Milos · Museums
Where the island keeps its treasures, from ancient sculpture to the objects of everyday village life.
Essential
Plaka
A neoclassical building at the entrance to Plaka with finds from the whole history of the island: obsidian tools, Cycladic figurines, pottery from Phylakopi, sculpture from the ancient city, and a cast of the Venus de Milo.
Must see: The Lady of Phylakopi, a Mycenaean clay figure of the 14th century BC
Plaka
An old house in Plaka filled with the things of island life from the last few centuries: furniture, costumes and embroidery, kitchen tools, farm and fishing gear, and old photographs.
Must see: The rooms of the old island house
More to explore
Church of Agia Triada, Adamas
Church treasures gathered in the church of the Holy Trinity in Adamas: icons, many of them painted by Cretan artists, carved wooden screens, vestments and silver.
Must see: The post-Byzantine icons
Adamas
A museum on the waterfront of Adamas about the island's oldest trade: the minerals of Milos, from obsidian to sulphur, kaolin, bentonite and perlite, with tools, photographs, films and the stories of the miners.
Must see: The mineral collection and the miners' photographs
Tripiti
Not a museum but a monument you walk into: corridors and chambers of early-Christian tombs cut into the rock, lit softly, on a short guided visit.
Must see: The arched burial niches along the main corridor
Opening hours change seasonally. Check with each museum before visiting.