The
Archaeological Museum of Volos was built in 1909 with funds disposed
by Alexis Athanassakis from the village Portaria of Pilion. The style of
the building is neoclassic and the plans were executed by I. P. Skoutaris
and A. Angelidis.
Beside
the numerous and various exhibits, special interest in the Museum of Volos
presents the way of exhibition in the halls with the Neolithic artifacts
and the halls with the representation of the graves. They allow the visitor
to have a more direct contact with the antiquities and comprehend their
function easier.
Periodical
exhibitions take place in two halls of the Museum from time to time. At
the moment there is an exhibition of the Angelos Bastis collection of Neolithic
artifacts from all over Thessaly, which has been donated to the Museum.
There is also an exhibition of the new acquistitions of the Museum which
come from the recent excavations in the regions of Magnesia and Karditsa.
An
educational programme from Primary school pupils has been put into practice,
the subject of which is "Neolithic culture: once upon a time in Sesklo
and Dimini".
Collections
housed in the Museum:
·
Collection of Paleolithic finds from all over Thessaly
·
Rich Neolithic collection of vases, figurines, clay models of houses .
·
Reconstitutions of tombs of several periods
·
Collection of gold jewellery
·
Collection of painted funerary stelai from Demetrias
·
Collection of releif funerary and votive stelai
·
Collection of clay, bronze and glass vessels of all the periods
·
Collection of coins from Thessaly and other regions of the ancient Greek
world
Address:
1 Athanasaki Str, 381 01 Volos
Tel:
+30-421-25285
Tickets
Full
admission 500 grd
Reduced
admission
(students
from countries outside the E.U., citizens of the E.U. aged over 65) 300
grd
Free
admission persons under 18
university students from Greece and the E.U.
students of Classical Studies or Fine Arts from countries outside the E.U.
members of the ICOM-ICOMOS
tour guides
journalists
persons possessing a free admission card
Days
of free admission for all visitors Sundays in the
period between 1 November and 31 March
national holidays
6 March (in memory of Melina Mercouri)
18 April (International Monuments Day)
18 May (International Museums Day)
5 June (International Environment Day)
the last weekend of September every year (European Heritage Days) |
