Things to do in Santorini, South Aegean: The Best Specialty Museums

Using finds from various excavations, this museum traces the course of prehistoric Thira from the late Neolithic to the late Cycladic I period.

Koutsoyannopoulos Wine Museum was awarded among the top 10 Wine Museums of the World. Located on the premises of the Family Winery is the only natural underground wine museum in all of Greece, which has an 8m depth and 300m length (like a Labyrinth). One that visits the Museum will learn on the history of wine making from 1660. Accompanied with one in the museum is an audio guide which is in 22 languages.

The historical tomato factory of D.Nomikos in Vlychada has been transformed into a modern Industrial Tomato Museum, offering its visitors a journey back to the industrial past of Santorini, by guiding them through the cultivation, processing and production of tomato. Given that tomato is one of the most famous and traditional products of Santorini, makes this experience a unique one. In the museum the visitor experiences all the traditional methods followed by the tomato producers of Santorini and at the same time, becomes acquainted with the museum exhibits. These include a full range of the processing machinery dating back to 1890, hand-written account books of the plant, a variety of hand-written notebooks regarding various aspects of the factory, old tools, the first labels used, a dated history of the island of Santorini, its inhabitants and their unique tradition as well as audiovisual material with narrations of people who worked in the plant, witnessing their firsthand experiences of a by-gone industrial era.

Argyros Mansion, the only restored and open to the public mansion in Santorini. In the heart of the island, the village of Messaria, once the winemaking center of Santorini, the part that the delicious vinsanto wine and the commercialization of Santorinian wines gave a different tone in the everyday life of the island with an aura of glamour and wealth that characterized the 19th century.

Explore the first Museum in the world dedicated to the myth of Atlantis! Lost Atlantis is a digital interactive experience, for everyone of age 6 years and older. In our brand new facilities you can re-live the cataclysmic destruction of Atlantis with all your senses in an extraordinary 9D experience, discuss with ancient Philosopher Plato, explore the largest Diorama of Atlantis in the world, follow Plato's journey for the ideal city through an interactive fresco and witness a holographic representation of the geological evolution of Santorini island from the prehistoric ages until today. Learn the story…Live the Myth!

The Cultural Centre “Megaro Gyzi” is housed in Megaro Gyzi, one of the few 17th century old family mansions. The Megaro Gyzi Museum is situated in the Halls of the Cultural Centre, where five Permanent Exhibitions are hosted: An exhibition of authentic engravings with maps, landscapes and dresses of the Cycladic islands from the 15th to 19th century. An exhibition of old manuscripts from late 16th to 19th century. A collection of paintings and photographs of Santorini. Open May through October.