery was completely renovated in 2018 and a new permanent exhibition of works from the National Gallery was created, through which the history of modern Greek art is briefly presented.

The permanent exhibition includes seventy-two works, paintings and sculptures, by important Greek artists. The themes include historical painting, portraiture, antiquity, ethnography, symbolism, sublimity, reflections on Greek light and Greekness, abstract and abstract art.

Persons with Disabilities

The koumantarios Art Gallery of Sparta is fully accessible to people with disabilities - wheelchair users from the entrance to all areas open to the public.

The museum has access ramps for visitors, a lift for the passage of people with disabilities and an appropriately designed WC for the disabled.

The flooring material is wood in the exhibition areas and there are concrete tiles in the access/passage areas.

The Koumantarios Gallery organises educational programmes and activities for all ages, many of which are accessible to people with disabilities.

There is a small shop in the entrance foyer, which is also fully accessible to wheelchair users. Some of the items in the shop come from the National Gallery, but there are also codes that are made in Sparta, specifically for the Annex, and are only sold there.

Persons with disabilities and one of their companions are entitled to free admission, the latter if they have a disability of 67% or more, regardless of their country of origin, upon presentation of their identity card or passport and the Disability Certificate E.F.K.A. (decision of the Disability Certification Centre - KEPA) for residents of Greece or a similar certificate from a corresponding competent body abroad.

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Address

The Coumantaros Gallery of Sparta is located in Con. 123 Paleologos & Thermopylae, 350m. from the central square of Sparta and the entrance for wheelchair users is Thermopylae 95.

There are no parking spaces yet, but parking outside the building is allowed for a few minutes.

*There is a wheelchair available to guests on request.

Opening Hours:

Mon 8:00 – 15:00
Tue Closed
Wed 12:00 – 19:00
Thu 8:00 – 15:00
Fri 8:00 – 15:00
Sat 8:00 – 15:00
Sun 8:00 – 15:00

Koumantarios Gallery of Sparta
The picture shows the front side of the neoclassical building that houses the annex of the National Gallery, the Koumantarios Gallery of Sparta. The building has a pale yellow colour, with white in its decoration and a stone wall around it in the courtyard. There are marble steps at the main entrance and before the entrance the wall is painted in burgundy. There is a barred door at the entrance and a balcony upstairs. The Greek flag flies at the top of the building. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
The picture shows the entrance to the gallery for people with disabilities. You can see the lift and the ramp to the exhibition. There is a barrier door at the entrance to the building.
The picture shows part of the gallery exhibition. On the right is a bronze statue looking to the right and in the background, on the opposite wall are hanging paintings with portraits and their captions.
The picture shows part of the gallery exhibition. On the walls there are hanging paintings depicting landscapes, while at the end of the corridor stands a small white marble statue of two people embracing.
The picture shows the appropriately designed bathroom for people with disabilities visiting the gallery. Next to the basin is an auxiliary handle and directly opposite is a washbasin and mirror.
The picture shows part of the bathroom for people with disabilities visiting the gallery and on the right is the wheelchair available in the gallery.