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Archaeological Museum of Vathy

The Archaeological Museum of Vathy is located in the capital of Ithaca, on Kallinikou Street, a short block back from the quay.

The museum exhibits a collection of findings dating from the Geometric to the Roman period, brought to light by excavations made in the area of Piso Aetos, and various finds from the Geometric period coming from many parts of the island, especially from Loizos Cave in Polis Bay.

 
The archaeological finds displayed in the Stavros’ museum have been excavated in northern Ithaca and date from the Early Hellenic period to the Roman one.
The archaeological finds displayed in the Stavros’ museum have been excavated in northern Ithaca and date from the Early Hellenic period to the Roman one.
The Folklore and Cultural Museum

The Folklore and Cultural Museum of Ithaca is housed in a beautiful
building, which was once an old generating station situated in
 
The Cultural Centre of Ithaca

Located in the capital of the island, Vathy or Ithaki Town, the culturalcentre houses an interesting and
rich library which has many rare books on display, among which the only existing edition of the Odyssey and the Iliad in Japanese and the complete works of Agios Athanasios dating from 1686.


The Nautical Museum of Ithaca

The Folklore and Nautical Museum of Ithaca, in Vathi, includes
 
Telephone: 26740 32200

Archaeological Collection of Stavros
 
The Archaeological Collection of Stavros is housed in a tiny museum in the northern village of Stavros, on the road to Platrithias.This museum was built in 1933 and restored in 1994 from the earthquakes damage.
 
Vathy, the island’s capital, behind the Agricultural Bank.

This new museum testifies about the life of the inhabitants of Ithaca during the colonial period of the island and exhibits fully assembled bedrooms, kitchen and sitting-rooms from that period as well as photographs of the devastating earthquakes of 1953.
 
exhibits to testify the nautical tradition of the island, which has its roots in the ancient times, and to give an idea about the lifestyle of the residents: the decoration of their houses, their clothes, their tools and most popular customs.

You will see pieces of furniture on display, traditional clothes, musical instruments, agricultural tools and photographs from the everyday day life in the previous century and the destructing earthquake of 1953.

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