Archaeological Museum of Melos — Attraction in Municipality of Milos

Cute little museum with small admission price (£3 each for adults) Interesting to see the exact replica France gave Milos of the Venus de Milo (the original was found on Milos...Aphrodite of Milos... in the 1800s and went to the Louvre in Paris) There are lots of interesting things about burial sites and glass blowing from the Roman time on the Island. If you enjoy history even a bit, take the time (30 min) to visit. QR codes on the stands of most of the artifacts take you to an explanation of the piece (free wifi available!) Parking is easier further down the hill. Tricky to find spots sometimes, but...

Small museum, not that pricey to see though (2euro each), definitely a welcome stop in Plaka.

The museum doesn’t contextualize the history that much. The selection is mostly vases and clay drinking vessels. There are some more interesting pieces though like a few early pottery pieces representing bulls. I learned about the psi/phi/tau shapes of early depictions of people.

When we visited they had a modern art selection that was inspired from the ancient art, I...

The building is exquisite, but the collection is fairly poor. It's such a shame to not have any of the treasures and frescos found in Filakopi in this museum (everything is in the Archaeological Museum of Athens), or at least copies. Being in Milos you never realize the importance of the excavations there. The site itself is left uncared-for and the museum is almost empty. Most important exhibit: the Aphrodite statue (a...