Archaeological Museum of Thebes
Archaeological Museum of Thebes
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Barbara-MZ100
Milos, Greece93 contributions
Apr 2024 • Couples
Absolutely unmissable for fans. The objects on display are amazing and the architecture of the museum itself and the arrangement of the external spaces are also valuable. Small but valuable. As always, audio guides would help, but, alas, we have to make do.
Written April 27, 2024
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Jonathan P
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May 2023
Simply the best museum we went to outside of Athens. We visited 54 sites and museums in 10 days and by this point we were on day 6 or 7. They had to ask us to leave at closing time, absolutely brilliant. The bronze age archaeological site directly underneath the museum is astonishing.
Written May 21, 2023
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Neoklis A
Thessaloniki, Greece15 contributions
Jul 2024 • Couples
Another jewelry museum to visit. Gentle and willing staff, very good spatial and historical arrangement of the findings in a very good aesthetic space. The exhibits are unique and reflect not only the culture of Thebes, but through this and Hellenism in general from the early historical years to the Byzantine years.
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Written August 1, 2024
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mbgirl7777
Geneva, Switzerland33 contributions
Jul 2017 • Solo
This newly radically reconstructed museum is exceptional! It provides a chronology of well preserved and exhibited items of Thebes and Boeotia from the Paleolithic periods through the Ottoman empire.
Whether you're on your way to Delphi or want a short side-trip from Athens it is well worth a visit.
On the way, you can stop at the 4th-century Fortress of Eleftherae, guarding the Kaza Pass over Mt Kythairon, stands between Athens and Thiva. You can also stop at the ruins near Erythres, where the Battle of Plataea (479 BC) took place, marking the end of the Persian Wars. A road branching off to Porto Germeno leads to 4th-century-BC Aigosthena, with the best-preserved fortress walls in all Greece.
There are stunning beaches at Porto Germeno to cool off after all the ancient viewing.
Whether you're on your way to Delphi or want a short side-trip from Athens it is well worth a visit.
On the way, you can stop at the 4th-century Fortress of Eleftherae, guarding the Kaza Pass over Mt Kythairon, stands between Athens and Thiva. You can also stop at the ruins near Erythres, where the Battle of Plataea (479 BC) took place, marking the end of the Persian Wars. A road branching off to Porto Germeno leads to 4th-century-BC Aigosthena, with the best-preserved fortress walls in all Greece.
There are stunning beaches at Porto Germeno to cool off after all the ancient viewing.
Written July 13, 2017
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traveller1959
Düsseldorf, Germany3,167 contributions
Sep 2018 • Family
Not in Athens? Not in Thessaloniki? - Why should the best archaeological museum in Greece be here? - There are several reasons: a) Thebes was one of the oldest, if not THE oldest, cities in Greece (settlement started about 8,800 BP). b) For centuries, it was the largest and most important city in Greece. Many important myths and legends played in Thebes (Cadmus, Sphinx, Oedipus, Antigone, Dionysos, Heracles...). Ironically, Thebes was even the cradle of the culture that was named after its younger sister, Mycenae. c) Thebes produces a continuous timelime of archeological findings from all ages: Neolithic, Mycenaean, Archaic, Classic, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman. d) It is a brand new, modern museum with an excellent didactic concept.
There is no better place to learn about the timeline of ancient history in Greece. The explanations are excellent, complemented by interactive computer terminals. You have findings from all ages, and many of these findings are spectacular and absolutely unique. The presentation and lighting is elegant. And if you walk down to the buildings basement, you find impressive remains of buildings which are some 4,500 years old.
Every traveller who is interested in archaeology and ancient history, should start his/her trip to Greece with a visit to this outstanding museum. Hint: Plan enough time for a visit. You can easily spend here several hours. There is so much so see and to read...
However, the tour buses avoid it. Sadly, there are so few visitors to this museum that they had closed the café, due to the lack of customers.
If anything is a hidden gem, then it is this museum.
There is no better place to learn about the timeline of ancient history in Greece. The explanations are excellent, complemented by interactive computer terminals. You have findings from all ages, and many of these findings are spectacular and absolutely unique. The presentation and lighting is elegant. And if you walk down to the buildings basement, you find impressive remains of buildings which are some 4,500 years old.
Every traveller who is interested in archaeology and ancient history, should start his/her trip to Greece with a visit to this outstanding museum. Hint: Plan enough time for a visit. You can easily spend here several hours. There is so much so see and to read...
However, the tour buses avoid it. Sadly, there are so few visitors to this museum that they had closed the café, due to the lack of customers.
If anything is a hidden gem, then it is this museum.
Written September 18, 2018
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KathyinAthens
Athens, Greece71 contributions
Mar 2018 • Friends
We had visited Thebes long ago, and toured the old building. Even then, the artifacts and exhibits were pretty impressive. Now, with the expanded space and the many newly-excavated treasures, it is awesome. The star attractions are the "larnakes", clay sarcophagis, which are unique to this museum. You'll need at least 2 hours to browse through and read the informative texts beside each display case.
Written March 3, 2018
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Berthold K
Luneburg, Germany50 contributions
Jun 2016 • Friends
Since several years we were waiting for the opening of this truly impressive muzeum, erected finally in the centre of Thebes, one cradle of European culture. Hard to believe that this wealth of utmost well preserved objects is stemming from a small town which however is well known since several thousand years of Greek mythology. Unfortunately, the English name did not appear here at Tripadvisor, but only the two other towns with the same name did.
Great care has obviously been taken to be prepared for a larger number of foreign tourists : air conditioning, lights, explanatory tables in Greek and in English, lifts for handicapped visitors - excellent ! Some other things which I am used from such reputable musea are not yet found, like catalogues, museum shop, audio guides..but this seems to be clearly due to the recent opening and I am very confident that they will be allready arranging it.
One exposition case can be opened on request and the staff are very kind and helpful to do it. "Touching allowed" says a small label and in this way it is possible to touch original artefacts several thousand years old - a unique and very touching experience, indeed.
The first four weeks, no entrance fee is charged and from mid-july, 6 € seem to be really not much for this fantastic cultural heritage, the second biggest museum of all Greece!
Great care has obviously been taken to be prepared for a larger number of foreign tourists : air conditioning, lights, explanatory tables in Greek and in English, lifts for handicapped visitors - excellent ! Some other things which I am used from such reputable musea are not yet found, like catalogues, museum shop, audio guides..but this seems to be clearly due to the recent opening and I am very confident that they will be allready arranging it.
One exposition case can be opened on request and the staff are very kind and helpful to do it. "Touching allowed" says a small label and in this way it is possible to touch original artefacts several thousand years old - a unique and very touching experience, indeed.
The first four weeks, no entrance fee is charged and from mid-july, 6 € seem to be really not much for this fantastic cultural heritage, the second biggest museum of all Greece!
Written June 25, 2016
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Ioannis M
New York City, NY61 contributions
Jun 2016 • Friends
The new museum in Thebes opened in early June (on the 7th) and it's a must-see. Check how many Greek myths have their origins in or are associated with Thebes and/or Boeotia and you will understand how important this new museum is. The building is very modern, but it's not an hommage to its architect (see Acropolis Museum - Tschumi), it is rather an hommage to the city of Thebes. Everything starts at a beautiful courtyard with roses and sculpture. I wonder why the people who conceived the museum did not make more out of the concept of a sculpture garden (but that's just me being too critical). In the courtyard, you will encounter the beautifully restored Frankish tower, which can now be - for the very first time ever - visited. The countless and often unique (for example, the Mycenaean Tanagra sarcophagi) finds are arranged in 18 units (some chronological, some thematical). Many finds are shown for the first time. You will encounter everything from local neolithic tools to imports from Assyria and Babylonia, from gorgeous palatial wall-paintings to bronze armor and elegant Tanagra figurines (and here, as opposed to many European collections, you can be certain that the Tanagra ladies are not 19th-century fakes!). There is even one vitrine that can be opened upon request by one of the guards, so that you can touch the ancient artifacts. The museum does not stop with antiquity but continues into the Byzantine and Modern eras giving the visitor a uniquely holistic understanding of Thebes and Boeotia. The latter is yet another important feature of this new jewel among Greek museums: this is NOT a museum dedicated to a single site (Delphi, Olympia, Eleutherna) celebrating the importance of a single place (or the ego of its excavator), but a celebration of an entire region that our Athenocentric education taught us to ignore. If you visit Greece, don't miss this excellent new museum!
Written June 20, 2016
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Helen W
22 contributions
Jun 2019
This is a great museum and is a must see if you want to understand why Boetia played such an important part in Greek history. The ancient Athenians always put down the Boetians as a bunch of lumpen farm folk, but this was just an attempt to hide the fact that the Boetians beat the Athenians in battle multiple times. The museum is very large, so be prepared to spend about 3 hours, if you want to go through it all.
Written October 4, 2019
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204sro
Nottingham, United Kingdom38 contributions
Jul 2016 • Friends
The local people have been waiting the re-opening of the archaeological museum in Thebes for so many years and now it is a fact! It is a fantastic museum where you can find artefacts, historic objects, sculptures etc of the unique and historic city of Thebes and the region of Boeotia. It is a European standards museum. There are labels for every object and very interesting videos about the important history of Thebes and Boeotia with English subtitles. There is air-conditioning, it is well-lit and wheelchair friendly. The ticket costs 6 euros. After leaving the museum you will feel how important the history of Thebes is for the Greek Civilisation. If you have visited the Acropolis Museum then the next best museum you should visit is the Archaeological Museum of Thebes.
Written July 25, 2016
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Si in Grecia in quasi tutti i musei gli studenti entrano gratis
Written August 3, 2018
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