Museums in Lesvos
Museums in Lesvos:
Old Archaeological Museum: The three-story (old building), the Archaeological Museum in Mytilene, out figurines, pottery and jewelry from the Prehistoric to the Roman era. In the premises and the yard out the unique wind capitals from Clopedi temples, the most important inscriptions, stelae, reliefs, statues and coins.
New Archaeological Museum: A little more than old, is the new building of the Archaeological Museum in Kioski and hosts a permanent exhibition "Lesvos from the Hellenistic to Roman times. Includes mosaics and frescoes from the luxurious Roman villas of Mytilene of the 2nd century BC onwards.
Museum of Modern Art: Four miles south of the city in "'Severe'" is the famous Museum Teriade. Stratis Eleftheriades - Teriade (1889-1983) was a famous art critic and "cooperation" with the leading artists of the 20th century was born the so-called Great Books, which are the most important exhibits. The books were bequeathed to his hometown for the establishment of the museum, operated since 1979.
Theophilos Museum: The Museum of Theophilos next to the museum Teriant erected in 1965 at the expense of TERIADE. It consists of four consecutive chambers, within which there are paintings of Theophilos with themes from history, mythology, folklore.
Byzantine Ecclesiastical Museum: The Byzantine Church Museum of Mytilene is opposite the church of Saint Therapon in the heart of the city displayed embroidered vestments, books, incunabula, church utensils, etc.
Natural History Museum, Petrified Forest: The Natural History Museum Petrified Forest was established in 1994 and is designed for storage, preservation and study of fossils. Even worth visiting the Petrified Forest Park, total area 150,000 acres, and the Geopark the Museum with rare fossils of plants and volcanic rocks.
Vrissa Natural History Collection: The Collection of Natural History Vrissa contain fossils of vertebrates and invertebrates, samples of minerals, rocks and minerals of the island, part of zoological and botanical section. Among the findings distinguish bones from rhinos, camels, antelopes, gazelles, elephants and tortoiseshell reaching a length of 2.5 meters!
Old Archaeological Museum: The three-story (old building), the Archaeological Museum in Mytilene, out figurines, pottery and jewelry from the Prehistoric to the Roman era. In the premises and the yard out the unique wind capitals from Clopedi temples, the most important inscriptions, stelae, reliefs, statues and coins.
New Archaeological Museum: A little more than old, is the new building of the Archaeological Museum in Kioski and hosts a permanent exhibition "Lesvos from the Hellenistic to Roman times. Includes mosaics and frescoes from the luxurious Roman villas of Mytilene of the 2nd century BC onwards.
Museum of Modern Art: Four miles south of the city in "'Severe'" is the famous Museum Teriade. Stratis Eleftheriades - Teriade (1889-1983) was a famous art critic and "cooperation" with the leading artists of the 20th century was born the so-called Great Books, which are the most important exhibits. The books were bequeathed to his hometown for the establishment of the museum, operated since 1979.
Theophilos Museum: The Museum of Theophilos next to the museum Teriant erected in 1965 at the expense of TERIADE. It consists of four consecutive chambers, within which there are paintings of Theophilos with themes from history, mythology, folklore.
Byzantine Ecclesiastical Museum: The Byzantine Church Museum of Mytilene is opposite the church of Saint Therapon in the heart of the city displayed embroidered vestments, books, incunabula, church utensils, etc.
Natural History Museum, Petrified Forest: The Natural History Museum Petrified Forest was established in 1994 and is designed for storage, preservation and study of fossils. Even worth visiting the Petrified Forest Park, total area 150,000 acres, and the Geopark the Museum with rare fossils of plants and volcanic rocks.
Vrissa Natural History Collection: The Collection of Natural History Vrissa contain fossils of vertebrates and invertebrates, samples of minerals, rocks and minerals of the island, part of zoological and botanical section. Among the findings distinguish bones from rhinos, camels, antelopes, gazelles, elephants and tortoiseshell reaching a length of 2.5 meters!
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