Museums – Galleries
Archaeological Museum of Messinia
It is situated in the Historic Center, just where the old City Market once was placed. This is a building where findings from all over Messinia are modernly displayed in sections that follow space and time divisions. It covers the course of history in the region from Prehistory up to the Byzantine years.
Benaki and Agiou loanni streets
Τ. 2721083485
Historical and Folklore Museum of Kalamata
It is located in the Historic Center and gives visitors the opportunity to engage with the more recent (pre-industrial) past of the city: the people’s everyday life in Kalamata, agricultural artisanship, the art of weaving, pottery and urban professions.
Agiou loanni and Kyriakou streets
Τ. 27210 28449
Military Museum of Kalamata
The museum, through various displays, texts, photographic and audiovisual material, narrates the Greek military history, from the Greek War of Independence of 1821 to the present day. It lies in the Historic Center.
10 Mitropolitou Meletiou street
Τ. 27210 21219
Contemporary Greek Art Gallery
It is housed in the Municipal Cultural Center and counts more than 430 works of art (paintings, drawings, engravings, constructions, sculptures) by eminent 20th century Greek painters and local artists.
33 Aristomenous street
Τ. 27210 22607
Municipal Gallery “A. Tassos”
It is situated in the Historic Center and includes works of art by the Messinian engraver A. Tassos, as well as 350 works of various art movements that were offered to the city by Greek artists following the devastating 1986 earthquakes.
