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Archaeological Museum of Samos

The Archaeological Museum of Samos is part of the most interesting museums of Greece.

Samos Museums: Archaeological Museum in Vathi

It is located near the port of Vathy, close to the Town Hall and
Archaic Sculptures, pottery, bronze, wooden items, clay figurines, ivory objects and small objects from Egypt and Persia are revealed in this very interesting museum.

Telephone: 22730 27469

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Archaeological Museum of Pythagorion

Although till few years ago the Archaeological Museum of Pythagorion was housed in the Town Hall, today it is housed in a separate building.
It was founded by Ionannis Melentism professor of paleontology at the University of Thessaloniki.

It is supposed to be the only paleontological museum in Greece and displays fossils and the remains of prehistoric animals such as the small horse of Samos which has three toes and is 13 millions years old.

The Natural History Museum


The Natural History Museum of the Aegean is located in the town of Mylinoi on the island of Samos.
 
the Central Park of the capital.

The museum is made of two buildings: the Old Museum, built in 1912, and the New Museum, built in 1987. Various items dating back to the Hellenistic, the Prehistoric, the Geometric and the Archaic period.

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The new museum was inaugurated in May 2010 and houses 3,000 items from excavations round the region.

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The Fossil Museum of Samos

This museum is located in the lovely village of Mytilini.
Dimitriou Folklore Museum

The Museum was established with the help of the "Nikolaos Dimitriou Literary Foundation" and has been operating since May 1997 in Pythagorion.

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