Museum of the Aegean Sea in Mykonos (Greece)
Museum of the Aegean Sea was
created to save the Greek maritime tradition, and also to make their study and
popularize the subject among the local population, foreign tourists. The thing
is that the Aegean Sea, in fact, a historical landmark, because here at one
time were born the foundations of Greek seafaring. Currently, anyone can home
in Greece by the sea, and then lived here only the indigenous population, which
were concerned the full use of marine space.
It was decided to build a museum in the Mycenaean building, built in the 19th century. Exhibits here
quite a lot, for example, there are many models of ships from period and ending
sea of the last century. There is also the ancient artifacts,
navigation tools, equipment sailors, maps, documents from ships, a collection
of coins and so on. Some things belong to the historical period BC, which means
that they have more than two thousand years.
There is also a library, which
stores more than five thousand rare books and more contemporary works, as well
as an archive of photos, manuscripts. The collection is constantly updated,
primarily due to new discoveries and help from private collectors and other
museums. All this makes it possible to expand the archive, to deepen knowledge
in different areas of a particular science, shed light on some historical
events. Local garden allowed to place reproduction gravestones that were
installed on the islands of Mykonos and Delos. They are usually installed after
the shipwreck, as a memorial to the sailors who perished in the depths of
water.
Museum staff spent a lot of
time on the rescue and recovery of a number of exhibits. So, were reconstructed
lighthouse Armenistis and several sailing ships? As a result of the exposure to
get even more ambitious and beautiful. All of this can be seen by visitors of
the museum, so that tourists who choose to visit Greece must keep this in mind.
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