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Although founded in 1935 a wide reformation
was made in 1966. Nowadays the collections that the visitor can find are the
following:
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A fine collection of sculptured grave monuments of the 5th
and 4th centuries B.C.
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Dedicatory relieves of the 5th and 4th centuries B.C. from
Piraeus.
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A statue of the Mother of the Gods of the 4th century B.C.
from Moschato and a shrine (naiskos) from Piraeus.
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Bronze statues of the Classical period from Piraeus.
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Pottery from excavations in Piraeus, Salamis and the west
coast.
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Hellenistic and Roman sculpture from Piraeus.
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Neoattic relief plaques from a shipwreck of the 2nd century
AC.
Between them there are some masterpieces,
according to the catalogue the most important exhibits of the Museum are:
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Specially important are the four bronze statues founded
in Piraeus in 1959:
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Bronze statue of Apollo. Dated to the archaic period (end
of the 6th century B.C.) |
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Bronze Statue of Athena. Dated in the 4th century B.C. |
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Grave stele showing two young hoplites of the Peloponnesian
War (420-410 B.C.) |
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Dedicatory relief to Asklepios, 4th century B.C. |
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Grave stele of the hoplite Pancharos from the battle of
Chaironeia (338 B.C.)
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Two Bronze statues of Artemis. Dated in the 4th century
B.C.
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Bronze tragic mask of the 4th century B.C.
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Grave monument (mausoleum type) from Kallithea.
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Neoattic relief slab with a scene from the shield of the
chryselephantine Athena by Phidias (2nd century B.C.)
    
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