Nautical and Historical Museum of Galaxidi
The oldest maritime museum in Greece, with ship portraits, figureheads, navigational instruments and finds from ancient Galaxidi.
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About the museum
The Nautical and Historical Museum of Galaxidi was founded in 1928 by the doctor and community head Efthymios Vlamis, who gathered paintings with portraits of ships and other maritime objects from residents’ houses. It was first housed in the town hall and was the first maritime museum in Greece. In 1932 the Union of Young People of Galaxidi added an archaeological collection with finds from the wider area. The manuscript “Chronicle of Galaxidi”, which Konstantinos Sathas had discovered in 1864 among the ruins of the Byzantine monastery of Sotiras, also came into the collection.
The listed building was renovated and extended in 2001–2002 at the expense of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, and the exhibition was presented in a new form in 2002–2003. Today the museum tells the story of five millennia of the inhabitants’ life and maritime activity, from prehistoric times to the early 20th century.
After the Liberation, Galaxidi acquired about 350 ocean-going sailing ships, and the exhibition follows this maritime and commercial prosperity: shipbuilding and its tools, the types of sailing ships, figureheads, trade routes, ship insurance, navigational instruments and shipping documents. The collection of ship portraits from the 19th and 20th centuries has a special place.
Highlights
- The oldest maritime museum in Greece (1928)
- Rich collection of paintings with portraits of sailing ships
- Figureheads of Galaxidi ships
- The manuscript “Chronicle of Galaxidi”
- Navigational instruments, shipbuilding tools and shipping documents
- Section on ancient Galaxidi
Permanent exhibition
- Μόνιμη έκθεση του Ναυτικού και Ιστορικού Μουσείου – Sections on ancient Galaxidi, the “Chronicle of Galaxidi”, the War of Independence, the maritime and commercial prosperity of the 19th century, shipbuilding, figureheads, trade routes, navigational instruments and shipping documents.
- Founded
- 1928
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €3 |
|---|---|
| Groups | €2.50 per personPrice per person for groups of more than 10. |
| Families | €7Parents with their children. |
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