Ecclesiastical Museum of Milos

About the museum

The Ecclesiastical Museum of Milos has been operating since 2000 in the church of Agia Triada, near the port of Adamas. It was founded on the initiative of Grigoris Belivanakis and is overseen by the Holy Metropolis of Syros, Tinos, Andros, Kea and Milos. In 2006 it became a member of the European Museum Forum.

The church is about a thousand years old and belongs to the rare type of three-aisled basilica with a dome. It was originally built as the monastery of Panagia Theofani, and in 1839 it was bought by refugees from Crete, who made it their parish church.

The collection presents an important part of the island’s artistic heritage: icons and woodcarvings from the Venetian period, offerings by emigrants from Milos to Russia, 14th-century icons and works by the Cretan painters Emmanouil and Antonios Skordilis, who settled on Milos in 1647. Also on display are epitaphs, woodcarved lecterns and iconostases of the 17th century, silver chalices and censers of the 18th century, and gold offerings.

Highlights

• 14th-century icons of the Cretan School
• Works by Emmanouil and Antonios Skordilis
• Woodcarved iconostases and lecterns of the 17th century
• Silver chalices and censers of the 18th century
• Church of Agia Triada, a three-aisled basilica with a dome

Permanent exhibition

• Μόνιμη έκθεση εκκλησιαστικής τέχνης – Icons, woodcarvings, epitaphs, silverware and offerings showing the artistic and religious tradition of Milos from the 14th to the 18th century.

Founded

2000

Operated by

Ιερά Μητρόπολη Σύρου, Τήνου, Άνδρου, Κέας και Μήλου

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Getting there & parking

The museum is in the church of Agia Triada in Adamas, near the port and a few metres from the centre of the settlement.

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