Museum of the Olive and Greek Olive Oil, Peloponnese, Greece

4.5 (284 reviews) Sunday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Spent Ranking #1 in Peloponnese Speciality Museums

An unexpected treat - don't miss this gem of a museum

The Museum of the Olive and Greek Olive Oil, in Sparta (Peloponnese), transports you to the culture, history and technology of the olive and olive oil production in the Greek realm, from prehistoric times to the early 20th century. The Museum's objective is to highlight the ineffable relation of the olive with the identity of our country and, more generally, the Mediterranean basin. The olive and olive oil are presented here from different optical angles: the economy, nutrition and the olive's uses, religious worship, art and technology. The Museum of the Olive and Greek Olive Oil offers you the opportunity to see the very first testimonies about the presence of the olive tree and the production of olive oil in Greece: Rare fossilized olive leaves, 50,000-60,000 years old, from the island of Santorini, the oldest findings offering proof of the presence of the olive tree en Greece Linear B Tablets of the 14th century BC (exact replicas), with the first written testimonies about the olive and olive oil.
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Address

129 Othonos Amalias Street, Sparta, Sparta Municipality 231 00 Greece

Mobile

+30 2731 089315

Website

http://www.piop.gr/el/diktuo-mouseiwn/Mouseio-Elias-Kai-Ellinikou-Ladiou/to-mouseio.aspx

Email

[email protected]

Working hours

Monday : 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday :
Wednesday : 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday : 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday : 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday : 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Current local date and time now

Sunday, May 12, 2024, 22:02

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4.5 based on (284 reviews)

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5Maria N 5:00 PM Aug 17, 2019
Cute museum
Really cute museum. Downtown of Sparti. Really nice stuff always smiling. Interesting exhibition. Very affordable ticket for everyone. It’s good for disabled people too. Big space and an elevator!
5andrew h 5:00 PM Oct 1, 2022
Well worth the walk
I wanted to go here from the moment i heard about it. But lacking a car an taxis drivers beeing hit an miss with their pricing i decided to walk. About 3.5h later with legs like lead i walked through the door. The history of Greek olive oil is fasinating. Theres a fair amount to see and all the information is broken down into small but interesting segments. Some of the historic equipment they have on display is so well kept i bet my last pound each and everyone could still fully work and churn out gallons of freash olive oil. As a lover of Greek history its one of the best places to go.