Fodor's Expert Review Naxos Archaeological Museum
Editor's Note: This location is no longer in operation.
Today the historic convent and school of the Ursulines houses the Naxos Archaeological Museum, best known for its Cycladic and Mycenaean finds. During the Early Cycladic period (3200–2000 BC) there were settlements along Naxos's east coast and outside Naxos Town at Grotta. The finds are from these settlements and graveyards scattered around the island. Many of the vessels exhibited are from the Early Cycladic I period, hand-built of coarse-grain clay, sometimes decorated with a herringbone pattern. Though the museum has too many items in its glass cases to be appreciated in a short visit, you should try not to miss the white marble Cycladic statuettes, which range from the early "violin" shapes to the more-detailed female forms with their tilted flat heads, folded arms, and legs slightly bent at the knees. The male forms are simpler and often appear to be seated. The most common theory is that the female statuettes were both fertility and grave goddesses, and the males were servant... READ MORE
Today the historic convent and school of the Ursulines houses the Naxos Archaeological Museum, best known for its Cycladic and Mycenaean finds. During the Early Cycladic period (3200–2000 BC) there were settlements along Naxos's east coast and outside Naxos Town at Grotta. The finds are from these settlements and graveyards scattered around the island. Many of the vessels exhibited are from the Early Cycladic I period, hand-built of coarse-grain clay, sometimes decorated with a herringbone pattern. Though the museum has too many items in its glass cases to be appreciated in a short visit, you should try not to miss the white marble Cycladic statuettes, which range from the early "violin" shapes to the more-detailed female forms with their tilted flat heads, folded arms, and legs slightly bent at the knees. The male forms are simpler and often appear to be seated. The most common theory is that the female statuettes were both fertility and grave goddesses, and the males were servant figures.
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