On July 21st the Museum Board of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, approved a preliminary report for a new Museum of Marine Antiquities in the building SILO at the “Cultural Coast of Piraeus”.
The museum’s exhibits will include 2000 archaeological findings, copies of ancient artworks, works of modern artists concerning the relation of the Greeks with the sea, the diaries of Cousteau, findings of the wreck in Alonisos, ceramics of the byzantine period, amphoras, ship equipment, coins, anchors, arms and household objects.
The writers of the preliminary report, Stella Chrysoulaki and Androniki Miltiadou were congratulated on their excellent work.
The museum will be 6500 square metres in size and will be unique in Greece and the rest of the world.
Visitors will have the chance, thanks to a boat simulation to sink into deep waters to see an ancient boat or an ancient wreck.
The preliminary report for the new museum also includes a plan of creating gaming concerning the deep sea and there are plans to make ceramic, stone, wood, metals and plaster casts laboratories as well as a library, a room with multimedia educational programmes as well as an amphitheatre!
The building SILO was used for cereals storage and some of the rooms have been preserved. It is located in front of the Piraeus port. Aim is to attract not only people who love museums but also those who come to the port with cruise ships.
Author: Lia Pavlou | Source: Greek Reporter [July 23, 2011]