New arrchaeological museum of Patras

Τhe new archaeological museum of Patras, opened its gates and is able to welcome visitors who wish to admire up close the rare archeological exhibits.

The museum, which is housed in an impressive building at the entrance of Achaian capital, hosts the exhibition of over two thousand exhibits from Mycenaean to the late Roman period.

THE NEW MUSEUM IN FIGURES
The exhibition area is 2,642 sq.m. and contains 57 exhibits shop for 1300 exhibits (clay, stone, metal and glass), 200 gold objects, 40 bronze objects of the Mycenaean period, 28 projects mainly sculptures of the Roman period and 14 mosaic floors (300 sq.m.).

In addition, 185 square meters covering the two reconstructions of ancient buildings, an urban farm and a Roman residence hall to privacy and a funerary monument in the cemetery here.

A meter 88 centimeters high statue is nine meters in length the largest mosaic floors, a smaller exhibit in millimeters (one gold bead). Also, ten tombs renew or come the Museum, nine human skeletons in the graves and sites of display, 600 headlamps for illumination of special exhibits, 230 slides for the two ten-minute thematic views of the room.