Archaeological Museum of Pythagoreion

• Exhibits

The exhibits are mostly finds from Pythagoreion area, classified chronologically and thematically. It presents aspects of the historical and cultural development of ancient Samos from the Neolithic era (4th millennium BC) to late antiquity (7th century AD.).

Contains collections from the Neolithic settlement of Kastro and the Geometric necropolis of Samos, Archaic stelae, Portraits of Roman emperors, Reliefs of funeral banquets, Pottery spanning the period between the 9th and the 2nd centuries B.C. .

Among the most important exhibits of the museum are:
Marble statue of seated Aiakes. According to the inscription, it was dedicated to Hera by Aiakes, father of Polycrates, as a tithe of the wealth he acquired by piracy. It was found at Pythagoreion and dates from ca. 540 B.C..
Marble monumental sarcophagus in the shape of a temple, dated to the second half of the 6th century B.C..
Small poros grave stele. It is crowned with a palmette and bears the iscription “Diagoras of Delos”. Dated to 530 B.C..
Marble grave stele crowned with a palmette. It was found at Chora and dates from 500/490 B.C..
Statue of the emperor Trajan. Marble, larger-than-life statue of the Roman emperor (height 2.71m.).
Marble portrait of Augustus (height 0.49m.).
Marble portrait of Claudius (height 0.53m.).

• Museum History

The museum is housed in a beautiful modern building, whose design phase began in 1998 and the museum wasinaugurated in 2010. A special feature of the museum is the archaeological park (whose excavations were completed in 2014) and which surrounds the building.

Since about 1900 till 2010 the collection has been housed in the ground floor of Pythagoreion Town Hall. The old building was restored after World War II and in 1993 some interventions were carried out on the east facade.

• Admission

• Tickets
  Full: 6 €
  Reduced: 3 €