SOME WEBSITESTO VISIT
Archaeological Museum of Milos
http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/1/gh151.jsp?obj_id=3300
The Museum of Melos is housed in a neo-classical building of 1870, the work of E. Ziller. It was restored by architects of the 21st Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, and functions as a museum since 1985.
The museum includes the following collections:
– Prehistoric finds from Pylakopi,
– Sculptures and reliefs,
– Obsidian tools and other pieces,
– Inscriptions.
Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades
https://www.culture.gov.gr/el/ministry/SitePages/viewyphresia.aspx?iID=1704
The Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades is a Regional Service of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, at the Directorate level, based in Athens and with territorial jurisdiction over the regional units of: Andros, Milos, Thira, Kea-Kythnos, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Syros, and Tinos.
The Ephorate’s jurisdiction covers all matters relating to the preservation, protection, and safeguarding of antiquities, scientific research, the discovery, preservation, maintenance, and promotion of antiquities, and their exhibition in museums, the study, planning, management, and execution of any archaeological project involving maintenance, repair, restoration, reconstruction, promotion, and configuration of monuments and archaeological sites, as well as their natural or non-natural environment, the execution of all the above projects independently and on a cost-accounting basis, the scientific study and publication of antiquities, the management of monuments and archaeological sites, museums, and collections within its area of responsibility that belong to the state, as well as the general implementation of the applicable legislation on the protection of antiquities.
Its staff participates in this work, as well as in the conduct of systematic and rescue excavations or other archaeological projects and research, in the study and organization of permanent and temporary exhibitions, in the development and operation of archaeological sites, in the organization, promotion, and operation of museums, depending on the needs of the service and regardless of their distribution among the individual departments.
Diazoma : Greek Theatres
Open to all, DIAZOMA seeks to embrace the protection of ancient theaters, the crowning achievement of ancient Greek architecture, where democratic institutions flourished and cultural and intellectual creativity blossomed.
Those of us who participate in the “DIAZOMA” Association are determined to put our love for cultural heritage into action by contributing to:
- promoting ancient theaters, finding resources for their restoration, and integrating them into our daily lives, and
- the design of innovative holistic cultural tourism programs, such as Cultural-Environmental Routes and Archaeological Parks, which aim to integrate natural and cultural monuments into the center of life, sustainability, and sustainable development.
On the Milos theatre, see: https://diazoma.gr/theaters/archaio-theatro-milou/
Milos Mining Museum
https://www.milosminingmuseum.com/en/
The Milos Mining Museum (MMM) is located in Adamas, the island’s main port.
The Museum’s aim is to promote the rich geological and mining history of Milos and to pay homage to all those who have worked hard in order to develop the island’s mineral wealth that contributed greatly to its financial and cultural affluence during its long and uninterrupted history.
The MMM was established and operates with the support of Imerys Industrial Minerals Greece S.A. The first steps for its creation were taken in 1995 and it was completed three years later, opening its doors to the public on 23 May 1998.
With an aim to inform and to educate the public, the MMM organizes periodic exhibitions, scientific conferences, as well as special guided visits to industrial facilities, mines and areas with geological interest, while it also publishes books on subjects related to mineral resources and mining.
Archipelago Network
https://archipelagonetwork.org/
Islands are powerful tools. In their boundedness and isolation, they constitute sites of unique life forms that propose novel ways of addressing global ecological and social problems. The Aegean islands, at the crossroads of Europe, Africa and Asia, are havens of diasporic culture, traditional knowledge and biodiversity. Yet today, accelerating forces such as overtourism and the global climate crisis exert local pressures on these coastal communities, threatening their knowledge systems and environmental equilibriums.
In this context, Archipelago Network takes up the Cyclades islands as laboratories for field research, residencies, publications, online projects and public programs. The initiative works at the intersection of visual practices, cultural life, and the natural environment, providing open access to its digital collections while contributing to the development of local and regional memory through documentation and outreach activities.
In its initial cycle of activity, Archipelago Network (AN) has completed thematic projects on traditional boatbuilding, environmental biodiversity, pottery, and maritime trades, spanning the islands of Amorgos, Koufonisia, Sifnos, Santorini, Paros and Syros. It has also initiated transnational partnerships focused on heritage re-use in collaboration with audiovisual archives in Beirut and Cairo, as well as frameworks for artistic production with arts organizations in Corsica and Sardinia.
Archipelago Network was founded in 2019 and is directed by documentarian and researcher Jacob Moe, joined by a team of collaborators and advisors with expertise in the fields of audiovisual digitization, design, communication, intellectual property law, history, anthropology, environmental studies and other topics on an ad-hoc basis.
On Mines of Milos, past & present, see:
https://archipelagonetwork.org/project/extraction-in-the-cyclades-digital-traces/
Travelogues : Travellers’ views. Places – Monuments – People
Travelogues website was created within the broader project of Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation to promote Greek culture, and especially Greek literature, on a national and international level. This website aims to make known the graphic materials found in travel accounts of journeys to Greece and the eastern Mediterranean from the 15th century onwards, and thus contribute both to students’ education and scientific research. An important part of the editions that constituted the data base of the website belongs to the Historical Library of the Foundation, currently under construction.
Travelogues will periodically be updated with material from major libraries in Greece, such as Gennadius Library and Benaki Museum Library. This material, already in process, spans the time from the 15th to the early 20th century. Of approximately 4500 images, 560 have already been incorporated in the website’s collections. In the same sense, the bibliography shall be updated with the most recent research contributions. User feedback will be taken into consideration and the pertinent modifications will get reflected.
Milos Photo Gallery: a blog with photographs (and more) of Milos
https://melosphototheque.blogspot.com/
This blog will publish, at regular (or irregular!) intervals, mainly photographs, postcards, and old documents from Milos (including letters, envelopes, and stamps – that is, items related to the island’s postal history). But that’s not all – there will also be targeted texts with historical or archaeological content. Book covers referring to Milos will also be presented, with the aim of creating a basic electronic “Milos” library (to inform those who may wish to to locate these books and delve a little deeper into the history, archaeology, and folklore of Milos).