archaeological museum of marathon

This incredible Museum is lost in a quiet rural location within close distance to the renown tumulus (grave mound) of Marathon. The exhibits cover a time span from the Prehistoric to the Late Roman era and derive from the excavated sites, mainly cemeteries of the region.The Museum is open from 8.30 to 15.00 every day except Monday. The ticket costs only 3€ and you can get in every other museum or tumulus site in the Marathon area during the same day.I have found more information on this site http://www.visitmarathon.gr/index.php/en/archaeological-museum-of-marathon114, Plataion Street, 19007 VRANAS , MARATHONAS , GREECE These are the coordinates for your GPS : N38.12220 E 23.94784In Museum Collection you will find:• Pottery of the Neolithic Period from the Cave of Pan, Early Cycladic pottery from the cemetery at Tsepi and Middle Helladic pottery from the cemetery at Vrana• Pottery from the area of Marathon datable from Geometric to Classical periods• The finds from the tumulus of Marathon.•Grave reliefs, statues, dedicatory inscriptions and boundary stones from the area of Marathon.• Statues and architectural parts from the Egyptian sanctuary at Brexila (2nd century A.D.). Among the most important exhibits of the Museum are:• The Ionic capital, part of the trophy that was erected after the battle of Marathon (490 B.C.) in memory of the deceased Plataieis.• Marble stele with inscriptions on both sides. On one side the text refers probably to the reforms of Kleisthenes, the father of the Athenian Democracy, and on the other the ordinance for the completing of the Herakleion of Marathon.• Funerary Panathenaic Amphora from the area of Vrana. Dated in the 4th century B.C.• Statue of of a lying deity from the Pytheion at Oinoe. Dated in the 2nd century A.C.• Egyptianising statues from the gate of the Egyptian sanctuary at Brexila. It is dated in the 2nd century A.C. • Head of Herodes Atticus from the Tumulus. Dated in the 2nd century B.C.After you have visited the museum, you can ask the curators to visit the Meso Elladiko Cemetery with wooden path and bridges to admire three tumulus with tombs dated 2000-1500 B.C. After, following a 150mt path in the grass you will reach the tumulus where 11 brave warriors were buried after the battle of Marathon.Absolutely not to be missed, it is part of the history of all of us.

We were delivered at the museum by taxi from downtown. We were staying in Athens and so needed the bus back. Our driver informed us that the bus stop was 3km from the museum and that there was no stop at the museum itself.The museum is tiny (hardly more that 3 rooms) there is no audio-visual about the battle and we were essentially finished there in about 20 minutes. The Marathon Run Museum had better coverage of the battle than this place did.The museum personnel were very helpful and accommodating and one gave us a ride back to the bus stop when a taxi refused to come for us.

The museum isn't huge, but well-worth a visit. They have a collection of Egyptian sculptures found nearby as well as my favorite grave stele in all Greece - an image of two farmer brothers.

The Archeological museum of Marathon is situated about 5 kilometers north from the Tumulus of the Athenians in Marathon. It is not very large but has an interesting collection on display, including pottery, ceramics, statues from the Sanctuary of the Egyptian gods in the area and others. Inside the same enclosure there are the Funerary Tumulus of the Plataeans who fell in the great Battle, and inside the sheltered area, the Middle Helladic tumuli.The combined ticket costs 3 Euro and is valid for Museum, the Tumulus, and other archeological sites of Marathom

When you visit the battle site of Marathon, just make sure you drive a few kilometers to the north in order to visit the Archaelogical Museum of Marathon. It is small, but very well organized and gives you a very good idea of the period from the 6th century BC to the Roman times.

Blisko Nea Makri ,autobusem od hotelu Golden Coast zaledwie 7 km.Akcenty polskie w Muzeum ,polecam;)

Il museo non è molto grande ma il percorso espositivo è ben organizzato. Molto interessanti i reperti esposti dalla ceramica preistorica a quella geometrica, dai rilievi di epoca romana alla decorazione scultorea del santuario egizio. Dovrebbe essere più pubblicizzato.

το αρχαιολογικό μουσείο μαραθώνα είναι μια υπέροχη κατασκευή , εμ όμορφους χώρους και πολύτιμα ευρήματα, αλλά δυστυχώς χωρίς καμία προβολή και συντήρηση

Il Museo Archeologico ospita una piccola collezione di oggetti ritrovati sul campo di battaglia, urne, lapidi innalzate dagli antichi greci a memoria della vittoria. Alle spalle del museo si trova la Collina dei Plateesi dove sono sepolti gli undici soldati plateesi caduti in battaglia al fianco dell'esercito ateniese. Niente di eccezionale ma se si è in visita al luogo della storica battaglia ci si può soffermare anche perché il biglietto è cumulativo con il tumulo.

Me atendieron excelente, hasta transporte me ofrecieron. Me llevaron a conocer unas tumbas que están en un sector techado. En cuanto a lo que puedes ver, recomiendo 100% que vayan si andan en Maratón, porque ahí verán los hallazgos de varios sitios arqueológicos del sector, como la Tumba de Maratón y el Santuario egipcio (este último cerrado actualmente). Este museo completará su experiencia si van también a ver la Tumba de Maratón, le da sentido y forma a todo.