The museum organizes temporary exhibitions and lectures open to the public. The permanent exhibition includes collections of finds from Palaeolithic sites (Kokkinopelos, Asprochaliko, Kastritsa), from the excavations at Dodona (sanctuary, theatre etc.), the Oracle of the Dead at the river Acheron, Vitsa (settlement and cemeteries), Votonosi, Katamache and Stephane; finds from the excavations at the University Campus of Dhouroute (graves) Merope-Palaiopyrgos in the Pogoni area (tumuli), and Michalitsi; also, a collection of coins, and many other finds from various sites in Epirus.

It also includes a marble sarcophagus from Ladochori (district of Thesprotia). The relief decoration on the walls depicts scenes from the Iliad and the lid has the shape of a funeral bed with the reclining figures of the dead couple. Dated to the 2nd century A.D.

6, 25th Martiou Square, Ioannina
45221
Tel: +30-236510-33357, 25490
Fax: +30-236510-22.595
Special ticketing package for the Archaeological and the Byzantine Museum
of Ioannina: € 4 (reduced: € 2).

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