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The Archaeological Museum of Pythagorio is housed in the ground floor of a municipal building that dates back to the first 20 years of 21st century. The museum includes a collection of archaic columns, a collection of Roman emperor portraits and a grave collection. The most important exhibits are:

The marble seated statue of Aiaki. On a sign it is reported that the statue was dedicated to Ira by Aiaki, father of Polykratis, from the piracy profits he had earned. It was found in the Pythagorean round 540 B.C.

The big monumental sarcophagus made of marble in the type of temple-like building constructed in the second half of 6th century B.C.

Small sepulchral column with the sign: “DIAGORO THE GDILO”. 530 B.C.

A marble sepulchral column was found at Chora, in 500/490 of B.C.

The marble statue of emperor Traianos, of supernatural size with height 2.71 m. The marble portrait of August, at the height of 0,49 m. The marble portrait of Klaudius, at the height of 0,53 m.