Symi Island, Dodecanese, Greece
The Naval Museum of Symi is located in Gialos, just 2 km from the main town. The museum was established in 1983 and in 1990 it found its home inside an elegant neoclassical house, where the central shipyards of Symi were housed in the past. The Museum displays old maps, ship models, diver SUITS, nautical tools and other exhibits that depict the long marine and sponge-fishing tradition of the island. In fact, there is a special section dedicated to sponge diving with exhibits including diving suits, diving machines for oxygen production, a collection of sponges, diving stones and others. The museum also hosts paintings and wooden-carved sailboats of the craftsman Antonis Polias.
Location: 85600 Gialos, Symi, Greece
Telephone: +30 22460 72363
Telephone: +30 22460 72363