The Athanasakion Archaeological Museum of Volos houses dozens of findings from the Neolithic settlements of Sesklo and Dimini, clay statuettes and utensils from the Geometric period, sculptures from the classical period as well as rare joined statuettes, and reliefs from the Hellenistic period. Some of the most important exhibits are the rare...
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The Roof tile and Brickworks Museum N. & S. Tsalapatas, open since 2006, constitutes a beautiful landmark of Volos. The preserved grinders, compressors, cutters, clay silos, trolleys and the Hoffmann kiln recompose the production chain of the old factory. The permanent exhibition includes scale models and abundant audiovisual material. Visiting...
The picturesque station by Evaristo De Chirico, father of the famous painter, remains unaltered since 1882, when the construction of the Thessalian Railway Company network gave the first boost to the development of the city. The museum exhibits a unique for Greece; a wealth of small items such as rare old photographs, uniforms, telegraphs, 19th...
The Giorgio De Chirico Art Center was named after the great Italian painter, who was born in Volos. The permanent exhibition of the Alexandros Damtsas collection is spread within the three floors of the building, consisting of almost five hundred paintings from all the significant schools of our century. There are engravings, maps, documents...
The Kitsos Makris Folklore Center is accommodated at the folklorist's home on the street which bears his name. It includes the researcher's folklore collection with its unique exhibits, his library with 4.000 volumes and his archive consisting of 2.500 transparencies and 4.000 photos, in many of which treasures of our tradition are pictured...
The red house also known to the citizens of Volos as the "House with the rose", functions as a museum and a gallery of the painter Chrisoula Zogia. The space has been set up with great care by the painter herself, in order to present her work as well as her character. There are about 200 of the painter's paintings in the house - museum,...
The entomological museum of Dr. Athanasios Koutroumpas, PhD in Agronomics, is unique in Greece and one of the best in the Balkan area. It is being continuously enriched with new specimens. Today the collection consists of 35.000 insects of various classifications, mostly Lepidoptera, that belong to more than 10.000 species, subspecies and...
The Kontos house in Anakasia, where the Theofilos Museum is located, is considered as one of the most significant monuments of the recent history within the area. This is so because it is the only preserved mansion in Pelion where a complete painting plan is preserved. The painter, Theofilos Hatzimichael, started the painting decoration of the...
The Pelion Museum of Folklore and History is housed in the Topalis mansion. It was built in 1844 and is located in the centre of Makrinitsa, near the square. The three storey mansion is a representative example of the architecture of Pelion. It started operating as a museum in 1994 and exhibits a rich folklore collection. Visiting hours: Daily...
The museum exhibits some of the most representative work of the sculptor Nicholas: 22 sculptures; most of which are made of bronze, all full-body, with the exception of 9 which are in supernatural dimensions. Visitors can also see and touch working tools, designs, forms for engraving, as well as hand-written letters and personal items of the...
The Museum was created in 1930, with the initiative of the Friends of Antiquity Society of Almiros and its head Nicholaos Giannopoulos. In the three rooms of the museum objects from the wider Southwest area of Magnesia are exhibited and cover a large period, starting from the Early Neolithic age. Visiting hours: Daily 8:30-15:00 except Monday.