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 ATHANASSAKEION ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
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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. |
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Periodical exhibitions take place in two halls of the
Museum from time to time.
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 etc.
- 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
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| ROOM 1 |
This room contains objects from recent archaeological
excavations at coastal Prehistoric settlements (Petromagoula),
in funerary tumuli
(5th c. BC), and in funerary shrines
(5th - 3rd c. BC). |
| ROOM 2 |
The main exhibits in this room are painted grave stelai
from ancient Demetrias, which are superb examples of
Hellenistic painting
(3rd c. BC), and also painted pottery
and jewellery of the Mycenaean period (2nd millennium
BC) and the Iron Age (1st millennium BC). |
| ROOM 3 |
| The objects on display here afford evidence for human
evolution in the Neolithic period and for human activity
in major spheres, such as house-building (see building
material), food-production (see tools and pottery) and
leisure activities (figurines, jewellery). |
| ROOM 4 |
| In this room are displayed painted grave stelai from
ancient Demetrias, together with pottery, terracottas,
jewellery and sculptures of the Hellenistic and Roman
periods (3rd c. BC - 4th c. AD) |
| ROOM 5 |
| Room 5 contains drawn reconstructions of tombs, illustrating
the evolution of grave monuments from the Prehistoric
to the Hellenistic period (3rd millennium - 3rd c. BC). |
| ROOM 6 |
| Tombs transported in their entirety from the archaeological
site, together with the human skeleton and the offerings
placed around it, provide information on burial customs. |
| ROOM 7 |
| Here are displayed representative examples of sculpture
from Thessaly dating from the Archaic and Classical periods
(6th and 5th c. BC), and also bronze dedications from
the pan-Thessalian sanctuary of Athena Itonia at Philia
Karditsa. Also displayed is material representing the
Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods from the plain of
Thessaly and the banks of the river Peneios. |
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| INFORMATION |
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| Address |
1 Athanasaki Str, 381 01 Volos |
Opening hours
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Summer Opening Hours |
| Tickets |
Tickets |
| Telephone |
24210-25.285 |
| FAX |
24210-28.563 |
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