Archaeological Museum of Piraeus
The Museum of Piraeus is an important archaeological museum in
Greece. It was restored in 1988. Its collections include:
•
A nice collection of sculptured grave monuments of the 5th and
4th
century BC.
• Dedicatory reliefs of the 5th and 4th century BC from
Piraeus.
• A statue of Cybele, the Mother of the Gods, of the 4th
century BC
from Moschato and a shrine (naiskos) from Piraeus.
• Bronze statues of the Classical period from Piraeus.
• Pottery from excavations in Piraeus, Salamis and the
west coast.
• Hellenistic and Roman sculpture from Piraeus.
• Neoattic relief plaques from a shipwreck of the 2nd
century AD.
• An inscription listing the boundaries of the city’s
famous market.
• A ship's copper ram.
• An Archaic statue of Apollo.
• Three magnificent 4th century BC statues: two of Artemis
and one of
Athena.
The statues had been hidden for safekeeping in a warehouse in
the port just before the destruction of 88 BC. The museum’s
collection also includes important sculptures from the Temple
of Cybele in Moschato, gravestones and monumental sculptures such
as the famous temple-like monument from Kallithea (4th century
BC) and finds from tombs in Peiraiki, Mesogia and Salamis dated
between the Mycenaean and the Roman period.
Opening hours and admission
31, Ch. Trikoupi Street – Piraeus
Piraeus
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