Inaugurated by Alternate Culture Minister Kostas Stratis over the weekend, the museum, currently housed in Niokastro’s renovated Maizonos building, “will serve as a multipurpose cultural space that will together with existing monuments, museums and exhibitions complement and highlight the historical, religious, architectural and cultural unity of Pylos with the wider region”, the culture ministry said in a statement.

The new museum will showcase archaeological finds dating back to Prehistoric times throughout the region’s history with the aid of innovative presentation methods and digital applications.