Taxi tour to Ancient Olympia Museum from Katakolo port

The archaeological museum of Olympia one of the most important museums in Greece presents the long history of the most celebrated sanctuary of antiquity, the sanctuary of Zeus father of both gods and men, where the Olympic Games were born. 

The museum building comprises exhibition rooms, auxiliary spaces and storerooms.  The vestibule and twelve exhibition rooms contain objects excavated in the Altis. 

The archaeological museum of Olympia supervised by the seventh Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities was reorganized in 2004 to meet modern museological standards.The archeological museum, was built opposite the excavation site in a valley northwest of the kronion hill and officially opened in 1982.

Except for the central hall, devoted solely to the pediment and metopesculpture from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, and the corner rooms dedicated to the games.  The exhibit galleries are arranged chronologically, proceeding clockwise from the entrance hall from prehistory, the classical period to the Roman.