Museum of Prehistoric Thera
Guide
Photo: Norbert Nagel · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
≈ A$18MuseumAllow 45–90 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A small museum in Fira with the best finds from Akrotiri: wall paintings of swallows, boxers and lilies, painted jars and a little gold ibex.
A brief history
The wall paintings survived because the ash sealed them in; restorers have spent decades fitting the fragments back together.
Tips
- Best time
- Midday, out of the sun; best after you've seen Akrotiri
- Cost
- About €10 (check)
- Allow
- 45–90 min
- Free days
- Greek state museums are often free on the first Sunday from November to March (check)
- Hours
- Usually 8:30–15:30, closed Tuesdays (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- Fira: The main town and bus hub on the caldera edge: museums, steps to the old port, and the cheaper beds a few streets back from the cliff.
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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