Museum
Built in 1960, the Museum of Eretria was enlarged in 1961-62, and again renovated and extended in 1987-1991 by the Ephorate of Antiquities in Euboea in collaboration with the Swiss School of Archaeology. The permanent exhibition was renewed in 2014 through an exceptional donation from the Federal Office of Culture of Switzerland.
Two rooms exhibit the important finds from Eretria as well as those from Lefkandi and Amarynthos. Several scultpures and inscriptions are displayed in the adjacent gallery and in the garden.
Practical information
Eretria Museum opening hours (2024)
Monday, Wednesday to Sunday, from 08.00 to 15.30
Tuesday: closed
Ticket: 3 Euros (1 Euro, reduced admission)
Phone: +30 22290 62 206
Museum of Eretria
Museum Highlights
Cycladic idol (Eretria, 2500 BC)
Terracotta figurine of a Centaur (Lefkandi, 9th. c. BC)
Alabaster (Lefkandi, 12th c. BC)
Graffito of a ship (Lefkandi, 8th c. BC)
Funerary amphora (Eretria, 8th BC)
Bronze urn of the Heroon (Eretria, 8th c. BC)
Offerings of the Heroon (early 7th c. BC)
Ritual jug (Eretria, mid-7th c. BC)
Archaic law (late 6th c. BC)
Theseus and Antiope (Eretria, late 6th c. BC)
Lantern (Eretria, 5th c. BC)
Panathenaic amphora (Eretria, 363/2 BC)
Terracotta gorgoneion (4th c. BC)
Bronze urn from a Macedonian tomb (Eretria, 3rd c. BC)
Aphrodite and Eros (Eretria, 2nd-1st c. BC)
Pottery kiln (Eretria, late Helladic or Early Iron Age)
Model of the Doric temple of Apollo
Model of the House of the Mosaics