Ναυτικό Μουσείο Σύμης

About the museum

The Naftiko Mouseio Symis was founded in 1983 with the aim of gathering everything related to the island’s maritime tradition. Since 1990 it has been housed in a neoclassical building in Yialos, on Plateia 8is Maiou 1945, on the site where the central shipyard of Symi once stood.

Most of the exhibition is devoted to sponge fishing, historically a basic activity of the island. On display are diving machines, diving helmets, various types of sponges and skandalopetres, the stones the divers used to sink themselves. Part of the sponge fishers’ equipment comes from a donation by the traditional engineer Tasos Anastasiadis, while the models of sponge-fishing boats are works by Antonis Polias.

The museum also houses ship models, old maps, nautical instruments and tools, which present the history of shipping on Symi.

Highlights

• Section on sponge fishing with diving helmets and diving machines
• Skandalopetres, the divers’ stones, and types of sponges
• Models of sponge-fishing boats by Antonis Polias
• Ship models, old maps and nautical tools
• Neoclassical building on the site of the old shipyard

Permanent exhibition

• Μόνιμη έκθεση του Ναυτικού Μουσείου Σύμης – Sponge fishing, ship models, nautical tools and old maps in a neoclassical building in Yialos.

Founded

1983

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Getting there & parking

The museum is on Plateia 8is Maiou 1945 in Yialos, the harbour of Symi.

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