Museum of Prehistoric Thera — Attraction in Municipality of Thira

It is good to visit for an hour. There is a good exhibit showing the process of how ancient wall paintings are recovered to put on display, and the different restoration techniques that have been used.

It does have a good collection of predominantly of clay vessels and wall paintings, however it is not the most ‘wow’ museum you will ever visit. It’s air-conditioned.

The descriptions of the exhibits are written in Greek and English. If you are not an academic of the English language, even if you are a native speaker, you may struggle with the language they use. There is an abundance of academic and archaeological jargon which makes it difficult to follow.

Unlike the rest of the museum, the bathroom and toilets are in a really disgusting condition. Frankly, they’re an embarrassment. All but one is missing the seat. They smell awful. It is evident that they are also not cleaned or sanitised. Some areas looked like they hadn’t been cleaned in a month, such was the level of staining and grime. Really unhygienic, and we came...

2-floor museum! - don't miss going downstairs after finishing the circle on the ground floor. There is no indication on the floor or on the wall for the direction and continuation of the visit, they said they were going to put them. 1 staff at the entrance has no capacity to both check the tickets and give directions, so some people exit after seeing the ground floor and miss the huge frescoes downstairs, like the fishermen, the ships, the lady with a vase etc that are on the basement floor. Luckily we followed someone downstairs and saw it.

Precious museum with artefacts from Akrotiri, the excavated city: various furniture and ceramics, marvellous frescoes all dating back to 3600 years ago. Adult 6€, EU senior 3€, you can also visit with a 3-museum card that costs 15€, already this one and Akrotiri itself bring you the saving. I would recommend first seeing Akrotiri the city excavated (15-min by bus from downtown) and then this museum.

*The museum...

Warning: half of the rooms of the paintings (second floor) is closed. It is incredible that the masterpiece of the museum, the painting of the “Fisherman” from Akrotiri -which yesterday the excavation guides themselves suggested that we all see in the Museum- is not exposed to the public in the middle of the Easter holidays (2nd half). And this is not warned when buying the ticket (just as it is warned that the museum bathrooms are also closed): people have the right to know before buying the ticket if there are closed rooms. It is a scam and very pedestrian from an institution so it is said that "there is not enough tourism" only when asked for the reason. And those of us who come? Do we necessarily have to come in July or August? Either it opens or it does not open or it is warned or the entire entrance is...