The Archaeological Museum of Mykonos is a

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

, in

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 ...

, in

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

. Was built in 1905 to house the findings from the Putrefaction Pit of 425/426 BC, discovered in 1898 on the islet of Rheneia by D. Stavropoulos. It is one of the oldest museums in Greece and was designed by Alexandros Lykakis and funded by the Ministry of Education and the Archaeological Society of Athens. The land as donated by the Municipality of Mykonos. Its collections include exhibits dating from the Prehistoric to the Hellenistic period. The original Neoclassical building underwent refurbishments and expansions in the 1930s and 1960s and the large eastern room was added in 1972. The museum contains artefacts from the neighbouring island Rhenia, including 9th- to 8th-century BC ceramic pottery from the Cyclades and 7th- to 6th-century BC works from other areas in the Aegean. Its most famous item is the large vase produced in Tinos, showing scenes from the fall of Troy. Building of the AM of Mykonos, 143545.jpg , Building of the Museum Frying Pan 0502304.jpg, Early Cycladic pottery, 2800-2300 BC Mykmm201.jpg, Donkey vase, orientalizing style, probably from Sifnos, 700-650 BC Mykmm206.jpg, Large relief pithos, capture of Troy, 675-650 BC Mykmm229.jpg, Large relief pithos, capture of Troy, detail, 675-650 BC Mykon M Mykmm233.jpg, Melian amphora, a girl with earring, 625-600 BC Mykmm205.jpg, Kouros as a handle, archaic small bronze, 560-540 BC Mykon M 0502311.jpg, Pelike, sales of oil, Eucharidés painter, 520-500 BC Mykon M 0502309.jpg, Amphora, Dionysus and menade, Shuvalov Painter, 450-425 BC Mykon M 060340.jpg, Heracles, Parakastri, Roman copy of a classical Attic work

References

External links

Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Review of Special Exhibition

Buildings and structures in Mykonos

{{greece-museum-stub