Ancient Messene Museum

Ancient Messene Museum is a museum in Messene, Messenia. Ancient Messene Museum is situated nearby to the ruins The Theater Quarters, as well as near Arsinoe Fountain.

Opening hours: 8:00 AM—8:00 PM
Type: Museum
Address: Mavromati Ithomis, 24002

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Messene and Ithome.

Messene

Photo: Rossignol Benoît, CC BY 3.0.

Messene, officially Ancient Messene, is a local community within the regional unit of Messenia in the region of Peloponnese. It is best known for the ruins of the large classical city-state of Ancient Messene. Messene is situated 760 metres south of Ancient Messene Museum.

Ithome

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Mount Ithome or Ithomi, previously Vourkano or Voulcano, is the northernmost of twin peaks in Messenia, Greece. Mount Ithome rises to about 800 metres, about 760 metres over Valyra, the seat of Ithomi, the former municipality.

The Theater Quarters

Ruins

Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Theater Quarters is a ruins, which is situated 360 metres south of Ancient Messene Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mavromati and Arsinoi.

Mavromati

Village

Photo: Herbert Ortner, CC BY 2.5.

Mavromati is a village.

Arsinoi

Village

Arsinoi is a local community of the municipal unit Ithomi, of the municipality of Messini within the regional unit of Messenia in the region of Peloponnese, one of 13 regions into which Greece has been divided.