Archaeological Museum of Chios

The Archaeological Museum of Chios building has three floors. The permanent re-exhibition is titled “Chios, the Seaside City of Oenopion.” It showcases representative examples of art and daily life on the island from the Final Neolithic to the late Roman period. The exhibition spaces include five rooms for the permanent display and one for temporary exhibitions. On the first floor are: a) exhibits from prehistoric Chios from the Final Neolithic to the Mycenaean period; b) examples of coroplastic art and sculpture (statues, portraits, reliefs) from the 8th c. BC to the Roman period; and c) funerary stelae and inscriptions. On the second floor are examples of pottery and metalwork from the Archaic to the Roman period and the most important examples of architecture. In the museum’s courtyard, a “Macedonian-type” tomb has been reconstructed and architectural members found sporadically across the island of Chios have been installed.