Delphi Archaeological Museum. Delphi Archaeological museum is one of the principal museums of Greece and one of the most visited.
It is operated by the Greek Ministry of Culture. Founded in 1903, it has been rearranged several times and houses the discoveries made at the Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi, which date from the Late Helladic period to the early Byzantine era.
Organised in fourteen rooms on two levels, the museum mainly displays statues, including the famous Charioteer of Delphi, architectural elements, like the frieze of the Siphnian Treasury and ex votos dedicated to the sanctuary of Pythian Apollo, like the Sphinx of Naxos. The exhibition floor space is more than 2270m 2, while the storage and conservation rooms take up 558m 2. Visitors are also catered to by an entrance hall, a cafeteria and a gift shop.
A first, rather small museum was inaugurated on 2 May 1903 to celebrate the end of the first great archaeological campaign of French excavations and to exhibit the findings. The building was designed by the French architect Albert Tournaire, financed by a trust established by the Greek banker and philanthropist Andreas Syngros.
Two wings framed a small central building. The arrangement of the collection, designed by the director of the archaeological expedition, Theophile Homolle, was inspired by the view that the architectural parts and sculptures should be put in context. Thus, parts of the
It is operated by the Greek Ministry of Culture. Founded in 1903, it has been rearranged several times and houses the discoveries made at the Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi, which date from the Late Helladic period to the early Byzantine era.
Organised in fourteen rooms on two levels, the museum mainly displays statues, including the famous Charioteer of Delphi, architectural elements, like the frieze of the Siphnian Treasury and ex votos dedicated to the sanctuary of Pythian Apollo, like the Sphinx of Naxos. The exhibition floor space is more than 2270m 2, while the storage and conservation rooms take up 558m 2. Visitors are also catered to by an entrance hall, a cafeteria and a gift shop.
A first, rather small museum was inaugurated on 2 May 1903 to celebrate the end of the first great archaeological campaign of French excavations and to exhibit the findings. The building was designed by the French architect Albert Tournaire, financed by a trust established by the Greek banker and philanthropist Andreas Syngros.
Two wings framed a small central building. The arrangement of the collection, designed by the director of the archaeological expedition, Theophile Homolle, was inspired by the view that the architectural parts and sculptures should be put in context. Thus, parts of the
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