Archaeological Museum of Mycenae

The Archaeological Museum of Mycenae is located at the entrance of the Ancient Mycenae site, just a few steps before the famous Lion Gate. Construction began in 1985, and the museum was finally inaugurated in 2003. The museum’s collection includes findings from excavations all over the ancient site of Mycenae and the wider region. It represents periods from the Copper Period of around 3,000 B.C. up to the Hellenistic time in the 2nd century B.C. The exhibits include ceramic jewelry, wall paintings, tools, and weapons.

The jewelry pieces made of gold include a copy of the Golden Mask of Agamemnon, a grave mask that was found in the Treasury of Atreus. The original mask, a funeral mask made of pure gold, is kept in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. The museum exhibits include the following areas:

• life of the Mycenaeans with ceramic exhibits from the ancient town
• life after death and includes displays from graves, such as offerings to the dead
• Mycenaen civilization, religion, science, art, administration and trade
• the history of Mycenae and its excavation
• a model of the ancient Mycenae site

Highlights of the Archaeological Museum of Mycenae

• Mycenae Female Figure
• Mycenae Grave Circle A Artifacts

Visiting Information for the Archaeological Museum of Mycenae

• Fixed hours that vary by the season
• Admission fee
• Museum exhibits
  • Weapons / Armor
  • Household items
  • Tools
  • Statuettes – Figurines / Clay
  • Frescoes
  • Pottery
  • Stelae
  • Funerary
  • Coins
  • Sarcophagi
  • Jewelry
  • Sculptures
  • Grave offerings
• Periods of the exhibits
  • Bronze Age, 3200 BC to 324 AD

Archaeological Museum of Mycenae

• Museum:         Archaeological Museum of Mycenae
• Greek:             Μυκήνες
• Constructed   1985
• Type:              Archaeological Museum
• Address:         Mykines, Argolis, Greece
• Country:         Greece

A Tour of Greek Museums and Historic Sites

• Athens Museums
• Ancient Corinth Museums
• Delos Museums
• Delphi Museums
• Ancient Mycenae Museums
• Epidaurus Museums
• Heraklion, Crete Museums
• Meteora Museums
• Milos Museums
• Mykonos Museums
• Mystras Museums
• Nafplion Museums
• Olympia Museums
• Pella Museums
• Samos Museums
• Santorini Museums
• Thessaloniki Museums
• Vergina Museums

Museums in Athens

• Acropolis Museum
• National Archaeological Museum
• Benaki Museum
• Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art
• Byzantine and Christian Museum
• Hellenic Motor Museum
• National Historical Museum, Athens
• Museum of the Ancient Agora
• Syntagma Metro Station Archaeological Collection
• Numismatic Museum of Athens
• Athens War Museum
• Jewish Museum of Greece
• Athens University Museum

Athens Historical Sites

• Acropolis of Athens
• Ancient Agora of Athens
• Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens
• Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Athens
• Roman Agora
• Temple of Poseidon at Sounion
• Temple of Hephaestus
• Roman Baths, Athens
• Aristotle’s Lyceum

Thessaloniki Museums

• Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
• Museum for the Macedonian Struggle (Thessaloniki)
• Atatürk Museum
• War Museum of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki Historical Sites

• Roman 
  • Triumphal Arch of Galerius
• Early Christian and Byzantine Monuments
  • Catacombs of St. John the Baptist
  • Church of Metamorphosis tou Sotiros
  • Church of the Acheiropoietos
• Ottoman 
  • Bey Hamam
  • Bezesteni Market
  • White Tower of Thessaloniki
• Post-Byzantine 
  • Trigonion Tower

Delphi Museums and Historical Sites

• Delphi Archaeological Museum

Delphi Historical Sites

• Athena Pronaia Sanctuary
• Archaeological Site of Delphi
• Temple of Apollo (Delphi)
• Athenian Treasury
• Stoa of the Athenians
• Theater at Delphi
• Tholos of Delphi
• Manumission Inscriptions at Delphi
• Delphic Maxims

Delos Museums and Historical Sites

• Archaeological Museum of Delos
• Temple of the Delians
• House of the Lake
• Delos – Photo Gallery

Santorini Museums

• Museum of Prehistoric Thera
• Archaeological Museum of Thera
• Maritime Museum, Santorini

Thera Historical Site

• Akrotiri Archaeological Site

Olympia Museums and Historical Sites

• Archaeological Museum of Olympia
• Museum of the History of the Olympic Games of Antiquity
• Olympia Archaeological Site
• Temple of Hera, Olympia
• Temple of Zeus, Olympia
• Philippeion, Olympia
• Stadium at Olympia

Corinth Museums and Historical Site

• Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth
• Archaeological Site of Ancient Corinth and the Temple of Apollo

Mycenae Museum and Historic Site

• Archaeological Museum of Mycenae
• Lion Gate
• Ancient Mycenae – Photo Gallery

Epidaurus Museum & Historic Site

• Archaeological Museum of Epidaurus
• Ancient Theater of Epidaurus

Heraklion, Crete Museum & Historic Site

• Knossos Archaeological Site
• Archaeological Musem of Heraklion

Meteora Historic Site 

• Meteora Monasteries

Milos Museum & Historic Site

• Milos Historical Sites
• Milos Museum

Mystras Historic Site

• Fortified Medieval Mystras

Pella Museum & Historic Site

• Archaeological Museum of Pella
• Archaeological Site of Pella

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“In war, the first casualty is the truth.”
– Agamemnon quote via Aeschylus

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Photo Credit: JOM