Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Books & Style
C4
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Mati Art Gallery
B4
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New Art
B2
Sights & Activities
Archaeological Museum
MUSEUM
( 22860 22217; M Nomikou; adult/student €3/2; 8.30am-3pm Tue-Sun)
Near the cable-car
station, this museum houses impressive finds from Akrotiri and Ancient Thira, along
with some Cycladic figurines, and beautiful Hellenistic and Roman sculptures. The con-
tent is strong, however the museum itself is in need of a little TLC.
Museum of Prehistoric Thira
MUSEUM
(Mitropoleos; admission €3; 8.30am-3pm Tue-Sun)
On the southern edge of town, this mu-
seum houses extraordinary finds excavated from Akrotiri and is all the more impressive
when you realise just how old they are. Most impressive is the glowing gold ibex figur-
ine, dating from the 17th century BC and in amazingly mint condition. Also look for fos-
silised olive tree leaves from within the caldera from 60,000 BC.
Megaro Gyzi Museum
MUSEUM
(Erythrou Stavrou; admission €3.50; 10.30am-1.30pm & 5-8pm Mon-Sat, 10.30am-4.30pm Sun)
Come to this quiet escape in the north of town to take in fascinating photographs of Fira
before and immediately after the 1956 earthquake, along with a collection of engravings,
paintings and 15th-century manuscripts.
Petros M Nomikos Conference Centre
MUSEUM
( 22860 23016;
www.therafoundation.org
; adult/child €4/free; 10am-7pm May-Oct)
The
centre is run by the Thera Foundation and hosts major conferences, but also stages the
fascinating 'Wall Paintings of Thera' exhibition, a collection of three-dimensional life-
size reproductions of the finest Akrotiri wall paintings.
