Paros Archaeological Museum is one of the most important museums of its kind and is housed in a comfortable, spacious three rooms, with ancient artifacts from the Neolithic to the Roman era of Paros and Antiparos. The collections include Cycladic sculptures and pottery. Among the exhibits that stand out is the Nike of Paros, the marble Gorgo...
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Housed in the area of Panagia Ekatontapiliani, it includes remarkable exhibits of the 17th and 18th century, among them rare Byzantine icons and ancient relics, existing specimens of ecclesiastic life on the island. The images of Christos Pantocrator, Agios (St.) Ioannis Prodromos, the Stavrosi (Crucifixion) and Panagia Ekatontapiliani, as well...
An attribute of folklore museums is time travel, a voyage into the lives of the people of Paros through objects that have been donated to the museum, household items, handicrafts, tools etc. Visiting hours: Daily June 15th - September 15th.
On the eastern side of the island lies a sophisticated neoclassical building that houses the actual works of the sculptor Perantinos. Born in Athens, with a degree in Fine Arts, in Paris he won many awards in the area of sculpture with works that were simple and realistic, and also in the area of metal-work. After his death, in 1991, the museum...
The findings from the region of Naoussa dating back to the Byzantine period have been collected and exhibited at the Monastery of St. Athanasius, making the visit to the monastery even more interesting. There are images by Parian hagiographers, sculptures from the Venetian period, and part of the Byzantine wall painting from the 12th century...
This is the personal collection of doctor Kapari which includes archaeological findings of the island, tools, nautical items and photographs that he had taken in Naoussa during the fifties.
A museum that is actually a tour of the Cyclades. Through the works created with love by Mr. Skiadas, a collection of skillfully made miniature replicas from the insular culture is presented. Among the exhibits are: the pigeon houses of Tinos, Chozoviotissa monastery of Amorgos, the Castle of Parikia, and more, since the collection is...