Museum of History and Archives
The Museum of History and Archives
of Hydra, operates daily.
There are: Α. File
Department, Β. Museum department
and Γ. Library.
At the ground floor are displayed exhibits
from the Balcan and first and second World Wars.
In the floor it runs a picture-gallery
and are displayed heirlooms and souvenirs from the Greek
Revolution.
In the Museum, it
is also housed the public Library of Hydra with old
and valuable books, codes and archives from 18th and 19th century,
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Ecclesiastic
and Byzantine Museum
to the Church of Dormition.
The Museum is housed to the Church of Dormition, where the old prison
used to be. It is a small Ecclesiastic and Byzantine Museum, in which
are displayed canonicals, relics, oblations and icons from the 18th century.
Among its beautiful exhibits one can admire the icon from 1774 of
Virgin Mary "Unwithered Rose".
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Outlier of the National Historic Museum
Manor of Lazaros Kountouriotis
Inside the
Manor of Lazaros Kountouriotis are displayed
family heirlooms, personal belongings, paintings and
exhibits from the folkoric and historical collections,
which belong to the National Museum of History.
In the ground floor, the
visitor can see various painting from the artists Periklis and
Konstantinos Byzantios.
In the floor there are exhibits
of old furniture, mirrors, portraits and family heirlooms
of thefamily
Kountouriotis.
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After-Byzantine
Art Museum
Manor of George Kountouriotis
The Manor of George Kountouriotis is located to the
west side of the harbour, to the bank of the hill, between the pine trees.
In 1991 the three stories tall Manor was bought from
the Ministry of Culture and then it operated as a Museum.
Inside there are exhibits of family heirlooms and exhibits
from the newest history of Hydra.
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School
of Art in Hydra
To the west of the town there is the four storey building
Manor of Tobazi, which is being owned by the School of Art.
The School of Art of Hydra island is near the statue
of Kountouriotis.
In the interior of the Manor there are paintings with
battleships and historical events, hanging on the walls.
There had been stayed most importand personalities of
the Art and Literature, like Chagall and the writer Daninos.
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Art
Gallery and Concert
"Melina Mercouri"
West of the statue of A. Miaouli, at the beginning of
the beach of the harbor, is the art gallery and concert "Melina
Mercouri".
Every year, especially every summer, the cultural hall "Melina
Mercouri" host exhibitions and organized lectures, concerts and
cultural evenings, under the auspices of the Municipality of Hydra.
In the room are hosted throughout the year by well-known
artists.
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Merchant
Marine Academy
The National Merchant Marine Academy is
the first Marine Academy in Greece and proud successor of the
Greece marine tradition.
The Academy started to operate in 1749.
At first it was a school with the name "Saint Nikolaos" and
from the 1800 it operated as Merchant Marine Academy of
Hydra with initiative from the eldership of the island.
From 1930 the Academy is situated to the Manor where Anastasios
Tsamados and Athanasios Koulouras used to live.
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Places
of Art in Hydra
Showroom "DESTE Foundation" inaugurated
in June 2009 in the old slaughterhouses of Hydra, which granted by
the municipality.
At the Manor of Sahtouris,
the artist Dimitris Antonitsis organizes, for over ten years,
novel thematic exhibitions.
During the summer the
gallery "Pauline Karpida" exhibits works from emerging artists
from around the world.
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