date from the Bronze Age to the Late Antiquity.
The Archaeological museum of Galaxidi is housed in a traditional building dating from between 1868 and 1970. It was used as a school, as well as the Town Hall, and as a police station.
In addition, this building also hosts a Naval museum in two of its large rooms, which displays great paintings of folk artists, as well as of captain Petros Petrantzas. It has also sailing ships, logs from ships, and registers from the naves of Galaxidi, apart from nautical instruments and figureheads with carved wooden figures of women. |
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the whole region.
It is hosted in one of the few remaining urban houses from the 20th century on this city. It has two storeys, and was also previously used as a police station. It hosts several exhibition rooms, one of which is known as a ‘multi-purpose exhibition/lecture hall’.
In addition, it has a collection of inscriptions in the courtyard, and a conservation laboratory on the restored adjacent building. The positive points of this museum are its educational character and available activities, which allow an amusing understanding of the history of this area. |
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statues, Mycenean shards, flutes made of bones, and iron and bronze rings.
There was also an outstanding number of terra cotta figurines and knuckle-bones from the classical period where also found. These were used for a practice called ‘astragolomancy’, meaning ‘prophecy by knucklebones’.
Take into account these great museums and archaeological sites when visiting Arachova, and enjoy the rich history of its surrounding locations! |
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