ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM

Created by the Goulandris family in 1981, this museum displays finds from excavations carried out by the Paleopoli and Zagora Archaeological Service. It has a strikingly modern facade and its rich collection is well displayed, with clear explanations. The museum's jewel is the magnificent statue of Hermes, probably the work of Praxiteles in the 4th century BC, which was found in a tomb at Palaiopolis on Andros in 1833. A statue of a woman was also found at Palaiopolis alongside Hermes.

The second floor houses a copy of the Rigas Velestinlis Map, a huge twelve-piece map of the Balkans published in the 1790s. Also on this floor, visitors can see three Mycenaean vases and finds from the Zagora Géométrique excavations. Of particular interest is the large relief pithos decorated with a meandering motif.

Along the staircase and on the first floor are exhibits of finds, mainly sculptures, inscriptions and reliefs, from the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and post-Byzantine periods. These include the body of a kouros found in the Zaganiari region and produced in a Naxian workshop around 550-540 BC. Of particular interest is the honorary decree from the Demos (people) of Adramytenoi to the representatives of the Demos of Andros, judge Timokritos, son of Sokles, and secretary Iphikrates, son of Isochrysos. This piece dates from the end of the 2nd century BC.