Diachronic Museum of Larissa

The Diachronic Museum of Larissa, inaugurated in 2015 on Mezourlo Hill, presents a linear narrative of Thessalian history from the Paleolithic era to the 19th century. Its permanent exhibition of some 2,000 objects is organised into eight sections, including the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages, Archaic and Classical, Hellenistic and Roman, Early Christian, Byzantine and Ottoman periods. The museum’s renowned Neolithic collection is the largest in Greece, featuring figurines, stone tools and fossilised bones from the banks of the Pinios River. Other exhibits include archaic and classical finds, early Christian mosaics, Ottoman tombstones, coins, jewellery and a menhir. The display explores the institutional organisation of Larissa and nearby cities, focusing on concepts of state and authority across 10,000 years.