MUSEUMS

The New Archaeological Museum of Mytilini

It is located since 1999 in the Kioski area in Mytilini. The purpose of the exhibition is to provide the visitor with a view of the Hellenistic and Roman period from the 3^rd century BC to the 4^th century AD, by displaying ancient Roman villas with mosaic floors, everyday objects and statues, that either had a religious character or were symbols of power and wealth.

The Archaeological Museum of Mytilini

This museum is housed in a 3-storied mansion near Mytilini's "Statue of Liberty” and was built in the eclectic style in 1921. Numerous significant findings from excavation sites all over the island are displayed in this museum such as prehistoric figurines, pottery and jewelry, relief sculptures, statues and coins, funeral gifts, exquisite mosaics etc. The philosophy of the exhibition is to enable you to gain some insight into the island's history and the role it played throughout the ages.

The Byzantine Museum

It is located in the Agios Therapon Church courtyard, on the ground floor of the Philanthropic Foundation of Mytilini. The Museum has a great collection of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine icons and ecclesiastic relics.

The Folk Museum

It is housed in the beautifully restored old Port Authority on the waterfront. The folk collection includes plates illustrating scenes from the daily life, traditional costumes, household utensils, furniture, exquisite examples of needlecraft etc.

The Museum of Theofilos

It is located in the Mytilini's suburb of Varia, just off the road to the airport. The museum has five exhibition rooms and houses 86 works by the folk painter Theofilos Chatzimicheal who was recognised as a great folk painter only after his death. He lived in poverty and had to paint the walls of houses and cafeterias in order to get some food. The paintings are all from the private collection of Stratis Eleftheriadis, or Teriade, who finances the building of the museum in 1965.

The Teriade Museum and Library of Modern Art

It is located in the grounds of the Theofilos Museum and it is also erected by Stratis Eleftheriadis at his own expense. The museum exhibits 19 rare books with hundreds of pictures done by great modern artists such as Picasso, Matisse, Giacometti, Chagall, Le Corbusier, Leger, Miro and others. The are also works by Greek painters such as Giannis Tsarouchis, Orestis Kanellis, Giorgos Vakirtzis, Manolis Kalligiannis, Giorgos Rorris and 40 paintings by Theofilos that Teriade presented at the Louvre which made the folk artist known world-wide.

The Museum of Natural History in Vrisa

Just 2.5 km away from Vatera, contains a big collection of Paleolithic fossils, unique not only to Greece but also to Europe. Animal fossils were discovered like the jawbone, tusks and skeleton segments of the proboscidean and mastododon "Anancus Arvenensis” which became extinct more than 1.6 million years ago and a family of giant apes of the species of "Paradolichopithecus”, the earliest in representative age ever found in Europe. The fossilised bones of a giant tortoise that have been also found indicate the size of a 2.5 meters tortoise. Furthermore, plant fossils were discovered such as aquatic carnivorous plants and bulrushes which also don't exist today.

Digital Art Museum at Chidira

In the remote and tiny hill village of Chydira, near Antissa, Eressos and Sigri, is a remarkable museum dedicated to local artist Georgios Iakovides. The museum is remarkable in that there are no actual paintings on show, but very fine digital displays of his lifetime's work. The museum uses state-of-the-art technology to display a detailed picture of the life and work of this acclaimed Greek painter. The artist was born in 1853 in Chidira and studied painting in Athens and Munich, spending much of his early life in Germany. In 1900 he was appointed first director of the newly established Athens National Gallery and was Honorary Director of the Athens School of Fine Arts. The museum is set out on two floors like an ordinary gallery but digital technology is used to show the painter's work through flat TFT panels, cinema projections and holo screens.

The Olive Press Museum

The Museum of Industrial Olive-Oil Production in Lesvos in Agia Paraskevi is housed in the premises of the old communal oil-mill, restoring both its architectural and mechanical features to their original condition. The old machinery and equipment that have been preserved, and fully restored and are being exhibited in a unique way by being put into use for demonstration’s sake, which is supported by digital shows. One can witness the development of the various machines, while special emphasis is given to the changes the introduction of mechanical power brought into the process of oil-production. In the main building the three basic steps of the oil-production process (crushing the olives, pressing the olive-pulp, separating oil from water) are shown, while reference is made to the auxiliary operation of the flour-mill.

The Barbayiannis Ouzo Museum

The History Museum - Petrified Forest

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