The Aegean Maritime Museum is a

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Mykonos Mykonos (, ; el, Μύκονος ) is a Greek island, part of the Cyclades, lying between Tinos, Syros, Paros and Naxos. The island has an area of and rises to an elevation of at its highest point. There are 10,134 inhabitants according to the ...

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. The founder and chairman of the museum, George M. Drakopoulos, received the Athens Academy Award and the World Ship Trust's Award for Individual Achievement for the foundation of the museum. A

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, it was founded in 1983 and in 1985 opened to the public in a Mykonian building of the 19th century, located in the area known as Tria Pigadia in the town centre. The museum aims to undertake the preservation, promotion and study of Greek maritime history and tradition and specializes in the merchant-ship history of the

Aegean Sea The Aegean Sea ; tr, Ege Denizi (Greek language, Greek: Αιγαίο Πέλαγος: "Egéo Pélagos", Turkish language, Turkish: "Ege Denizi" or "Adalar Denizi") is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It ...

. The Aegean Maritime Museum was the first ever Greek museum to restore living historical exhibits as they were originally designed and built.Hellenic Ministry of Culture
Exhibits that are living restorations include the Armenistis Lighthouse (built in 1890), which stands in the museum garden, and the ships ''Thalis o Milesios'' (built in 1909) and ''Evangelistria'' (built in 1940), which are located on the

Naval Tradition Park A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It inc ...

Palaio Faliro Palaio Faliro ( el, Παλαιό Φάληρο, ; Katharevousa: Palaion Faliron, Παλαιόν Φάληρον, meaning "Old Phalerum") is a coastal district and a municipality in the southern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. At the 2011 c ...

, Athens. The garden of the Aegean Maritime Museum, aside from displaying the lighthouse, has a number of ancient sailors' marble gravestones collected from the islands of Mykonos and

Delos The island of Delos (; el, Δήλος ; Attic: , Doric: ), near Mykonos, near the centre of the Cyclades archipelago, is one of the most important mythological, historical, and archaeological sites in Greece. The excavations in the island are ...

Gallery

File:Mykon AMM 060366.jpg, Antefix (adornment end of the roof of the temple) of the Gorgoneum. 6th century BC File:Mykon AMM 060369.jpg, Ancient tomb of a sailor (probably from Roman times) File:Mykon AMM 060371y.jpg, Depiction of Manto Mavrogenous File:Mykon ANM 060373x.jpg, Depiction of Laskarina Bouboulina File:Mykon AMM 060368.jpg, Old lighthouse in the garden of the museum

References

Museums established in 1983 Buildings and structures in Mykonos Maritime museums in Greece History of the Aegean Sea Museums in the South Aegean {{greece-museum-stub