Museum sights in Cyclades
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Archaeological Museum
The Archaeological Museum is in Kastro, housed in the former Jesuit school where novelist Nikos Kazantzakis was briefly a pupil. The contents include Hellenistic and Roman terracotta figurines and some early Cycladic figurines.
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Byzantine Museum
The Byzantine Museum, within the Panagia Ekatondapyliani compound, has a collection of icons and other artefacts.
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Megaron Gyzi Museum
Behind the Catholic cathedral, Megaron Gyzi Museum has local memorabilia, including fascinating photographs of Fira before and immediately after the 1956 earthquake.
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Museum of Prehistoric Thera
Near the bus station, the Museum of Prehistoric Thera houses extraordinary finds that were excavated from Akrotiri (where, to date, only 5% of the area has been excavated). Most impressive is the glowing gold ibex figurine, measuring around 10cm in length and dating from the 17th century BC. Many of Akrotiri's fascinating wall paintings are on display.
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Archaeological Museum
Not to be missed is the walled cliff-top village of Kastro, 3km from Apollonia. The former capital, it is a magical place of buttressed alleyways and whitewashed houses. It has a small Archaeological Museum .
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Archaeological Museum
The small Archaeological Museum, on the right-hand side of the street as you descend from the church, has a collection that includes impressive clay pithoi (Minoan storage jars), grave reliefs and sculptures.
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Folklore Museum
The settlement of Ano Meria has a traditional island life where tourism makes no intrusive mark and life happily wanders off sideways. The Folklore Museum is on the eastern outskirts of the village. Ask the bus driver to drop you off nearby.
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Site Museum
Many of the most significant finds from Delos are in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, but the Site Museum still has an absorbing collection, including the lions from the Terrace of the Lions (those on the terrace itself are plaster-cast replicas).
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Archaeological Museum
The Archaeological Museum of Ios has displays of ceramics and other artefacts dating back to the days of Roman rule and beyond, found during archaeological digs on the island. It's worth a visit to give you some context for the island, which at first glance has otherwise little reference to its rich history.
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Andros Archaeological Museum
The Andros Archaeological Museum contains impressive finds from the settlements of Zagora and Paleopolis (9th to 8th century BC) on Andros'east coast, as well as items of the Roman, Byzantine and Early Christian periods. They includ the spellbinding marble copy of the 4th-century bronze Hermes of Andros by Praxiteles.
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The Museum of Prehistoric Thera
This museum houses extraordinary finds that were excavated from Akrotiri (only 5% of which has been excavated). Most impressive is the glowing gold ibex figurine, measuring around 10cm in length and dating from the 17th century BC. Many of Akrotiri's thrilling wall paintings are on display. Your ticket covers this museum and the archaeological museum.
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Archaeological Museum
Here you can see a fragment of the 4th-century Parian Chronicle, listing the most outstanding artistic achievements of ancient Greece. Discovered in the 17th century, most of it ended up in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Typically, some of the most exquisite pieces are only plaster casts - the originals having long since been 'displaced' to museums abroad.
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Archaeology Museum
Housed in a handsome neoclassical building, this museum contains some riveting (albeit haphazardly labelled) exhibits, including a plaster cast of the Venus de Milo that was made by craftsmen from Paris' Louvre museum (as a sort of Venus de Mea Culpa perhaps?). Best of all is a perky little herd of tiny bull figurines from the Late Cycladic period.
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Geology Museum
Apiranthos is an atmospheric mountain village of unadorned stone houses, marble-paved streets and alleyways that scramble up the slopes of Mt Fanari. Its inhabitants are descendants of refugees who fled Crete to escape Turkish repression; they retain a strong individuality and a rich dialect, and the village has always been noted for its spirited politics and populism. The village has an impressive trio of museums. The Geology Museum is part-way along the main street
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Museum of Natural History
Apiranthos is an atmospheric mountain village of unadorned stone houses, marble-paved streets and alleyways that scramble up the slopes of Mt Fanari. Its inhabitants are descendants of refugees who fled Crete to escape Turkish repression; they retain a strong individuality and a rich dialect, and the village has always been noted for its spirited politics and populism. The village has an impressive trio of museums. On the main road, to the right of the start of the village's main street, is the Museum of Natural History .
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Archaeology Museum
Apiranthos is an atmospheric mountain village of unadorned stone houses, marble-paved streets and alleyways that scramble up the slopes of Mt Fanari. Its inhabitants are descendants of refugees who fled Crete to escape Turkish repression; they retain a strong individuality and a rich dialect, and the village has always been noted for its spirited politics and populism. The village has an impressive trio of museums.
The Archaeology Museum is part-way along the main street. It has a marvellous collection of small Cycladian artefacts. Admission free.
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