By • Updated: 28/04/2021 - 10:02 Hey, what are all those big fancy guns doing in the middle of Athens International Airport? Don’t worry, they’re behind a glass case—part of an exhibit to commemorate the bicentennial of the 1821 Greek Revolution. Like many airports these days, the one in Athens is full of art and cultural treasures that speak to the ability of the modern airport to transport both minds and people. There’s a growing number of airports where actual artworks are very much on display, and that’s by design. Sometimes airports install items that are representative of the destinations they actually serve: sections of ancient mosaics at Rome’s Fiumicino International Airport and a sampling of Dutch Masters’ paintings at Amsterdam’s Schiphol, for instance. Then there are times when airports go into full-on art gallery/modern art museum mode.