The Archaeological Museum of Sifnos is housed in a traditional building located at the medieval nucleus of the Castle.
It was restored by the Ministry of Culture in the early 1980's and opened to the public in 1986.
The museum includes the following collections:
Sculptures (funerary sculptures, statues, architectural members etc.) dating from the Archaic to the Roman period (6th-1st century BC).
Pottery from the Castle, dating from the Geometric to the Hellenistic period (8th-2nd century BC).
Coins minted in 600 BC.
The most important items of the exhibition are:
- Palmette finial of a marble funerary stele dated to the 4th century BC.
- Head of a marble female statue dated to the 4th century BC.
- Head of a marble kouros, dated to the middle of the 6th century BC.
- Marble Ionic capital of the 6th century BC.
- Marble funerary stele, dated to the Hellenistic period.
Museum
Art & culture
- Periods of the exhibits
- Ancient historical times, 1050 BC- AD 324
- Visiting Information
- Museum
- Museum exhibits
- Statues
- Reliefs
- Pottery
- Stelae: Funerary
- Coins
- Sarcophagi
- Architectural sculptures
Executives & Departments
- Archaeological service:, 21st Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, 10 Epameinonda St, 105 55 Athens, Tel.: 210 3250148, 210 3310966, Fax: 210 3215897, Email: Requires Login as Tourism Professional
Organizational Structure / Affiliations / Networks / Memberships / Relations
- Under the supervision of:
- Exhibits from the archeological sites: