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Archeological Museum of Tripoli: Tracing the history of ancient Arcadia

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Tripoli, GR Get Directions

This lovely, two-storey neoclassical building, with its marble windows and the imposing staircase guarded by two lions, is reason enough to visit the Archaeological Museum of Tripoli.

Designed by celebrated architect Ernst Ziller, it was first used as a hospital in 1913 and  inaugurated as the Pan-Arcadian Archaeological Museum in 1986. In its garden, funerary stelae peek out among the blooming rose bushes, reminiscent of a fairy tale setting.

A funerary stele greets the visitor at the entrance, with the inscription “Hail, Arcadia”, an ideal welcome to a place that traces the history of the whole of Arcadia from the Neolithic period to late antiquity: from the prehistoric Sfakovouni and the Mycenaean cemetery of Palaiokastro, to the powerful ancient towns of Mantinea, Tegea and Megalopoli.

Directions

8 Evangelistrias & Spiliopoulou Sts
22132, Tripoli

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On foot

5 minutes from Agios Vasileios Square in Tripoli

Opening hours

Summer hours

April 1 – October 31

Mon: 08:30 – 15:30
Tue: Closed
Wed: 08:30 – 15:30
Thu: 08:30 – 15:30
Fri: 08:30 – 15:30
Sat: 08:30 – 15:30
Sun: 08:30 – 15:30

Winter hours

November 1 – March 31

Mon: 08:30 – 15:30
Tue: Closed
Wed: 08:30 – 15:30
Thu: 08:30 – 15:30
Fri: 08:30 – 15:30
Sat: 08:30 – 15:30
Sun: 08:30 – 15:30

Last admission: 20 minutes before closing time



The site remains closed on the following dates and public holidays:
January 1, March 25, May 1, Easter Sunday, December 25 & 26.

Tickets

Full: €5.00
Reduced: €3.00

Admission is free on March 6, April 18, May 18, the last weekend of September, on October 28, as well as on the first and third Sunday of each month between November 1 and March 31.

Amenities

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Contact

Archeological Museum of Tripoli
Τ: +30 2710 242148

Ephorate of Antiquities of Arcadia
Τ: +30 2710 225243, +30 2710 242745
E: efaark@culture.gr

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