Museum of Prehistoric Thera

A beautifully curated museum that brings ancient Thera to life. The frescoes are stunning, especially the Spring and Blue Monkeys, and the explanations are clear and engaging. It’s not large, but every room is rich in history and well-presented. A must-visit in Santorini for anyone interested in archaeology or Cycladic culture.

Great museum! All the artifacts nicely laid out with excellent lighting and descriptions in English. It was very neat to see the ancient artwork! Just be sure to also visit the ancient ruins in Akotiri. It pulls it altogether and completes the journey you will experience!

Beautiful! The frescoes are awe-inspiring. Good interpretation and lots to enjoy. I really enjoyed my visit to this museum!

An interesting, small museum — the visit will take less than an hour. The €10 entrance fee is greatly overpriced. There’s a toilet inside, but it’s poorly cleaned and has an unpleasant smell. The air conditioning barely works, making the halls stuffy, especially on the basement level. Nice place, but too expensive.

Very good. Being indoors was a bonus so you're not in the sun! Found out afterwards that you can buy a ticket which includes the museum in Fira but the cost isn't too much when buying separately. Staff were very friendly. Unfortunately when we visited we were not able to walk between the ruins due to the earthquakes earlier in the year and the possibility of more but still an amazing visit.

Worth a visit, especially for a bad-weather-day. We were the only guests and the staff kept following us around at all times. Being the only ones in the museum was kind of nice. But having someone watching you constantly didn't feel too good. The artifacts are arranged nicely, and the written explanations are helpful, albeit sometimes a bit broad and unspecific.

Fascinating museum that we went to the day after going to Akrotiri and so so saw the artifacts and wall paintings that were found at that site and referred to in the information boards around the site. Beautiful things, their homes must have been stunning - or at least those of the better off. The museum shows them off really well. Not huge - took us around an hour - but well worth seeing. Puts the site in context.

Fascinating museum. Not expensive to get in and ticket options are available to save money if you're likely to be visiting multiple museums when on Santorini. Some amazing artifacts to be seen here including a gold goat discovered as recently as 1999. Well worth a visit.