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:: Archaeological Museum of Delphi |
| Category: |
History & Archaeology |
| Prefecture: |
Fokida |
City: |
Delphi
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| Address: |
33054 |
| Telephone: |
+30 22650-82312 |
| Fax: |
+30 22650-82966 |
Description:
The first museum of Delphi was built in 1903 on the plans of the French architect Tournaire and was later incorporated in a larger edifice, constructed in 1938. The rearrangement of the exhibition was carried out gradually and was finally completed in 1980. In 1974, a new room was added for the exhibition of the gold and ivory finds from the sanctuary.
A project for the further enlargement of the museum, which has improved the display of the finds as well as the appearance of the building, has already been made by the Ministry of Culture. The museum is actually an integral part of the sanctuary and contains exclusively finds from the site of Delphi, mostly offerings and architectural parts.
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Tickets:
Full admission: € 6
Reduced admission: € 3
(students from countries outside the E.U., citizens of the E.U. aged over 65)
Ticket for both museum and site: € 9
Redu |
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Operation Hours:
15 of June until 31 October 2004
Daily: 07.30-19.00
Holidays
15 August, 28 October: 07.30-19.00 |
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Cleobis and Biton. Archaic statues representing two brothers from Argos, Cleobis and Biton or, according to a second interpretation, the Dioskouroi. They are the work of the Argive sculptor (Poly)medes. Dated between 610 and 580 B.C. (Inv. no. 1524, 467). |
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Chryselephantine statues. Two life-size heads made of ivory and gold, from the chryselephantine statues of gods, interpreted as Apollo and Artemis. (Inv. no. 10406, 10414). |
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The frieze from the Treasury of the Siphnians decorated with relief representations of mythological scenes. On the north side, which is the finest and best preserved, there is a representation of Gigantomachy, the war of the gods of Olympus against the Giants. It is a wonderful specimen of the mature Archaic art, dated to 525 B.C. (Inv. no. 1392, 2042). |
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White-ground kylix decorated with a unique representation of Apollo. The god is seated on a stool, holds his lyre in his left hand and with his right pours the libation from a bowl. It is the work of an unknown skilled painter, dated to 480-470 B.C. (Inv. no. 8140). |
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Bronze incense-burner. A wonderful vessel in the shape of a young woman wearing a peplos ("peplophoros"). In her upraised hands she holds a hemispherical cauldron in which the incense was placed. It is an original work of a skilled artist, dated to ca. 460-450 B.C. (Inv. no. 7723). |
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