Museums and Sites

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Ithaca, Greece - Museums Sites on the Greek Island of Ithaki. Where to go What to see on your Island Holiday
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Archaeological History......ASites........ Museums
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Museums

Stavros Museum
Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Sunday 08.30 - 15.00

The museum contains various finds from Northern Ithaca, spanning from the Early Helladic to the Roman
Periods. The museum was built in 1933 and in 1994 the building was repaired and the exhibition, rearranged.
Items in the exhibition include:-

  1. Fragments of large, bronze tripods from Polis Cave, dated 9th--8th centuries BC.
  2. Clay plate with a representation of a cock.  It was found in Polis Bay and dates back to the 7th century BC.
  3. Fragments of a clay mask with an incised inscription 'deddicated to Odysseus' dated back to the 1st or 2nd century BC.
  4. Stone Relief bearing a representation of dancing Nymphs.  It was found at Polis Cave and dates back to the Hellenistic period.
  

Vathy Museum
Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Sunday 08.30 - 15.00
Phone: (+30) 26740-32200

The museum contains excavation finds from Piso Aetos, dating from the Geometric to the Roman period and a remarkable collection of pottery dated to the Geometric period, as well as items from Polis Cave. Items of the exhibition include -

  1. A ring-shaped vase that has angular walls and is decorated with narrow bands on the sides of the ring, hatched triangles on the neck and panels with diagonals on the handle, dated to the end of the Late Geometric period.
  2. A Votive inscription that mentions the Goddesses Athena and Hera. It was found at Polis Cave and dates from the Late Archaic period.

The Cultural Centre of Ithaki
Located in Vathy, the Cultural Centre houses an interesting and rich library which displays many rare books, among which are only existing edition of the Odyssey and the Iliad in Japanese and the complete works of Agios Athanasios dating from 1686.
The Folklore and Cultural Museum
The Folklore and Cultural Museum of Ithaca is situated in Vathy behind the Agricultural Bank. The building was once an old generating station. This new museum is a testament to the life of the inhabitants of Ithaca during the colonial period of the island and exhibits fully assembled bedrooms, kitchen and sitting-rooms from that period, as well as photographs of the devastating earthquakes of 1953. Click Here 		 
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