Archaeological Museum of Olynthos
The Archaeological Museum of Olynthos opened in July 1998 in a building on the
The excavational finds are in the Archaeological Museum of Polygyros. The Olynthos Museum has only audio-visual material, the purpose of which is to give visitors a picture of the archaeological site of Olynthos, starting with the history of the city and moving on to a description of the excavation and the restoration.
Visitors learn that the city was built to a
Photographs and texts describe the domestic organisation (preparation of food, storage of foodstuffs, weaving) and the economic life of the city (stonework, koroplastics, agricultural activities, recreation, symposia).
Visitors also learn about the course of the excavations, from Robinson's work in 1928 to the excavations of 1990 and 1992.
Sources
- This article incorporates text from the corresponding article at the Museums of Macedonia website, commissioned by the Macedonian Heritage foundation, written by Vlasis Vlasidis, and published under a CC-BY-SA-3.0license.