The Aegean Maritime Museum was founded in 1988, by the shipowner Georgios M. Drakopoulos It is housed in a traditional 19th-century building right in the center of the Mykonian Chora, next to Lena's House. The building previously belonged to the legendary Mykonian Captain Nicholas Sourmeli, who aided with his ship the Cretans in their struggle against the Turks.

Within the halls of the Aegean Maritime Museum the whole maritime history of the island of Mykonos unfolds, starting from the time of the Cycladic civilization and reaching almost to modern times. Ancient coins with maritime themes, amphorae from wrecks and brass instruments for navigation, offer a taste of the ancient times, and there is also a room dedicated to the revolution of 1821, with ship models, engravings, prints and manuscripts of the time. This naval journey ends with a room dedicated to the 18th and 19th century ships.

In the Aegean Maritime Museum's garden, visitors can admire, among other exhibits, the original mechanism of Faros Armenistis - Lighthouse Armenistis ( a construct of Sauter -Lemonier, winning in the International Paris Exhibition) that operated up to 1983.

Apart from saving the mechanism of Faros Armenistis - Lighthouse Armenistis, the Maritime Museum took great care into preserving and restoring the traditional sailing ship "Evagelistria"and the cable steamer "Thales of Miletus", both located in Marina Flisvos in Paleo Faliro.

More information concerning the Aegean Maritime Museum, Enoplon Dinameon 10 with Postal Code 846 00,, you can call the tel. 22890 -22700.