Archaeological
Museum of Corfu
The
museum was built between 1962 and 1965, in a plot donated by the Municipality
of Corfu, on 1 Vraila Armeni St, in order to house the sculptures from
the temple of Artemis. In 1994, two more rooms were added, and now contain
finds from the recent excavations in the city of Corfu.
The
collections of the museum include:
An
old collection of unknown provenance.
Excavation
finds from the ancient city of Corfu.
Finds
from the Kerkyraean Cassiope.
Finds
from the excavations in the district of Thesprotia.
Days-hours
Winter
period : Monday: Closed, Tuesday - Friday: 08:00 - 14:30 Weekends and Holidays
08:00 - 14:30
From
July 1st to October 31: Daily: 08.30 - 15.00, Monday: closed
Ticket
price
Full
admission € 3
Reduced
admission
(students
from countries outside the E.U., citizens of the E.U. aged over 65)
€ 2
Free
admission
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persons
under 18
-
university
students from Greece and the E.U.
-
students
of Classical Studies or Fine Arts from countries outside the E.U.
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members
of the ICOM-ICOMOS
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Tour
guides
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journalists
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persons
possessing a free admission card
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Days of
free admission for all visitors: Sundays in the period
between 1 November and 31 March
-
the first
Sunday of every month, except for July, August and September (when the
first Sunday is holiday, then the second is the free admission day, etc.)
Telephone
+30-26610-30680
Municipal
Gallery of Corfu
The
Municipal Gallery of Corfu has been in operation since 1978 in a building
which is a legasy of the Dalietos family.
When
the gallery became a leggaly-recognized public institution in 1991, an
effort was made to make its collection, mainly constituted by donated works,
more widely known. Among the most important collections are those of the
Samartzis collection (42 works), the Aglaia Papa (23 works) and Philippos
Makotsis (12 works) collections; while there are also two works donated
by Nikolaos Ventouras.
The
greater part of the collection of the Municipal Gallery of Corfu consists
of works by 19th-century Corfiot painters(Haralambos Pachis, Pavlos Prossalendis
the younger, Angelos Giallinas, Vicentios Boccaciampis, S. Skarvelis, Lyk.
Koyevinas,G. Samartxis); this is the period which produces some of the
most representative painters of the Ionian islands.
Among
the best-known of the Gallery's exhibits are: "The assassination of Capodistria"
by Haralambos Pachis, "Markas" and "The Herd" by Angelos Giallinas, the
"Sphinx" by Sp. Skarvelis, the "Fighter of the 1821 War" by Sp. Prossalendis,
the "Arab Musician" by P. Prossalendis, the "Piano tuner" by G. Samartzis,
works in which the main trends of 19th-century Greek art are connected.
The tendencies prevailing in the works of the Corfiot painters 19th century
are related to the academic style, but also show the influences exerted
on the artists by Italian painting. Towards the end of the century, the
artists' turn towards Impressionistic current sets the tone.
Address:
1 Acadimias Street, 491 00 Kerkyra (Corfu)
Telephone:
+30-26610-39553 |
