In the spring of 2023, the Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni opened the Archaeological Museum of Kythnos, a vision for the island’s residents who had been waiting for thirty full years for its realization. The Museum is housed in the old, one-room, primary school of Chora, in buildings that were constructed according to the first state school construction program (Royal Decree of 1894), to designs by the public engineer Dimitris Kallias. The structure was granted by the Municipality of Kythnos to the Ministry of Culture.
The Museum’s exhibition concentrates on selected episodes and periods of the island’s history from prehistoric times to the present day. Among them are the Mesolithic settlement of Maroulas, the island’s long tradition of mining and metallurgy, the ancient city of Kythnos at Vryokastro with its public buildings, sanctuaries and cemeteries, the Byzantine churches and monasteries, as well as the medieval Castle of Oria.
The creation of the museum was implemented with funding from the South Aegean Regional Operational Programme 2014–2020, co-financed through the NSRF, with a budget of 1,600,000 euros.
