Archaeological Museum of Samos

• Exhibits

The exhibits are mostly finds from Ireon of Samos site and the Museum contains collections with Archaic Sculpture, Pottery, Bronzes, Ivory objects, Wooden items, Clay figurines, Small objects.

The most important items of the exhibition are :
Colossal kouros. It presents Ionic features and its height is almost 5.50m. Dated to the first quarter of 6th century B.C.
Marble statue of a draped female figure. It is the votive offering of Cheramyes to Hera and dates from 570/560 B.C.
Geneleos Group. The group of statues is a votive offering to the Heraion and consists of six figures (five female and one male), one of which (representing Ornithe) is now in Berlin. Dated to 560-540 B.C
Marble funerary (or votive) relief. It depicts a standing nude youth, which holds a pyxis in his left hand and offers his right hand to a seated female figure, holding a sceptre. It was found at Chora and dates from the 5th century B.C.
Bronze statuette of a horseman, dated to 530-520 B.C.
Wooden figurine of a nude woman, dated to the 7th-6th century B.C.
Archaic clay kernos decorated with miniature vases and figurines, dated to the 7th century B.C.
Ivory relief from Laconia, dated to the second half of the 7th century B.C.
Ivory figurine of a kneeling youth used as a lyre support, dated to the 7th century B.C.

• Museum History

The museum had two buildings, one older since 1912 and one contemporary since 1987. The old building was built in 1912, donated by wealthy merchant Alexander Paschalis, from where the name “Paschalio Archiofilakio” (ancient-safekeeping), as indicated by the carving on marble at the main entrance.  It’s a beautiful two-storey building of neoclassical architecture, which house the museum’s smaller works.  The New building was inaugurated in 1987 donated by the “Volkswagen cultural foundation”. It’s a good-looking modern building, especially the door and window detailing which contains the archaic sculpture collection and the larger pieces of the museum’s permanent collection.

• Admission

• Tickets
  Full: 4 €
  Reduced: 2 €