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MUSEUMS Athens has several world-class museums, including the National Museum and the new Acropolis Museum, where much of the country’s treasures are on display. The Archaeological Museum in Argostoli, Kefalonia, is far more modest but contains some interesting finds, including Mycenaean finds from tholos tomb at Tzanata, Poros and the cemetary at Lakithra. Open from 09:00-15:00, Sunday- Friday. Due to earthquake damage the museum may be closed. |
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| Under what was the nearby Koryialenios
Library, behind the Kefalos Theatre and reputed to
be the third ‘richest’ in Greece, the basement contains
the Historical
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Folklore Museum which captures the essence of island
life before the devastating earthquake. Especially
impressive is the reconstructed and richly decorated
chapel. Open from 09:00-14:00, Monday-Saturday. Due to
public spending cuts the museum may not be open. Kefalonia also hosts some small but interesting specialist museums: near the archaeological museum in Argostoli is the Kosmetatos Museum with old coins and manuscripts in a neo-classical 'mansion'; the Divisione Acqui Museum, next to the Catholic church on Lithostrotou, commemorates the Italian soldiers massacred on Kefalonia during the last war; the Monastery of Agios Andreas, near Peratata, hosts the Ecclesiastical Byzantine Museum; the Natural History Museum at Davgata contains some interesting natural finds from the island; over on Paliki there’s the Museum of Lixouri and Iakovateios Library, also the Petritseios National Library, Damodos ; there’s a maritime museum in Farsa; at Karavomylos, near Sami, is the Ionian Intercultural Centre while in Makriotika, between Agia Efimia and Myrtos, is an old olive press in a renovated building, the Olive Story Museum, open 11:00 – 13:00 and maybe evenings 19:00–21:00 |
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New in 2019 The Nautical Museum of Sami, near Drogarati cave on the Sami - Argostoli road. Opened end of April, 2019, the Nautical Museum of Sami exhibits all the types of vessels of traditional Greek shipbuilding, the models are built according to shipbuilding specifications, paying attention to the minutest detail. More information @ nmsamis.gr |
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