| Kalymnos
Museum The archaeological Museum of Kalymnos is housed in the 19th
c. mansion of the Vouvalis family, who were sponge fishers. It was built
in the mid 19th c. and inaugurated in 1894. The dining room has been reconstructed
with the dinner service, the living-room, the office with the commercial
correspondence, the service rooms, the storerooms and the photographic
archives, complete with all the furniture and family household objects.
Because of the lack of space, the archaeological collection will be moved
to a specially organized building. The future display will include
figurines, pottery and coins of the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic
periods (7th-1st c. BC) from the necropolis in the Damos district and the
depository of the naiskos of Apollo Dalios.
The
Museum contains the following collections:
Prehistoric
collection, comprising pottery, figurines and tools from the Neolithic,
Minoan and Mycenaean periods.
Classical
collection, comprising pottery, inscriptions, figurines and sculptures,
chiefly of the Hellenistic period.
Reconstruction
of the interior of a 19th c. mansion, including the dining room, living-room,
storerooms, service rooms and photographic archives of the Vouvalis family.
Private
Vouvalis archaeological collection, comprising pottery, lamps and small
objects, chiefly of the Hellenistic period. |
