Katakouzenos House Museum
House museum in central Athens with a collection of works of the Generation of the 1930s, which functioned as a literary salon from 1960.
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About the museum
Angelos Katakouzenos, a neurologist and psychiatrist, and Leto, a writer, belonged to the intellectual elite of the Generation of the 1930s and acted as ambassadors of Greek culture abroad. Their apartment on Amalias Avenue, a continuation of their first home on Pindarou Street, functioned from 1960 as a literary salon and hosted poets, writers, artists and scientists from Greece and abroad.
The house museum opened in September 2008 on the initiative of the foundation bearing the couple’s name. Its aim is to turn a historic Athenian house into a space with a social and educational character; it also hosts exhibitions of contemporary art, performances and events.
The collection includes more than 60 paintings, hundreds of drawings and prints, decorative objects, sculptures and French and Greek furniture of the 18th and 19th centuries. Most of the works come from donations by friends of the couple, such as Nikos Hatzikyriakos-Gikas, Spyros Vasileiou, Yannis Tsarouchis and Giorgos Gounaropoulos. Among the works, the portrait of Leto by Marc Chagall stands out. The house also preserves thousands of books, manuscripts and letters.
Highlights
- Paintings of the Generation of the 1930s by Hatzikyriakos-Gikas, Tsarouchis, Vasileiou and Gounaropoulos
- Portrait of Leto by Marc Chagall
- Furniture and decorative objects of the 18th and 19th centuries
- Books, manuscripts and letters from the couple’s literary salon
- View of Parliament from the apartment
Permanent exhibition
- Η συλλογή της Οικίας Κατακουζηνού – The rooms of the apartment display paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, furniture and books of the couple, with works by artists of the Generation of the 1930s and international creators.
- Founded
- 2008
- Operated by
- Ίδρυμα Άγγελου & Λητώς Κατακουζηνού
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Getting there & parking
The apartment is on the 5th floor of an apartment block at 4 Amalias Avenue, in Syntagma.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Appointments for a visit can be booked through the foundation’s contact form or at info@katakouzenos.gr. A virtual tour is also available on the museum’s website. |
