Archaeological Museum of Dion — Attraction in Dion - Olympos Municipality

The ticket costs 8€ and it covers 3 places: the museum, the archaeotheke and the archaeological park. In the museum you'll find statuses and all kinds of findings from the 3 temples of Isis, Demeter and Deus, as well as from Dionysus Mansion and Thermes. One very interesting finding is the hydraulic music instrument, located on the 1st floor of the museum! It is the parent of the later on organs found in Catholic churches, and it was working with water. A similar one was kept in the Library of Alexandria and it is said that it has been destroyed when the Library was burnt.

We spend around 5 hours in all 3 places. Do not miss the video in the building of Archaeotheke across the museum. It is all about the findings and also the travelling of some of the statuses and the great mosaic of Dionysus rising on his chariot from the sea, to the Onassis Center in New York for an exhibition in 2016. Also if you need restrooms you may find them in the surrounding ground of the museum and also right after the entrance of the archaeological park, down the stairs. There is one small coffee shop right after the entrance of the archaeological park, not around the museum or the archaeotheke building. Prepare...

The Dion Archaeological Museum is a very nice place. Leda and the swan statue, Isis Statue, Mosaics, and Water organ were especially very impressive. Another wonderful artifacts here is the flower pattern of Templon Barrier. This beautiful and geometrical pattern was originally designed by Indus Valley Civilization, the first bronze civilization of the world about 5,000 years ago. The pattern that is very likely to Cornus-Kousa flowers has been passed to the Mediterranean civilization (especially, Roman civilization) for a long time and then passed to China and Korea through Silk Road. That is, Flora Road is completed by connecting the area where this flower...

Visit the park first! The museum exhibits make a lot more sense after you've been to the actual digging places, plus- if you're there during the summer months- use the early hours for the (long) stroll in the park, and continue at the museum in the hotter noon hours. The museum is small but is full of wonders, most of them are touchable, not even behind a glass, and combined with what you've seen in the park- it completes the puzzle. Most of it is very well explained, in both Greek and English, on small plaques hanging on the walls next to it. Use the park ticket for...