Kasos · Museums
Where the island keeps its treasures, from ancient sculpture to the objects of everyday village life.
Essential
Fry
The island's history in a small museum in Fry: Minoan stone vessels from Helatros and pottery from Trapeza, a red-figure crater fragment from the cemetery of Poli, the grave marker of Aleximachos of the 3rd century BC, 19th-century firearms and a folklore collection. Open daily 8:30–15:30, with a ticket.
Must see: The Minoan serpentine vessels from Helatros
Fry
In the same building, a Kasiot house of the old days: the high carved wooden bed, the plates on the wall, the jugs and the household things of a seafaring island.
Must see: The carved wooden bed of a Kasiot house
More to explore
Fry
A small museum of the seafaring past of an island that once sent a hundred armed ships to the Revolution and gave Greece some of its great shipowning families.
Must see: The island's seafaring past
Arvanitochori
The folklore museum of the village and one of the two old olive mills of the island. The mill opens on Friday and Saturday, 18:00–20:00.
Must see: The olive mill
Opening hours change seasonally. Check with each museum before visiting.
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