Pavlos Vrellis Museum of Greek History, Epirus, Greece

5albinutza77 5:00 PM Oct 12, 2022

The work of a god
Where to start??? Words are not enough for my feelings regarding this museum. I have travelled quite a lot around the world, visited many museums. Never, ever been more impressed by any as this museum and even much more impressed by its creator, the magnificent, humble artist, Pavlos Vrellis. Such a complex artist, sculptor, architect, historian, poem writer, builder… you name it, he had it all! Building such a masterpiece from scratch, by himself, in 12 years (starting at the age of 60!!!), is the work of a God! He is one of the reasons why Greeks should be proud to be Greeks and the reason I’m sorry I’m not one! There shouldn’t be a child in Greece that does not visit this museum! It is a visit that will teach children more history in 2 hours than in years of school. Especially in these difficult times when we’re reminded that whoever doesn’t know history is bound to repeat it! A piece of personal advice for visitors: please do yourselves (and your children) a favor and do a bit of a research prior to your visit to the museum. You’ll better understand what you see and you’ll also refresh your history knowledge. Their website (a history book in my opinion) is excellent for this purpose. Greece owes Pavlos Vrellis a page in its history! Greece also owes Pavlos Vrellis museum of History full support (financial, promotion, etc), as this museum is one of the best “instruments” of education for the Hellenic people and not only. The insignificant entrance fee of 6 Eur I presume is set by the managers of the museum with the sole aim of giving access to everybody (who’s interested) to such a masterpiece, and also as a continuation of the creator’s philosophy “Rich is not the wealthy one but the giving one. I am rich myself, for I managed to offer Greeks this piece of work”. Last, but not least, my warmest congratulations to Vrellis family for continuing the magnificent work of the departed, Pavlos Vrellis! It’s easily understandable that keeping open a museum every day of the year (with a 6E entrance fee) is no easy job!

5NikolasKostakis 5:00 PM Apr 27, 2022

Don't miss it!
In my humble opinion this museum is *at least* on a par with Madame Tussauds. And I'm talking about the original "real" London museum as it was some 15 years ago, not the pop culture joke it's now become. Here, wax figures are almost always actors in a tableau of Greek history, from the 17th century (just before the War of Independance from the Ottoman empire) until and including WWII. They are simply magnificent!