Museums

Museums

During your stay on the island, you can visit the following museums and sightseeings:
Museums:

  • Archaeological museum
  • Historical and folklore museum
  • Aphea Temple (around the temple of Aphèa)
  • Christos Kapralos Museum
  • Governor’s Kapodistrias Residence

In the town of Aegina also call in at:
Markellos Tower (built by Markellos, a 1821 War of Independence hero and later Governor of the island, which now houses the Kapodistrias Spiritual Center), Kapodistrias Orphanage (the first public building during Kapodistrias’ administration), Eunardeio (a 1829 building in Doric style) and Aegina Cathedral (the first Cathedral of the Modern Greek State; it also housed Kapodistria’s Government and the first parliament of the modern Greek State).