In Karpathos you can visit the following museums: Pigadia Archaeological Museum, the Folklore Museum of Menetes, the Folklore Museum of Othos, the Greek Orthodox Church Archaeological Museum of Arkasa and the Rural Museum of the Piles.
Archaeological Museum of Karpathos
The Archaeological Museum of Karpathos is located in the capital of the island, Pigadia, and has been operational since 2005 with the collaboration of the two local Departments of Antiquities (KB’ EPKA-4th EBA) under the 3rd Community Support Framework. It is a timeless museum and includes exhibits from the prehistoric …
Folklore Museum of Menetes
A two-story building, about 200 years old, at the entrance of which there are carved tombs is the building that houses the Folklore Museum of Menetes. On the upper floor, with the black and white pebble floor, there are objects of everyday life of the village residents, musical instruments and old photographs …
Folklore Museum of Othos
In the Folklore Museum, located in Othos of Karpathos, in the traditional house of Varikas and Aristotelis Stavrakis, the visitor has the opportunity to admire a faithful representation of the interior of a karpathian house, as it was in the past. The traditional house of Karpathos, usually one-roomed, …
Ecclesiastical Archaeological Museum of Arkasa
In the center of Arkasa there is a museum, with historical, archaeological findings and ecclesiastical, traditional objects. The findings come from the Acropolis of Arkeseia, but also from the church of Agia Anastasia, which was at the site where today is the church of Saint Sophia …
Agricultural Museum of Piles
The Outdoor Agricultural Museum is located in the village of Pyli and is designed to present life in Karpathos as realistically as possible. When you visit the museum you can see a farmhouse, a windmill, a wine press, a threshing floor, an oven, a small amphitheater while walking on paved streets …
