ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF PELLA
The Archaeological Museum of Pella is a reference point for the history of ancient Macedonia and namely, for the emblematic capital of the kingdom, where Alexander the Great was born.
It opened in 2009 and immediately attracted thousands of visitors from Greece and the rest of the world. It constitutes the main cultural centre of the area through its permanent and temporary exhibitions, educational programmes, lectures, conferences and other cultural events.
Ten characteristic artifacts exhibited in the museum are ten different images testifying the history of the area of Pella
Prehistoric burial. 3rd millennium. NW from the Agora (market place)
Male burial: 550-540 BC. From Archontiko of Pella, a relatively big urban centre of the Archaic and Classical period.
Attic red-figure hydria. Late 5th – early 4th cent. BC. It was used as an urn.
Lead curse tablet. 400 – 359 BC. The text refers magic spell.
Doric capital. About 350 BC. From the Palace.
Marble head of Alexander the Great. Late 4th cent. BC
Mosaic floor depicting the hunt of a lion. Late 4th cent. BC. From Dionysos’ house.
Wall of the “house with the plasters”. Early 3rd cent. BC. It is 5 m. high and depicts various architectural details of the façade of a house with painting.
Figurine of sleeping Eros. 325-300 BC. From a burial of a child at the eastern cemetery of Pella
Mould for the production of a relief skyphos. 1st cent. BC. It is decorated with scenes of the sack of Troy.
Archaeological Museum of Pella. It is located north of the archaeological site and west of the modern settlement. The visit to the Museum constitutes the end of a tour that starts from the archaeological site. The exhibition of the portable finds reveals various aspects of the public and everyday life and contributes to the understanding of the ancient city, which was the capital of the Macedonian kingdom.
Archaeological Museum of Pella. The 1st floor houses the temporary exhibition “Before the Great Capital” with finds from the Pella area dating from the Neolithic era to the transfer of the capital of Macedonia to Pella, around 400 BC.
Archaeological Museum of Pella. The 1st floor houses the temporary exhibition “Reflections of women of ancient Pella”.
Archaeological Museum of Pella. The 1st floor houses the temporary exhibition “Reflections of women of ancient Pella”.
Terracotta female figurine from the Multi-chambered Carved Tomb. Eastern Cemetery of Pella. Archaeological Museum of Pella.
Terracotta complex of Eros and Psyche from the Agora (market place) of Pella. Archaeological Museum of Pella. 1rst century BC.
Terracotta female figurine from the Eastern Cemetery of Pella. 3rd – 2nd cen. BC. Archaeological Museum of Pella
Terracotta female figurine from Thesmophorio. Hellenistic period. Archaeological Museum of Pella
Terracotta female figurine from the Eastern Cemetery of Pella. 3rd-2nd cen. BC. Archaeological Museum of Pella.
Archaeological Museum of Pella. 1st floor. Temporary exhibition “Before the Great Capital” .Burials of the Archaic period from Archontiko.
Prehistoric burial. 3rd millennium. NW from the Agora (market place)
Male burial: 550-540 BC. From Archontiko of Pella, a relatively big urban centre of the Archaic and Classical period.
Attic red-figure hydria. Late 5th – early 4th cent. BC. It was used as an urn.
Lead curse tablet. 400 – 359 BC. The text refers magic spell.
Doric capital. About 350 BC. From the Palace.
Marble head of Alexander the Great. Late 4th cent. BC
Mosaic floor depicting the hunt of a lion. Late 4th cent. BC. From Dionysos’ house.
Wall of the “house with the plasters”. Early 3rd cent. BC. It is 5 m. high and depicts various architectural details of the façade of a house with painting.
Figurine of sleeping Eros. 325-300 BC. From a burial of a child at the eastern cemetery of Pella
Mould for the production of a relief skyphos. 1st cent. BC. It is decorated with scenes of the sack of Troy
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