Hydra · Museums
Where the island keeps its treasures, from ancient sculpture to the objects of everyday village life.
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Harbour front, Hydra Town
In a white neoclassical building on the harbour front, the island's archive keeps the papers of its merchant and revolutionary fleet, with ship's logs, letters, maps, weapons, figureheads, costumes and portraits of the captains of 1821.
Must see: The relics of Admiral Andreas Miaoulis
Above the harbour, Hydra Town
The great eighteenth-century house of one of the island's leading families, now a branch of the National Historical Museum. Its rooms are kept as a Hydriot home of the period, with furniture, carved woodwork and costume, and upstairs galleries show paintings by Greek artists.
Must see: The view of the harbour from the upper rooms
More to explore
West of the harbour, Hydra Town
The former municipal slaughterhouse, a small stone building on the cliffs, where the DESTE Foundation invites one contemporary artist each summer to create a new work for the space. Open in summer only.
Must see: This year's commission, usually opening in June
Harbour front, Hydra Town
In the cloister of the monastery of the Dormition behind the clock tower, a small museum of icons, vestments and silver from the island's churches.
Must see: The marble cloister itself, cool on the hottest day
Above the harbour, Hydra Town
Not a museum, but a working studio: this captain's mansion has long been a branch of the Athens School of Fine Arts, where students come to paint on the island. Its exhibitions are sometimes open to visitors at the end of the season.
Must see: Student shows, when they are on
Opening hours change seasonally. Check with each museum before visiting.
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