The Archaeological Museum of Piraeus is a small but exceptional collection that punches far above its weight. Its centrepiece is a group of monumental bronze statues — including the so-called Piraeus Apollo — discovered by accident in 1959 during sewer works and packed in for shipment to Rome at the time of Sulla's sack of the port in 86 BC.
Other highlights include the funerary reliefs from the cemetery of Kallithea and finds from the ancient walls of Themistocles. Far less crowded than the National Archaeological Museum in central Athens, and only a short walk from the ferry terminals.