Aegean Maritime Museum

Aegean Maritime Museum

Aegean Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Mykonos, Greece. The founder and chairman of the Museum, George M. Drakopoulos received the Athens Academy Award and the World Ship Trust's Award for Individual Achievement for the foundation of the museum.

A non-profit institution, it was founded in 1983 and in 1985 opened to the public in a Mykonian building of the 19th century located in the area known as Tria Pigad in the town centre.

The museum aims to undertake the preservation, promotion and study of the Greek maritime history and tradition, and specializes in merchant ship history in the Aegean Sea. The Aegean Maritime Museum was the first ever Greek museum to restore living historical exhibits as they were originally designed and built [ [http://www.culture.gr/h/1/eh151.jsp?obj_id=3486 Hellenic Ministry of Culture] ] .. Exhibits that are living restorations include the The "Armenistis" lighthouse (built in 1890) which operates in the museum garden, the ship that laid cables in the Aegean, "Thalis o Milesios" (built in 1909) and the "Perama" sailing ship, "Evangelistria" (built in 1940) which are located on the museum wharf at the Paleo Phaliro marina [ [http://www.culture.gr/h/1/eh151.jsp?obj_id=3486 Hellenic Ministry of Culture] ] .

The garden of the Aegean Maritime Museum aside from displaying the lighthouses has a number of ancient sailor marble gravestones collected from the islands of Myconos and Delos.

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* [http://www.culture.gr/h/1/eh151.jsp?obj_id=3486 www.culture.gr]


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