The Archaeological Museum of Megara
The Archaeological Museum of Megara
The Archaeological Museum of Megara
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Description
The Archaeological Museum of Megara presents objects that have come to light from rescue excavations by the ΙΙΙ Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities in the city of Megara and the surrounding region. The finds date from the 8th c. BC to the 2nd c. AD. The exhibition is housed in the Old City Hall, a 19th c. building which the Municipality of Megara has temporarily ceded to the III Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities. The two-storey building has four exhibition halls.
GROUND FLOOR: Marble finds are presented on the building’s ground floor.
GALLERY A: Monumental sculptures and votive reliefs are exhibited in this room, with background information from excavation research and the literary sources on monumental sculpture and reliefs from Megara from the Archaic to the Roman period. There is also a reconstruction drawing of the Nike of Megara, a copy from an 1847 engraving.
GALLERY B: This gallery displays inscriptions containing information about public life, chiefly during the Classical period. It also displays Classical, Hellenistic and Roman funerary stelai, framed by related texts and photos.
FIRST FLOOR: On the first floor finds from the city’s cemeteries and objects of daily use are presented.
GALLERY C: This gallery presents objects selected from grave groups of the 8th to the 1st c. BC. Visual material, photographs, plans and texts related to the place of the ancient cemeteries in the topography of the modern and the ancient city and its burial customs give information related to the exhibit.
GALLERY D: Objects – primarily clay and bronze – connected with daily life in antiquity are displayed in this room. The deposit from an Archaic sanctuary at the site of Bouri in Alepochori is of particular interest; from among its hundreds of finds, representative examples of cult and the local pottery workshop are presented. There is a brief presentation of the excavation, with the assistance of visual material.
COURTYARD AREA: Inscriptions, statue bases, and architectural members from various periods are presented in the courtyard area.
GROUND FLOOR: Marble finds are presented on the building’s ground floor.
GALLERY A: Monumental sculptures and votive reliefs are exhibited in this room, with background information from excavation research and the literary sources on monumental sculpture and reliefs from Megara from the Archaic to the Roman period. There is also a reconstruction drawing of the Nike of Megara, a copy from an 1847 engraving.
GALLERY B: This gallery displays inscriptions containing information about public life, chiefly during the Classical period. It also displays Classical, Hellenistic and Roman funerary stelai, framed by related texts and photos.
FIRST FLOOR: On the first floor finds from the city’s cemeteries and objects of daily use are presented.
GALLERY C: This gallery presents objects selected from grave groups of the 8th to the 1st c. BC. Visual material, photographs, plans and texts related to the place of the ancient cemeteries in the topography of the modern and the ancient city and its burial customs give information related to the exhibit.
GALLERY D: Objects – primarily clay and bronze – connected with daily life in antiquity are displayed in this room. The deposit from an Archaic sanctuary at the site of Bouri in Alepochori is of particular interest; from among its hundreds of finds, representative examples of cult and the local pottery workshop are presented. There is a brief presentation of the excavation, with the assistance of visual material.
COURTYARD AREA: Inscriptions, statue bases, and architectural members from various periods are presented in the courtyard area.
