Salamis Archaeological Museum
The Salamis Archaeological Museum ( Greek Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Σαλαμίνας Archeologikó Musío Salamínas ) is located in the Odós Polychróni Lembési in Salamis on the island of Salamis of the same name . It contains finds from the Neolithic to the Frankish times .
History of the museum building
In 1826 the foundation stone was laid for the building that was to serve as a school. It was completed between 1829 and 1831 and now served as the school building for the first elementary school on Salamis, until it was finally damaged on February 24, 1981 by a magnitude 6.6 earthquake. It was planned to house the Archaeological Museum here, and in 1996 the Salamis community received permission from the Ministry of Culture to use the building for this purpose. In the following years the damage was repaired and the building equipped for its intended purpose. It was completed in 2005 and has been open to the public since June 2010.
History of the Archaeological Collection
Finds that came to light on Salamis in the 19th and early 20th centuries have largely been transferred to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens . In the middle of the 20th century, the archaeologist Dimitrios I Pallas made numerous finds on the island, which he brought to the town hall in the Leofóros Faneroménis in Salamis. From 1960 it was decided to transfer new finds to the Piraeus Archaeological Museum and to exhibit there too. In 1964 the hall of the association "Ευριπίδης" (Euripides) was used as an intermediate storage facility for the finds that had remained on the island. 1967 was built next to the church of Agios Nikolaos in the town district of Agios Nikolaos a new small museum. All finds on the island and also many from the National Archaeological Museum were transferred here until they were brought to the Piraeus Archaeological Museum in 1977 for security reasons, except for the larger stone artefacts. Until the opening of the new museum in 2010, it was the only archaeological museum on the island.
description
There is a large exhibition room in the main building of the museum. A second building with another small room can be reached via an inner courtyard. The exhibition area is around 400 m² and a further 100 m² are used as storage rooms and workshops. The first exhibit is placed next to the access staircase - a tombstone that was erected on the tumulus for those who fell in the Battle of Salamis . The main room is divided into two galleries by the internal staircase.
In the gallery on the left Α mainly the prehistoric finds are exhibited. The showcase 1 in the center contains finds from the cave of Euripides and the nearby sanctuary of Dionysus , which date from the Neolithic to the Frankish period. In showcase 2 the finds from the Mycenaean Acropolis of Kanakia are on display. Showcase 3 contains the artifacts from the Early Helladic , Middle Helladic , Late Helladic and Sub-Mycenaean times from the area around the city of Salamis, from the cemeteries at Selinia , Chalioti and Paloukia .
In gallery Β mainly finds from the historical period are on display. The objects in showcase 4 come from graves from the Geometric Period in Salamis City. Finds from the graves and settlements of Ambelakia and from the tombs of the tumulus for the fallen of the Battle of Salamis are on display in showcases 5 and 6. Showcase 7 contains artifacts from the Kolones grave monument . Hellenistic , Roman and early Christian finds can be seen in display case 8. There are also grave steles in gallery Β, which mainly date from the 4th century BC. BC date, issued. Further grave steles can be found in the inner courtyard.
Gallery Γ is dedicated to the mythical ruler Aias of the Telamonians , the Battle of Salamis and official decrees from the city of Salamis.
literature
- Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Σαλαμίνας. [ Archeologikó Mousío Salamínas. ] In: Ypourgío Politismoú [Ministry of Culture] (ed.): Archeologiká Mousiá ke Syllogés stin Elláda. Athens 2008, ISBN 978-960-214-740-5 , p. 46. (Greek)
Web links
- Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Σαλαμίνας. In: odysseus.culture.gr
Coordinates: 37 ° 57 ′ 48.1 ″ N , 23 ° 29 ′ 25.9 ″ E