There are times in life when we associate a name with something spectacular, stunning and big in size. This is not exactly the case of the Delphi museum.
Upon hearing the name of Delphi the collective imagination, especially of non-Greeks, cannot help but automatically associate characteristics such as imposing, majestic, big, large etc. As far as the Delphi and the Delphi Museum is concerned, indeed these adjectives correspond to reality but for completely different reasons than one would expect.
In contrast to the «big», «imposing» and «majestic» museums of the world with collections of incredible works of art from all over the world and from different eras, the Delphi Museum is strictly monothematic.
Since its foundation it serves exclusively the exhibition of the findings from the archaeological excavation of the sanctuaries of Pythian Apollo and Athena Pronaia, as well as the rest of the neighboring sites: the Theater, the Stadium, the Gymnasium and the Castalian Spring.
The archaeological excavations at the aforementioned places brought to light unique findings both for their artistic and aesthetic value, as well as for their number and geographical concentration.
The more than a thousand-year history of the Sanctuary of Apollo enabled the collection of findings that chronologically cover the most important periods of Ancient Greek art.
They allow us to study the initial phases of Greek Art, how it was formed, what influences it received and how it has since evolved. All this within a well-known historical context documented by Ancient Greek and Roman authors for an extremely long period of time.
The Delphi Museum is an an invitation to an artistic and historical journey from the beginning, to the formation and the evolution of the «Greek spirit» and consequently of the modern Western world which is based upon it. That is why the Delphi Museum is more than a «huge» museum; it is simply an unique museum!
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