Giannouli Halepa



The space that houses the Giannoulis Halepas Museum was once the home of the sculpture legend.



Exploring the well-preserved house-museum creates the feeling that Giannoulis just left a moment ago, even though more than 70 years have passed since he "left."


The clothes hanging in the closet, his personal belongings left as they were, the bedroom, his workshop — they all carry memories from the period (1902-30) when the eminent Greek sculptor lived in Pyrgos.


His mind led him down dangerous paths, but it never managed to restrict his creativity. Some of Halepas' most significant works, his own sketches, and photographic material complement the museum's precious collection.


Location: It is situated in the village of Pyrgos, at the main entrance of the village, next to the Museum of Panormitans Artists."


Opening hours: daily 11:00-14:30 and 17:30-21:00.

Entrance €3.



Museum of Marble Arts and Crafts



The Museum offers a captivating exploration of the techniques and artistry behind marble, a material deeply embedded in Greek architecture and art from ancient times to the present.



Through intricate displays, it unveils the instrumental tools and methods employed in working with marble. Simultaneously, the museum sheds light on the socio-economic backdrop of pre-industrial and early industrial Tinos, the prominent hub of marble carving in modern Greece. By delving into the local workshops, it illuminates the historical context in which these artisans flourished.

The permanent exhibition showcases a diverse array of original marble artifacts, spanning secular, religious, funerary, and everyday objects. Visitors can admire intricately carved doorways, fountains, coats of arms, corbels, shrines, mortars, and more. The collection also includes clay models, plaster copies, quarrying and marble working tools, mechanical equipment, archival materials, and an extensive compilation of drawings by skilled marble craftsmen from Greece's past.

Complementing these exhibits, immersive displays depict a functioning quarry, marble carving workshops, and even the assembly of a bishop's throne. This allows visitors to gain insights into traditional techniques and processes related to marble extraction, pre-processing, and transportation, as well as the shaping and placement of marble in construction. In essence, it unveils the fascinating journey from raw material to finished masterpiece.


Entrance €3.



Museum of Costas Tsoclis



The spectrum of Fine Arts of the Aegean Sea has recently been enriched with the Costas Tsoclis museum, in Tinos.



The former primary school of Kambos village in Tinos, formely deserted by students, has recently been extended and reused as the space that houses Kostas Tsocli’s works of art. The Costas Tsoclis museum, dedicated to the people of Tinos, adapts to new museological requirements and returns the “space”, it borrows, to knowledge redefined in the light of the artistic eye.


St. George with the dragon welcomes the visitor in the courtyard, while the architecture of the building has been designed by Manos Perrakis in absolute accordance with the aesthetics of the island where the white color and the stone play a dominating role.


Costas Tsoclis envisioned this museum as his spiritual child and it is in this museum where we will be able to see not only his work ever renewed but also references to the work of other artists with whom he followed parallel paths. Mostly, however, the museum can be seen as a form of his own biography.



Opening hours: daily 10:00-14:00 and 18:00-21:00. Tuesdays closed



Folk Museum of the Monastery of Jesuits



The Folk Museum of the Monastery of Jesuits is housed in the Jesuit monastery in the village of Loutra.



Created in August 1994, it gathers items of daily routine of the monks in the past, and, also, religious artifacts.


Among the exhibits dating back to the 19th century are included:

  • Agricultural tools
  • Traditional oil mill
  • Wine press and raki retort
  • Tools for timepieces, furniture and footwear
  • Projectors (from painted glass plates to slides)
  • Sacred vessels and vestments
  • Marble pieces coming from antiquity and the Venetian rule

Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday 10:00-15:00. Monday closed
Free Entrance



Archaeological Museum of Tinos



The Archaeological Museum of Tinos was built in the 1960s at the expense of the Archaeological Society, on the main road of Chora leading to the church of Our Lady of the Annunciation (Panagia).



The cultural background of Tinos was formed as early as the 7th century BC. Particularly important is the existence of the laboratory of jars on the island. The relief decoration is of unique style, and the mythological scenes from the cycle of Theogony depict and highlight the beliefs and religious developments of the time. It is the first time relief pottery workshops are being mentioned and what more, such products are probably exported to the neighboring islands (Mykonos, Andros).


In 1950, a great temple (the temple of Demeter and her daughter) of the 7th century BC, comes into light. It was situated at the foothills of Xompourgo and was dedicated to the goddess Demeter, the goddess of vegetation and the dead. It was where the aforementioned storage jars were found.


Displayed in the museum, there are many funerary vases of the Geometric period (10th-8th century. BC) and pottery for everyday use (6th-2nd century. BC). One can even find sculptures, mainly heads of the Hellenistic times and Roman copies, as well.


The exhibition includes original works of carved tombstones, with its main exhibit being that of a relief, showing a garment chest, from the Archaic cemetery of Xompourgo, the highest point of the island that was formerly the center of Tinos.


Everyday open, 08:30-15:30 closed: Tuesdays

Entrance €2.