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The Archaeological Museum of Rhodes is located in the Medieval City of Rhodes. The museum is housed in the monumental edifice that was the hospital of the Knights of Saint John. Construction was begun in 1440 and brought to completion in the time of the Grand Master d'Aubusson.
attractions: Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, Medieval City of Rhodes, Sea Gate, Myth Colossus of Rhodes, Street of the Knights of Rhodes, Hippocrates Square, Mevlana shisha bar Rhodes, Medieval Clock Tower, Throne of Helios: The History of Rhodes 9D Experience, Rhodes Windmills, restaurants: Mama Sofia, Socratous Garden, RONDA - Resto | Beach-Bar, Stavlos, Island Lipsi Restaurant, Urban Burger Bar, Romeo Restaurant, The Last Butler, Nimmos, Bahar Souvlakeri
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The Archaeological Museum of Rhodes is located in the Medieval City of Rhodes. The museum is housed in the monumental edifice that was the hospital of the Knights of Saint John. Construction was begun in 1440 and brought to completion in the time of the Grand Master d'Aubusson.
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You should definitely visit this place if you are in Rhodes for more than a few hours. Don’t be put off by the fact that most of the exhibits near the entrance and indeed many of the sculptures have little or no curation, no indication of what they are at all in many cases. The collections upstairs are far better organised and explained with many dating from 400, 500, 700, even up to 1700 BC. Persevere and look closer and you’ll find information boards telling the story of Rhodes through the ages, fascinating stuff. There are some signs around some of the collections asking you not to take photographs and this is sometimes enforced by the staff. Hard to fathom what harm could be done by this and there’s no gift shop to help you collect memories of your visit so this seems rather unnecessary. But for 6 Euros (10 for a ticket that lets you into 3 other sites in the town) this is great value and fascinating stuff. Photos are of locations where I didn’t see any signs prohibiting them.
James LowJames Low
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I never realised how huge this place was! €6 single ticket . If you buy a ticket to the knights castle for an extra €2 you can get a ticket for here, but I'd recommend doing them on separate days as there's SO much to see at the archeological museum. There's an indoors and outdoors to it, a garden and courtyard and upper floors, with different rooms in. It genuinely went on and on, I ended up there for about 5 or 6 hours on my own there was so much to see. Good amount of shade here for a hot day, some exhibition rooms were cooler than others, loads of different exhibitions (no pics so you can see for yourself!) They do have toilets here and there's a café here too. I'm not sure about wheelchair accessibility to everywhere (e.g the gardens) but they do have a disabled entrance (assuming via lift) another small side note I know in mainland Greece it's illegal to wear heels to historical sites with monuments so I'd assume the same here.
Louise magickLouise magick
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The Archaeological Museum of Rhodes (Greek: Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Ρόδου) is located in the Medieval City of Rhodes. The museum is housed in the monumental edifice that was the hospital of the Knights of Saint John. Construction was begun in 1440 and brought to completion in the time of the Grand Master d'Aubusson (1476-1503). The Museum contains various collections of archaeological artifacts from various parts of Rhodes and the neighbouring islands, including the Statue of the Crouching Aphrodite (1st century BC), which was inspired by a famous prototype work created by the sculptor Doidalsas in the 3rd century BC, and the Pyxis of the Fikellura type (mid-6th century BC). The entrance of the museum. The museum also holds the Head of Helios, which was featured in 2011 on the album cover of Floral Shoppe by Macintosh Plus, and subsequently became famous for its association with the Vaporwave movement.
RossRoss
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I loved looking at the precious artifacts presented at the Museum of Archaeology in Rhodes. It is wonderful to imagine travelling back in time through this historic medieval hospital where knights were treated for their wounds. In the museum you will find many tomb slabs from grand masters to elite knights, statues depicting Greek mythology, incredible floor and wall mosaic tile work and so much more. In some of the statues, pottery work and other art there are snakes/ serpents. In Greek mythology snakes gave priests a sense of communication with the afterworld and beyond. Not only these serpents represented death, evil forces, but they also were depicted as half man half serpent heroes & deity, gods of fertility and of medicine. So look for snakes in the museum. Lol If in Rhodes this is a must see place to go to. If you like my reviews, videos or photos then slither in and strike the like button
Seeing the world In a different waySeeing the world In a different way
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A def place to visit when in Rhodes. It's truly spectacular. The whole old city is magic. The museum looks small from the outside but it is huge. It's got so many levels. The art pieces of pottery and smaller items are truly unbelievable. So many centuries ago they thought of all these pieces. A small break on one of the levels at the cafe we stopped for a cold drink, I decided for a granita and the mrs a Greek frappe and a Greek sweet. The garden area is so luscious behind all the wall structures , you would not think it was there. So many beautiful pieces of marble and rock structures were a Site to see. Some of the head stones of the period were great to see with so much detail. A must see. When you buy a ticket for the palace, add a couple more and get tickets for the museum as well. Both are a must visite
Nick ZandesNick Zandes
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Not a great collection, and sadly a real lack of any real context to what the pieces mean, and what they teach us about historic Rhodes. A 3-4 scattered panels give you a real quick deep dive into Rhodes’ history, but most of the written text is describing the appearance of the object which you can already see, in clumsy English. I’m a museum fan and I was very bored, you should skip the entire top floor if you’ve ever seen a Greek pot or vase before and take the stairs up next to the toilets to see the open air mosaics and amazing garden. Some crusader gravestones and Greek statues are in the large upper room next to this garden, fairly interesting, with a restored home in the garden, which again has sparse information or access. A clear lack of investment is sadly obvious here.
Matt LlewMatt Llew
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