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MUSEUMS

Folklore Museum

In Apollonia (in the main square, the Heroon Square) there is a folklore museum owned by the Association of Sifnian people, including exhibits of the island's everyday traditional life, such as agricultural tools, house utensils, local costumes etc. Some of the most important exhibits include the collection of old costumes, collection of swords and rifles, house utensils etc.

Archaeological Museum

In Castro there is an archaeological museum with an exhibition of a collection of archaic and Hellenistic sculptures. It was renovated at the beginning of the 1980's and has been operating regularly since 1986. Most important exhibits are: sculptures (tomb sculptures, statues, architectural members etc) from the Archaic to the Roman era (6th century B.C. - 1st century B.C.), ceramics, coins and a marble Ionic capital, 6th century B.C. etc.