Unpacked: A Little Greek Museum of Mysteries Gets a Modern Makeover

Ancient Eleusis, epicenter of antiquity’s most cryptic cult, is ready for its close-up.

Anthony Grant/The New York Sun
Ancient artifacts on display at the Eleusis Archaeological Museum in Greece. Anthony Grant/The New York Sun

The museums of Athens are buzzing as the tourism season winds up, and like every year most tourists will stick to the script, making an obligatory pass at the Acropolis before moseying off to postcard-perfect (if overcrowded) islands like Santorini or Hydra. Yet to do so could mean bypassing some less Instagrammable but more culturally enriching locales within the orbit of the Greek capital, such as ancient Eleusis just 13 miles to the west. 

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