Museum of the History of the Excavations in Olympia
Ancient Olympia
Museum of the History of the Excavations in Olympia
The Museum of the History of the Excavations of Olympia consists of a single exhibition space that contains supervisory and photographic material, through which the history of the excavations of Olympia is presented. The first attempts to locate and identify the site, the first excavations, are reported, while the systematic excavation of the Sanctuary is presented in detail from 1875 until today.
In the back of the building there are toilets for guests. The purpose of the exhibition is to present the huge and expensive excavation of Olympia, which is one of the largest excavations carried out in Greece by the German Archaeological Institute of Athens.
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Μουσείο της Ιστορίας των Ανασκαφών της Ολυμπίας - Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού | Wikipedia.org | Εικονική Περιήγηση - Ελληνική Ολυμπιακή Επιτροπή
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The source of the photographic material is the internet node of the Chamber of Ilia, the Region of Western Greece and the "Odysseus Node" and the copyright belongs to Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports.
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