Archaeological
Museum of Chalkis
The
museum was built in the first decade of our century. The new exhibition
was opened to the public in 1991 and since then, the collections of honorary
decrees, funerary monuments and Roman sculpture are displayed in the courtyard.
The
collections of the museum include:
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Early
Helladic finds from the settlement and cemetery of Manika (3rd millenium
B.C.)
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Mycenaean
pottery and figurines
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Geometric
pottery and bronze figurines
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Oikonomos'
collection of Euboean and Boeotian pottery and statuettes
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Classical
and Hellenistic coins from Chalkis, Eretria and Karystos
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Roman
votive sculptures from Chalkis and Aedepsos
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Funerary
monuments from Chalkis and Nea Lampsakos
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Honorary
decrees
Tel. +30-221-25131
The
Folklore Museum of Kymi
The
Folklore Museum of Kymi was founded in 1981 by the Cultural Association
of Kymi. It is the largest and best-organized folklore museum in Euboea
and one of the best regional museums of its kind in Greece. In addition
it also presents the history of the town.
It
is housed in its own three-storey neoclassical building of the late 19th
century in the centre of the town, a former property of the National Bank
of Greece, which was its local branch for a number of years.
The
nearly 1600 items of the collection of the museum were donated by the inhabitants
of Kymi who have supported all the stages of the establishment and operation
of the Museum.
The
Museum exhibits rich collections of items which represent the following
fields of popular art:
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Weaving
(especially gossamer-thin silk and rep-weave cloth)
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Embroidery
(mainly cocoon-formed and white embroidery)
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Local
costume (men's and women's wedding, Sunday and everyday clothes)
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Metallurgy
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Pottery
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Wood carving
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Painting
(works of G. D'Esposito, Sot. Chrysanthopoulos)
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Stone
carving
Admission
fee 400 drs. Student admission free.
Telephone
+ 30-222-22011
Archaeological
Museum of Eretria
The
Museum was built in 1960, was enlarged in 1961-62, and was again renovated
and extended in 1987-1991 by the Greek Archaeological Service (11th Ephorate
of Antiquities) in collaboration with the Swiss School of Archaeology.
TIt
contains collections of finds from the excavations at:
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Lefkandi
(Xeropolis, the cemetery of Skoumbri, Palaia Perivolia, and Toumba)
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Amarynthos
(Paliochora, Geraki hill)
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Magoula
and
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Eretria
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