Archaeological Museum of Mytilene

The Archaeological Museum of Mytilene is a museum in Lesbos in Greece. Initially the Museum turned into housed in a building erected by means of the American Classic Studies School in 1935. Due to geological issues, the stableness of the constructing become broken and, in 1965, the museum's series changed into partially moved to the Bournazos circle of relatives mansion, at the start built in 1912, which turned into received through the Ministry of Culture inside the same year. However, this constructing needed to be renovated as properly, and it wasn't till 1991 that the Museum took its present shape and became officially inaugurated.

The collection includes portions from the past due Neolithic Age until the past due Roman Period. Mytilene was founded inside the 11th century BC via the family Penthilidae, who arrived from Thessaly and dominated the metropolis-nation till a famous insurrection 590–580 BC led with the aid of Pittacus of Mytilene ended their rule. In fact the archaeological and linguistic record may additionally indicate a late Iron Age arrival of Greek.