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Archaeological Museum of Eleusis

Small museum in size, but of great importance. The Eleusis Archaeological Museum completes the picture of the archaeological site of this important city in antiquity.

  1. Modern and Contemporary era (1821 - )


    1889 Its construction began at the southeast of the Acropolis, in design of Ioannis Moussis and was completed the following year.

    1892 Limited expansion.

    1960 Renovated and new findings were added. The next conservation works took place in 1983 and after the 1999 earthquake.

  2. Ottoman era (1453- 1821)


  3. Byzantine era (331 AC- 1453)


  4. Roman era (30 BC- 330 AC)


  5. Hellenistic era (322- 31 BC)


  6. Classical era (478-323 BC)


  7. Archaic era (800-479 BC)


  8. Geometric era (-1100- 800 BC)


  9. Prehistory (-1100 BC)


What I can see

The museum consists of 6 halls and a courtyard, where a Roman sarcophagus, the capitals of a small Propylaea, and marble funerary vases are displayed. The most important exhibits within the museum are the model depicting the sanctuary in the 2nd century BC, which gives us a clear picture of the architecture of the buildings, a Caryatid from the small Propylaea, the “Running Daughter” (480 BC) , the complexes of Demeter-Kore-Pluto and Demeter-Kore-Triptolemos, the table of Ninios, cult vessels, the Proto-Attic amphora of Eleusis (with representations of the blinding of the Cyclops Polyphemus by Odysseus and the myth of Perseus), the statue of Demeter (5th century BC), the statue of Asklepios (4th BC), the small statue of Poseidon and the statues of the Roman emperors and of Antinus, a favourite of Hadrian.

What I can't see

In the museum, findings from excavations in the archaeological site are exhibited, covering a time period from the Prehistoric to the later Roman times.

Info

Bibliography

Archaeological Museum of Eleusis, (d.u.), Το Μουσείο, [The Museum], in

https://ameleusinas.weebly.com/tauomicron-muomicronupsilonsigmaepsiloniotaomicron.html

Last visit 7/5/2018

 

 

Kyriakou D., Papangeli K., (2014), Eleusis, in Navigation the Routes of Art and Culture, Part III, Attica, GREU2014, Ministry of Culture and Sports

 

Papangeli K., (2012), Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Ελευσίνας,[Archaeological Museum of Eleusis], Odysseus, Ministry of Culture

http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/1/eh151.jsp?obj_id=3429

Last visit 7/5/2018

 

Foka Ι., Valavanis P., (1994), Περίπατοι στην Αθήνα και την Αττική, τόποι, θεοί, μνημεία [Strolls in Athens and Attica, places, gods, monuments], Kedros