Sifnos · Museums
Where the island keeps its treasures, from ancient sculpture to the objects of everyday village life.
Essential
Kastro
A small museum in a two-storey building inside Kastro, with sculpture from the 6th to the 1st century BC, pottery from the ancient city of Kastro and coins of the island.
Must see: The marble head of a kouros and an Ionic capital
Agios Andreas, between Apollonia and Vathi
The island's newest museum, opened in 2010 at the Mycenaean acropolis, with finds from the excavations and displays on Kastro, the mines and the ancient towers. It won a Europa Nostra award in 2012.
Must see: The Mycenaean wall and the view from the hilltop
More to explore
Iroon Square, Apollonia
Everyday life on old Sifnos, gathered by the teacher Antonis Troullos: costumes, embroidery and lace, carved wood, farm tools, beehives, pottery and old weapons.
Must see: The costumes and the island pottery
Monastery of Panagia tis Vrysis, Exambela
Church treasures in the monastery of the Virgin of the Spring: icons, manuscripts, old printed books, vestments, chalices and reliquaries from Byzantine and later Sifnos.
Must see: The icons and the old manuscripts
Artemonas
An old Sifnian house furnished as it would have been a century ago, with a gramophone, a cradle, embroidered clothes, photographs and things that belonged to the poet Ioannis Gryparis.
Must see: The rooms of the old house
Opening hours change seasonally. Check with each museum before visiting.