Archaeological Museum of Corfu - Collections

Collections

The collections of the museum include:

• A collection of unknown origin.
• Finds from excavations from the ancient city of Corfu.
• Finds from the region of Cassiope in Corfu.
• Finds from excavations in the district of Thesprotia.

The main exhibits are:

• The Gorgon pediment from the Artemis temple of Corfu. It is the oldest stone pediment in Greece dated to 590-580 BC and is described in the New York times review of the museum as: the finest example of Archaic temple sculpture extant.
• The Lion of Menecrates. This is the work of a famous Corinthian sculptor of the Archaic period. Dated to the end of the 7th century BC.
• The pediment of Dionysus (Bacchus). Dated to 500 BC.
• The base and part of the body of a kore from the late Archaic period. It was found during the excavation of a pottery workshop in the area of Figareto.
• A marble torso of Apollo. This is a copy of the original statue of "Parnopios Apollo" created by Pheidias (its type is known as the "Kassel Apollo"). Dated to the 2nd century AD.
• Funerary stele of Philistion daughter of Agenos and Arpalis, with inscription: Φιλίστιον Χ. Δοιαί μεν δεκάδες σε τελειοτόκων ενιαυτών ήδη και τριτάτου κύκλος επείχεν έτευς μισγομένα φθιμένοιαι, φιλίστιον, ανίκα πέ ματρί πολυθρηνήτω κάλλιπες Αρπαλίδι. δώμα δ’ Αριστάνδροιο λελονχότος άκριτον αί και τέκεα κρυερά θήκας εν ορφανία. Αγήνος κλυτόν αίμα, σε δ’ ύστατον ύπνον ελο. πικρός όδε ζοφερά τύμβος έδεκτ. approximately translated as: Greetings Philistion. You went twenty three years old in the underworld and left your mother Arpalis in mourning, your husband Aristandros widower and confused, and the children cold as orphans., the glorious blood of Agenos, having chosen for yourself the last sleep, this bitter, pitch-dark tomb has accepted you .
• The terracotta statuettes of Artemis. They were found in large quantities in the small temple of Artemis at Kanoni in Corfu city.
• Four cases with coins found in excavations at various sites of Corfu.

On 15 October 2010, the museum closed for works with no reopening date yet announced.