Listed 16 sub titles with search on: Culture & Art Centres for wider area of: "IONIAN ISLANDS Island complex GREECE" .
LIXOURI (Small town) KEFALLONIA
Established in 1836 from Lixourian composer Petro Skarlato.
ARGOSTOLI (Town) KEFALLONIA
The
Corgialeneion Historical and Folk Art Museum at Argostoli, was founded in
1962 and is housed on the ground floor of the Corgialeneion Library.
The Museum's aim is to preserve the memory of the historical and
social conditions which prevailed in Cephalonia before the 1953 earthquakes. The
archival historical material of the Museum, depicts the historic past of the island
from the early 15th century to 1848.
The character of the Museum is a complex one. In it are portrayed
both everyday life and elements of folk culture and mainly the historical fortunes
of the island during the following periods:Venetian, Frankish, Turkish, the Turko-Russian
period and the periods of the French Revolution, the French Empire, provisional
British rule and finally the time of Union with Greece. There is also a vivid
depiction of town life and aspects of intellectual life.
To date, the Corgialeneion Museum has produced many interesting informative
and educational books and other material, as a means of communicating with the
public and promoting historical research.
The Museum contains historical documents with photocopies from the archives
of France and England, portaits, oil paintings, collections of personal objects
belonging to historic personages, porcelain, silverware, copperware, embroidery,
rural implements and utensils, a representation of a period bedroom, watercolours,
lithographs, maps, plans and drawings of churches and historic fortresses. It
also includes a photographic collection of about 3,000 photographs, works of art,
such as carved wooden icon screens, liturgical vessels, icons, coins, handwomen
articles etc. In addition, there is a specialized library including a section
of drawings of women's costumes from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Also notarial
deeds containing information on the names of the various kinds of dress and accessories
and of ornaments, such as varietes of lace etc. and musical instruments; historical
documentation on navigation and commerce, a reference library of about 500 volumes.
This text is cited Jan 2003 from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture URL below, which also contains image.
BOCHALI (Village) ZAKYNTHOS
The Ionian Islands Naval Museum, opened in 1997, is situated in beautiful Bohali.
Here the visitor can see water-colours illustrating the evolution of the Greek
navy from antiquity to the 20th century. Apart from the water-colours the exhibits
include objects from ships, miniatures of ships, shipping brochures, photographs
and many other interesting documents.
KARYA (Small town) LEFKADA
At the privately-run Folk Museum of Karya, the visitor can learn about the life
and discover the character of the mountain Lefkadiot. Through the traditional
exhibits, he will come to understand the persistence, patience and intelligence
of these people who lived in tough conditions and yet created an entire popular
culture. Each year on 11 August the traditional Lefkadiot wedding takes place.
Great care is taken over every detail and the wedding attracts large crowds.
MONI AGIOU ANDREOU MILAPIDIAS (Monastery) KEFALLONIA
The Agios Andreas Monastery, as it is otherwise known, houses an ecclesiastical museum with works by Tzagarola, Poulakis and other important icon painters of the Cretan School who came to the island after the conquest of Crete by the Turks in the 17th century B.C.
MONI STROFADON (Monastery) STROFADES
PIGADAKIA (Village) ZAKYNTHOS
At the village of Pigadakia the visitor can see the exhibits of the Vertzageios
Folk Museum, which is private. The exhibition areas give the impression of coming
from another age: the oil press with its single large stone, the wooden barrels
for the oil and wine but also the reception area for visitors which is a copy
of what one sees in the traditional Zakynthos house.
ZAKYNTHOS (Town) IONIAN ISLANDS
The Byzantine Museum of Zakynthos is in Solomos Square. You turn right after the entering, ascend to the upper floor and cross the entire length of the building before descending again to the entrance. The museum houses a rich collection of portable icons, a true panorama of ecclesiastical painting from the Byzantine years up to the 19th century, with about a thousand religious paintings by post-Byzantine, Ionian and Zakynthian artists. Works are exhibited by Damaskinos, Tzanes, Kallergis, Doxaras, Koutouzis and Tsonis. Although the older exhibits in the museum are characteristic examples of Byzantine art, the works of Panagiotis Doxaras (1622-1700), who studied in Venice, are naturalistic style and belong to the Ionian Island School. Doxaras' son Nicholas continued in the Western tradition, as did Nicholaos Koutouzis (1741-1813). whose works can be found in the museum as well as in the church of Agios Dionysios.
Templa (icon screens) from the churches of the Pantokrator and Agios Dimitrios can be found in the Museum, as well as parts of the exterior of Agios Andreas of Volimes.
In addition, Hellenistic and Byzantine sculptures and statues are also accommodated here.
This text is cited Jan 2003 from the Prefecture of Zakynthos URL below, which contains images.
It first operated in 1960, following repair works. The initial building
had been destroyed by earthquakes in 1953 that devastated the island of Zakynthos.
Currently, this museum hosts exquisite collections of church icons (15th - 16th
c. AD), various handy objects of daily use, murals (mainly from the 17th and 18th
c, but also from 12th - 13th c.). Other exhibits include a "Glypthotheke" with
works of the Hellenistic, Byzantine and post-Byzantine periods, as well as woodwork
of the 16th - 19th centuries.
Among the most important paintings displayed are:
•Prophet David (by N. Doxaras)
•The birth of Theotokos (the Virgin Mary by N. Doxaras)
•Panagia the Amolyntos (the Immaculate Virgin Mary by E. Tzane)
•Gilded wood carved templon from the church of St. Demetrios of Kola
This text is cited May 2003 from the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs URL below.
The Solomos Museum houses the magnificent tomb of Dionysios Solomos (1798-1857) and that of the other great Zakynthian poet, Andreas Calvos (1792-1869). In the entrance is a piece of the holly bush on Strani hill in the shadow of which Solomos was inspired to write "Ode to Liberty" in May 1823 which later became the Greek national anthem, and gis poem "The Free Beseiged" in May 1823. The rooms on the upper floor contain objects that had belonged to the great poet and other distinguished Zakynthian scholars as well as collections that have been donated to the museum.
This text is cited Jan 2003 from the Prefecture of Zakynthos URL below, which contains images.
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