The Archaeological Museum of Corfu is housed in a building built in the years 1962 - 1965. In the halls of the museum you will see the important finds from excavations in Corfu that tell its long history from prehistoric times to the Roman times. Among them stand out: the collection with sculptures
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The Paleopolis Museum, housed in the mansion of Mon Repos, could be characterized as a timeless museum, due to the history of the building as well as the finds it houses. The purpose of the museum is to preserve and present to the visitor the cultural and natural heritage of the area of
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The museum of Asian art is housed in the palaces of Saints Michael and George. It is an imposing British-style building that was built between 1819 and 1824 and was used as the residence of the respective commissioner, as the seat of the knightly order of Saints Michael and George and as the seat of
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The Old Fortress of Corfu hosts the historical archive of Corfu, the public library, services of the Ministry of Culture as well as the Byzantine Collection with sculptures and portable icons. The Byzantine Collection is housed in 2 rooms, to the right and left of the entrance to the fortress, which
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The Byzantine museum of Corfu, also known as the Antivouniotissa museum, is housed in the holy church of Panagia Antivouniotissa, which is one of the oldest ecclesiastical monuments of the city. The church is dedicated to the Most Holy Theotokos Kyra Antivouniotissa and dates from the 15th century.
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It is a private Museum located in Ano Korakiana, in the municipality of Skripero. The initiative to establish the Museum around 1990 belongs to Andreas Metallinos, son of the sculptor Aristides Metallinos. In the two-storey building, which was the home of the self-taught sculptor, various sculptural
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The Municipal Gallery of Corfu was founded in 1978 and was originally housed in the Dalietou bequest building, located on Akadimias Street. Since 1995, it has been relocated and reopens in the palaces of Saints Michael and Georgios, with the aim of forming the core of the island's Historical Museum.
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In the Holy Monastery of Paleokastritsa, in the northwestern part of the island, there is a small Ecclesiastical Museum with various sacred relics from the Byzantine and post-Byzantine era. In the Museum area we can see rare portable icons and icons, the most important of which is the Dormition of
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The Museum of Traditional Greek Costumes and Corfu Music is located in the traditional village of Pelekas in the Municipality of Parelia, 13 km west of the country. It is said that from the top of the Pelekas hill (Kaiser observatory), the German Emperor Wilhelm II (1859-1941) enjoyed the sunset.
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The Sea Museum, located in Benitses, was founded in 1989 and is a private initiative of the diver and collector Napoleon Sayas. It includes rare exhibits that come from the magical world of the seabed. Among them stand out corals, shells, sponges, shark jaws, fossils of marine organisms, etc.
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The Kapodistrias museum - Center for Kapodistrian Studies - operates in the country house of the family of the first Governor of Greece, Ioannis Kapodistrias. It is located in Koukouritsa, in the village of Europouloi and is a donation of Maria Desylla - Kapodistria, who was worth mentioning as the
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The Folklore Museum of Corfu is located in the village of Synarades and was founded in 1982. It is housed in a building of traditional architecture. It includes a remarkable collection of local clothing, men's and women's, household goods and agricultural implements. Interesting is the so-called
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In the village of Acharavi of the Municipality of Thinalia, on the north side of the island, opposite the Roman bath, is the Folklore Museum. Housed in a privately owned building of 1000 sq.m. of Spyros Vlachos, creator of the Folklore and Historical Society of North Corfu. The Museum was
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A Folklore Museum is housed in the building of the Music Club "The Lakonites", in the village of Lakonites in Paleokastritsa. The choir and then the Music Club "the Laconites" was founded around 1935. It consists of 30 choir members and mandolin players, with a repertoire of Heptanese cantades and
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The Paleopolis Museum is housed in the palace of Mon Repo, which was granted by the Municipality of Corfu to the Ministry of Culture. The mansion (1831), the work of the architect Whitmore, is an example of neoclassical architecture. The Museum has been operating since 2001 and is spread over 13
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The Serbian House building, located near Spianada, was granted by the Municipality of Corfu to Serbia in 1993 as a tribute to the Serbian People. The Serbian Consulate is housed on the 2nd floor of the building, while the Museum dedicated to the Serbian army during the First World War (1915-16)
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Dionysios Solomos, our national poet, who came from Zakynthos, lived the last years of his life in Corfu. Specifically, he remained on the island from 1828 to 1857, when he died. He wrote some of his greatest works on the island of Faiakon. He developed a close friendship with the Corfu musician
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The School Museum is housed in the former Skriperos Primary School, in the Municipality of Paleokastrits. The School was built in 1906-11 with public expenditure from the Syngrou donation. The initiative to create the School Museum belongs to the teacher G. Priftis and his wife. The Museum consists
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It is the only museum of its kind operating in Greece and one of the few in the world. It is housed in a specially designed wing in the Ionian Bank building and has been operating since 1981. It includes a remarkable collection of rare banknotes, printing dies, photographs and models. The impressive
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