Shells
Collections of shells and corals, from known or unknown species, dredged out of the sea kingdom sea, some of them mysterious, other strange and many of them familiar to humans.
Minerals
In the enchanting world of minerals that were created in the underground laboratories of nature within the centuries, we have the opportunity to admire, envision and create. Minerals of copper, sulfur, iron and compositions of numerous elements, offer with their gleam, their colors, their luster, their uniqueness and their brilliance, the joy of collection, they promote the scientific research, study and knowledge. Their use and processing are so old as the human civilization. They were used as jewels, amulets, seals, as means of transactions and occultism, as figurines, but also as distinguished pieces in known or unknown historical collections. They faithfully accompanied the eventful evolution of the human race and they have been proved to be an admirable background in its artistic expression. Here we see minerals, from the Hellenic and the international region, such as: azurites, malachites, vanadinites, quartzs, e.t.c and minerals mainly from the region of Lavrion, a region internationally known as a geological phenomenon.
Tools
Collections of stone tools, of various rungs and uses. Tools that were manufactured and used by Early Men as well as tools of tracking and collecting mineral wealth.
The Founders
Vasileios N. Kotsiomitis Anastasia Poth. Sarri
The creation of the Museum was the outcome of all the thoughts, the actions and the discoveries of the previous years.
Having a large collection of rare and unique finds (minerals and fossils) in our hands mainly from Greece, collected and acquired with the effort, love and the seeking spirit of true collectors, and with the purpose of sharing our knowledge and passion, we decided to create this Museum and thus make our own contribution to our country.
Exclusively based on our means and with hard personal work we enacted our vision considering that it concerned more people than us. With the guidance of our deep love for what we have created we remain stable to our purposes, dealing at all times with the difficulties and the cost of such an activity, while we fathom that in this place with the unique grandeur and all its difficulties, we must constantly fight in order to get appropriate support and the means to offer.
The scientific world, supports our effort, by recognizing, classifying and confirming the scientific value of the findings.
All Greeks should come in contact with these treasures of the earth in order to gain the knowledge needed for the maintenance of all the unknown wealth of this country.
We do not see ourselves as privileged trustees of these magical treasures fermented through the natural processes that took place during the formation of the Ground, but we love them, we recognize their value, their timeless significance, and we prospect to reconstitute their place in the conscience and the cultural activities of our country.
If we come closer to nature we will realize that it has great stories to say. Lets love nature and respect it because it is the only source of life.
The Founders
Vasileios Nik. Kotsiomtitis
Anastasia Poth. Sarri
Insects
The insects appeared in the animal’s world in an ancient era and they remain impact till today, coming in complicated figures, so that some of them remind us shielded machines. Small sized, of appealing or rather scary appearance they organize their societies in parallel with human societies.
