Archaeological Museum of Dion - Archaeological Museum of Dion

Name: Archaeological Museum of Dion - Archaeological Museum of Dion
Address: Dion 601 00, Greece, 601, Greece

4.6/5 ★ based on 8 reviews

Contact Archaeological Museum of Dion

Address :	Dion 601 00, Greece
Phone :	📞 +
Postal code :	601
Website :	http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/1/gh155.jsp%3Fobj_id%3D3264
Categories :	Tourist attraction , Archaeological museum ,
Description :	Artifacts from the nearby Archaeological Site of Dion, including statues, mosaics & a water organ.

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S	Suk-Kyoung Hong on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Dion Archaeological Museum is a very nice place. Leda and the swan statue, Isis Statue, Mosaics, and Water organ were especially very impressive. Another wonderful artifacts here is the flower pattern of Templon Barrier. This beautiful and geometrical pattern was originally designed by Indus Valley Civilization, the first bronze civilization of the world about 5,000 years ago. The pattern that is very likely to Cornus-Kousa flowers has been passed to the Mediterranean civilization (especially, Roman civilization) for a long time and then passed to China and Korea through Silk Road. That is, Flora Road is completed by connecting the area where this flower pattern was found.
S	Shane R on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Dion Archaeological Museum !!! A nice compact museum that offers a glorious variety of fascinating historic riches from the Archaeological site of Dion. The presentation, flow, information and overall experience is highly rewarding and definitely a must see before you check out the archaeological site itself which is just down the street :)
S	Sascha on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ While it's facinating to see the excavated busts, statues and ancient jewelery, the museum lacks a bit of variety. It would have been great to see on a map where exactly the pieces were found. Overall it's worth a visit and for only 8 euros you can visit the museum as well as the ancient ruins. Although I recommend booking a guide since they hold a lot more information than the information tablets on the site.
E	Eleni P. Papanastasiou on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The ticket costs 8€ and it covers 3 places: the museum, the archaeotheke and the archaeological park. In the museum you'll find statuses and all kinds of findings from the 3 temples of Isis, Demeter and Deus, as well as from Dionysus Mansion and Thermes. One very interesting finding is the hydraulic music instrument, located on the 1st floor of the museum! It is the parent of the later on organs found in Catholic churches, and it was working with water. A similar one was kept in the Library of Alexandria and it is said that it has been destroyed when the Library was burnt. We spend around 5 hours in all 3 places. Do not miss the video in the building of Archaeotheke across the museum. It is all about the findings and also the travelling of some of the statuses and the great mosaic of Dionysus rising on his chariot from the sea, to the Onassis Center in New York for an exhibition in 2016. Also if you need restrooms you may find them in the surrounding ground of the museum and also right after the entrance of the archaeological park, down the stairs. There is one small coffee shop right after the entrance of the archaeological park, not around the museum or the archaeotheke building. Prepare to be amazed!
T	TM Blighty on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A very nice place, indeed! Hospitable, knowledgeable and friendly staff. Thank you, Museum of Dion! :)
M	Meri Krstevska on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ If you're type who like museums, galleries and history, then you should visit this museum. Spread over 3 floors it will offer you pleasure to know a part of history. If you first visited the archaeological park and bought a double ticket, you can enter here with it. Double ticket costs 8 euros and a little too expensive for my opinion
C	Carolina Marin on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Very nice museum. 3 floors, small space but filled with history. Mosaics are superb. Entrance is 8 Euros (for the museum and archeological park). You cpuld spend anywhere between 2 hrs and 6 hrs visiting both locations. There are some nice cafes in front of the museum. Limited street parking spots available, but you may leave ypur car at the Dion Archeological Park and walk 6 mins to the museum.
P	Paul Dawg on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Museums are always something worth a visit, in any country. Greece, baring this vast history and importance of it to the western world, of course could not be an exception. But the particular experience could and should be a better one. 8 euros admission for some very neglected ruins and a not so impressive collection of antiquities. Staff is friendly of course, but it's just not enough.