Milos Museums

Milos is a volcanic Greek island in the Aegean Sea and is the most southwestern island in the Cyclades group. The island is famous for the statue of the “Venus de Milo,” which is now in the Louvre, and for some other famous sculptures in other world-leading museums.

Obsidian, which is a glass-like volcanic rock, was a highly prized commodity as early as 15,000 years ago. This natural glass from Milos’ quarries was highly valued and was transported over long distances and used for razor-sharp “stone tools” well before farming.  The mining of obsidian did not lead to the development of permanent habitation or manufacturing on the island. The position of Milos, between mainland Greece and Crete, and its possession of obsidian, made it an essential center of the early Aegean civilization. However, in the Bronze Age, Milos lost its arms-making importance when bronze became the preferred material for the manufacture of weapons.

Milos, like many of the Aegean Islands, was influenced and invaded by the successive wave of civilizations and dominant powers that swept the Cycladic Islands. The consecutive waves included Minoan, Mycenaean, Dorian, Athenians, Spartans, Macedonian, Roman, Byzantium, Crusaders, Venetians, Ottomans, Russians, and then eventually part of the modern Greek state.

Milos Museums and Historical Sites

• Mining Museum
• Archaeological Museum of Milos
• Milos Historical Sites

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Milos Museums and Historical Sites

• Island:            Milos or Melos
• Greek:            Μήλος
• Population:    5,000
• 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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“I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness:
a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea.
Nothing else.”
– Nikos Kazantzakis

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