Museum
Archaeological Museum of Messenia
Greek name: Αρχαιολογικό μουσείο Μεσσηνίας
Say it: Archaiologiko mouseio Messinias
Photo: Drakopoulosdim, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
About
The Archaeological Museum of Messenia is located in Kalamata, the capital of Messenia in southern Greece. It is in located in 3, Agiou Ioanni street. The museum is built on the site of the city's old market hall. Among else its collection includes the finds which were formerly kept in the Benakeion Archaeological Museum of Kalamata, a remarkable 1742 building of Venetian architecture which collapsed during the 1986 earthquake. The new museum holds antiquities from Messenia from prehistoric and Mycenaean times to the Byzantine and Latin eras, divided along the four geographic areas that traditionally made up Messenia: Kalamata, Messene, Pylia and Triphylia.
Nearby
Places within walking or a short drive, best first.
- Castle of KalamataCastle290 m away
- Neptune TempleArchaeological site3.4 km away
- Early Helladic MegaronArchaeological site3.4 km away
- Military Museum of KalamataMuseum200 m away
- Historical and Folklore Museum of KalamataMuseum160 m away
- The Victoria G. Karelias Collection of greek traditional costumesMuseum260 m away
- RailwayparkMuseum1.7 km away
- F-5 fighter airplaneAttraction200 m away
- Diethnes Kentro ChororouTheatre660 m away
- Anoichto Theatro KalamatasTheatre670 m away
- Di.Pe.The.K.Theatre850 m away
- DIPETHE KalamatasTheatre880 m away