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A well-organized, extensive, museum building that has 3 floors and extra space for hosting events. The visitors can be informed about the findings of British mostly excavations (in Emporio, Agio Gala, Fana etc.), which cover the long-lasting history of Chios from the Neolithic period to the late Roman Empire. Displays dated from the prehistoric...
The nautical history and the long Chian tradition in the maritime sector had to find a place worth of their significance in order to be preserved intact and to be widely promoted. The mansion house of the Pateras family, which was built in the 19th century and was given as a donation in 1991, was the occasion that fulfilled the undying desire...
The Byzantine Museum is housed in the Metzite mosque, which is dated from the second half of the 19th century. Even though, the restoration of the building fell behind, the museum eventually was opened to the public in 2010. Therefore, Chios obtained another one museum that presents the crucial historic times of the island.
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A world, that brings back the historical past, unreels in the Adamantios Koraes Museum, where, apart from the Library, the Folkloric Museum of the benefactor Filippos Argentis is also hosted in.
The library was founded in 1792, but it was destroyed during the Massacres (1822) and the earthquake (1881). After Koreas' death (1833), his dying...
Since 1995, a collective effort for saving the Chian folkloric features has started in Kallimasia. The effectuation of the original idea was accomplished after the distiller of ouzo (known as rebikario) was built. Nowadays, in the basement of the Junior High School of Kallimasia in a surface of 550m2, a stone village of traditional architecture...
On the roots of Propatios Mountain, you will see the Nea Moni Museum, which is hosted in an old two-storied cell in the Byzantine monastery. Its demodernisation has been completed thanks to a donation from Antonis Handris and has been open to the public since then. Because of two catastrophes that the Monastery suffered (the massacres of Chios...
The History and Science museum has been hosted in the 1st Secondary School of Chios since 1999. In this building, theory meets science and the result is harmonious and complementary.
The exhibits are divided into three sections: collections of history-folklore, collections of scientific implements and a large library with 5.000 books. The...
The Progressive Group Vrontados has been operating since 1924 and the Museum is a local initiative to gather abundant folkloric, historical and nautical material. Several tools and appliances of the folklore as well as everyday rural objects will draw your attention. And the revival of the Chian everyday life does not stop here.
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This innovative museum hosts a collection of medical, paramedical and pharmaceutical coverage. Several implements of medical faculties of the past (gynecological, dental, ocular etc.), book heirlooms of the 19th and the 20th century, medicine and pharmaceutical utensils have been gathered in a remarkable effort to explore and study medicine. As...
This palace, whose construction dates back to the 14o-15th century, hosts mainly temporary exhibitions. The renovation lasted for more than six years. Byzantine sculptures, murals, Late Byzantine icons, miniature species are located within the building. Special items are the twelve frescoes from the church of Panagia Krina in Vavili. Palataki...
