Archaeological Museum of Corfu

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Archaeological Museum of Corfu.

The Archaeological Museum of Corfu (Greek: Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Κέρκυρας) in Corfu, Greece was built between 1962 - 1965. The museum land was donated by the city of Corfu. Its initial purpose was to house the archaeological finds from the Temple of Artemis in Corfu. In 1994 it was expanded with the addition of two more exhibit halls that display the more recent finds at the ancient citadel of Corfu. It is located on 1 Vraila Armeni St.

1 Exhibits
2 Museum gallery
3 Citations and notes
4 External links
5 See also

[edit] Exhibits

The collections of the museum include:

A collection of unknown origin.^[1]
Finds from excavations from the ancient city of Corfu.^[1]
Finds from the region of Cassiope in Corfu.^[1]
Finds from excavations in the district of Thesprotia.^[1]

The main exhibits are:

The Gorgon pediment from the Artemis temple.^[1] It is the oldest stone pediment in Greece dated to 590-580 B.C. and is described in the New York times review of the museum as: the finest example of Archaic temple sculpture extant.^[1]^[2]
The Lion of Menecrates. This is the work of a famous Corinthian sculptor of the Archaic period. Dated to the end of the 7th century B.C. ^[1]
The pediment of Dionysus (Bacchus). Dated to 500 B.C.^[1]
The base and part of the body of a kore from the late Archaic period. It was found during the excavation of a pottery workshop in the area of Figareto.^[1]
A marble torso of Apollo. This is a copy of the original statue of "Parnopios Apollo" created by Pheidias (its type is known as the "Kassel Apollo"). Dated to the 2nd century A.D.^[1]
Funerary stele with inscription: Δοιαί μεν δεκάδες σε τελειοτόκων ενιαυτών ήδη και τριτάτου κύκλος επείχεν έτευς μισγομένα φθιμένοιαι, φιλίστιον, ανίκα πέ[νθος] ματρί πολυθρηνήτω κάλλιπες Αρπαλίδι. δώμα δ’ Αριστάνδροιο λελονχότος άκριτον Αιδα[ν] και τέκεα κρυερά θήκας εν ορφανία. Αγήνος κλυτόν αίμα, σε δ’ ύστατον ύπνον ελο[ύσαν]. πικρός όδε ζοφερά τύμβος έδεκτ[ο κόνει]. approximately translated as: You went twenty three years old in the underworld and left your mother Arpalis in mourning, your husband Aristandros widower and the children orphan. You chose for yourself the last sleep.
The terracotta statuettes of Artemis. They were found in large quantities in the small temple of Artemis at Kanoni in Corfu city.^[1]
Four cases with coins found in excavations at various sites of Corfu.^[1]

[edit] Museum gallery

Museum Entrance Hall	Main stairway	The Lion of Menecrates. Funerary statue of a crouching lion, found near the cenotaph of Menecrates. This is the work of a famous Corinthian sculptor of the Archaic period. Dated end of the 7th century B.C.	Pediment with Dionysos at the Corfu Museum. Left part of an Archaic pediment from the area of Figareto. It depicts a Dionysiac symposium. Dated to 500 B.C.
The Gorgon just before being beheaded by Perseus, as depicted on a pediment from the Artemis Temple on display at the Archaeological Museum of Corfu.	Hoplite armour exhibit. Note the gold inserts around the chest area of the bronze upper torso plate at the centre of the exhibit. The helmet on the upper left is a restored version of the oxidised helmet on the right.	Funerary stele with inscription: You went twenty three years old in the underworld and left your mother Arpalis in mourning, your husband Aristandros widower and the children orphan. You chose for yourself the last sleep.	Exhibit of some of the terracotta statuettes of Artemis. They were found in large quantities in the small temple of Artemis at Kanoni in Corfu city.
Base and body of Archaic kore	Marble torso of Apollo	Stele with inscription	Coin exhibit