Tinos · Museums
Where the island keeps its treasures, from ancient sculpture to the objects of everyday village life.
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Tinos Town
On the main street up to the church, the island's finds from Exomvourgo and the sanctuary at Kionia: Archaic relief pithoi, sculpture, inscriptions and a marble sundial from the sanctuary.
Must see: The great relief pithoi of the 7th century BC
Pyrgos
Run by the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation, a modern museum on the edge of Pyrgos about how marble is quarried, moved and carved on Tinos, with tools, machinery, drawings and finished work.
Must see: The tools and machines of the quarries
More to explore
Pyrgos
The family house of the sculptor in the lanes of Pyrgos, with his workshop and plaster models. Next to it is a small museum of the island's other artists.
Must see: The workshop where he went on carving in secret
Tinos Town
Around the courtyard of the church are rooms of icons and church treasures, a gallery of paintings by Greek artists and a hall of sculpture by Tinian carvers, Chalepas among them. Hours change with the church calendar.
Must see: The Tinian sculptors in the gallery of the courtyard
Opening hours change seasonally. Check with each museum before visiting.
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