The Aegean Maritime Museum is a Non-Profit Private Law Foundation established in 1983. Since 1985, it has been housed in a traditional 19th-century Cycladic building, which was once the home of the heroic captain and warrior, Nikolaos Sourmelis.
The museum’s purpose is to showcase the rich maritime history of our country and highlight the significance of the sea in human movement, trade, and the spread of ideas and culture. In December 1987, the museum’s founder, Georgios Drakopoulos, was honored with the Athens Academy Award for establishing the museum. The museum’s exhibits include ship models from the pre-Minoan period to the early 20th century, historical maritime documents, rare engravings and maps, ancient artifacts, nautical instruments, fittings, and tools, as well as coins with nautical themes dating back to the 5th
century BC.
In the museum’s garden, there are marble replicas of tombstones with relief depictions from Delos, referring to shipwrecks and sailors lost at sea. Beyond its other exhibits, the Aegean Maritime Museum has also undertaken and completed the preservation of living historical exhibits, restoring them so they now function again with the technology of their time. These include the “Armenistis” Lighthouse of Mykonos (built in 1890), the Aegean sailing vessel of the “Perama” type, “Evangelistria” (built in 1940), and the cable steamer “Thales of Miletus” (built in 1909).
Address:
- 10 Enoplon Dynameon, Mykonos (Cyclades Prefecture)
Contact:
- Phone: +30 22890 22700, +30 210 8125547
- Email: museum@aegean-maritime-museum.com
Website: https://www.aegean-maritime-museum.com
Opening Hours:
- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00-13:00 & 18:00-21:00
- (Open from April 1st to November 30th)
