Archaeological Museum of Paros

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Archaeological Museum of Paros
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Established1960
LocationParikia, Paros. Greece
TypeArchaeological Museum

Coordinates: 37°5′4.4″N 25°9′9.7″E / 37.084556°N 25.152694°E / 37.084556; 25.152694

The Archaeological Museum of Paros is a museum located in Parikia on Paros, Greece.[1] The museum was found in 1960 and consists of two rooms and an atrium.[2]

Museum plan[]

Room A contains Archaic and Classical sculptures. Room B contains pottery, sculptures, and small finds from the Neolithic to the Roman period. The atrium contains sculptures, architectural parts, urns, and a Roman period mosaic floor.[2]

Floor map of the Archaeological Museum of Paros

Notable exhibits[]

  • =The Parian Chronicle (Marmor Parium), 3rd century BC. One of the three parts of the stele on which the Parian Chronicle was inscribed, original, left. Right is copy of second part (original is in Oxford Ashmolean Museum). Archaeological Museum of Paros, A 26.

    Parian Marble

  • Cycladian Frying Pan

  • Gorgon of Paros

  • Fat (or Naked) Lady of Saliagos

  • Nike of Paros

  • Large amphora, 7th c BC (B2652)

References[]

  1. ^ "Archaeological Museum of Paros". 26 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Ministry of Culture and Sports | Archaeological Museum of Paros". odysseus.culture.gr. Retrieved 2021-12-06.

External links[]

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