Santorini Museums
The Museum of Prehistoric Thera
The Museum of Prehistoric Thera, located in the island’s capital Fira, is not an ordinary provincial museum. Its special contents, masterpieces of art in the prehistoric Aegean, such as the famous wall-paintings and the unique gold ibex figurine, place it on a par with the Acropolis Museum of Classical Greece (Parthenon sculptures) and the Vergina Museum of Northern Greece.
Tel: 2286023217
The Archaeological Museum
In Fira, the island’s capital, stands the Archaeological Museum in which are housed finds representing the island’s long history. The Museum contains collections of sculpture (ranging from the Archaic to the Roman period), inscriptions (ranging from the Archaic to the Roman period) and vases and clay figurines (dating from the Geometric to the Hellenistic periods).
Closed for renovation Tel: 2286022217
The Icons and Relics Collection of Pyrgos
Aghia Triada that today houses the collection, used to be a catholic church of a small convent. The collection has icons with Cretan and local hagiographies, wooden sculptures and metal art works, pottery, embroideries and other items for ecclesiastic use dated mostly from the 17th and 18th century.
Tel.: 2286031812
The Naval Museum
Located in Oia, the Naval Museum houses all kinds of displays featuring marine objects which trace the maritime history of the island, especially during the 19th century. Priceless objects of great ship owners, rich photographic material and a library, are all recording year by year the important role of Therans in the glorious history of the Greek Navy.
Tel.: 2286071156
The Megaron Gyzi Museum
It is housed in a 17th century-old family mansion in Fira. The Museum hosts six permanent collections: Authentic engravings with maps, landscapes and dresses – Old theraic public and private historical manuscripts – Paintings with Santorini as theme – Paintings, donated by L. Pintos couple ) – Old photographs of Santorini – Santorini΄s strata.
Tel: 2286023077
Tomato Industrial Museum “D. Nomikos”
The historical tomato factory of D. Nomikos in Vlychada has been transformed into a modern Tomato Industrial Museum, offering its visitors a journey back to the industrial past of Santorini, by guiding them through the cultivation, processing, and production of tomato. Given that tomato is one of the most famous and traditional products of Santorini, makes this experience a unique one. In the museum the visitor experiences all the traditional methods followed by the tomato producers of Santorini and at the same time becomes acquainted with the museum exhibits.
Tel.: 2286085147
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Canava Santorini Museum
It is hosted in the premises of the Canava Santorini distillery, in Messaria, that has been producing Santorini’s fine spirits since 1974. The museum “Santorini the days gone by” is open to guests, who have the opportunity to enter to the everyday life from eras bygone. Click here and order online the Canava Santorini Ouzo and liqueurs!
Tel.: 2286031573
The Wine Museum
The Wine Museum is located on the premises of the winery “Volcan Wines” which belongs to the Koutsoyannopoulos family, on the way to Kamari beach, presenting the history of wine on Santorini from 1660 up to date.
Tel.: 2286031322
Art Space
In a restored old winery of 1861 in Exo Gonia, that houses contemporary paintings and sculptures, visitors have the opportunity to see how the wine of Santorini was produced and aged before the age of electricity. They can also view on display the basins reserved for the grape treading and the old wine mangle.
Tel.: 2286032774
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