Tinos Marble Museum

The museum of marble crafts outside the village of pyrgos in tinos presents the history of marble crafting on the island from the ancient times till today.

Tinos marble museum.

Drive a real city bus walk the plank on a pirate ship make a birdhouse using real tools kids connect communicate create and learn through extraordinary adventures in play at marbles kids museum in downtown raleigh. Combine it with the smaller museum right next to it that has changing exhibitions and the chalepas. The museum of marble crafts in pyrgos tinos balances between the technological and historical framework with the island always being the principal point of reference. On march 15 2017 the 4 th in a series of trial exercises sponsored by the national hellenic museum 333 s.

Halsted chicago took place to a packed audience of 800 in the rubloff auditorium of the art institute of chicago 230 s. If you think marble is beautiful and elegant like i do then you must go to this unique place on tinos island. Immerse yourself in the five thousand year history of marble carving in greece on the beautiful cycladic island of tinos. We offer two and three week intensive workshops may through october for artists at all levels of stone carving experience.

Tinos is an island with rich marble quarries and this is why it gave birth to so many marble sculptors like giannoulis chalepas and others. The marble village on tinos in pyrgos marble is everywhere. Book your tickets online for the top things to do in tinos greece on tripadvisor. Find what to do today this weekend or in september.

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The museum of marble crafts of the piraeus bank group cultural foundation piop is located at pirgos in tinos a major art centre that has produced many significant greek artists including the sculptors gianoulis halepas and dimitris filippotis. It s not a large museum just right for a visit for everyone from families with children to adults. Very educational modern museum loved this museum that explains clearly how the marble crafts evolved in tinos. Tinos s museum of marble crafts houses an impressive collection of authentic artifacts such as secular ecclesiastical funerary and everyday objects made of marble door lintels fountains family crests corbels shrines mortars and more.

The museum of marble crafts in tinos cyclades. Deductions in space and time connect local tradition to the overall greek world expressing the timelessness of techniques from the ancient times to the present.