The Archaeological Museum of Mystras, Laconia, is a unique exhibition space closely connected to the Byzantine settlement and the history of the Despotate of the Morea. The first informal museum was established in the late 19th century in the eastern wing of the metropolitan complex by the French Byzantinist Gabriel Millet. There, sculptural architectural members from the churches of Mystras were placed, while in the early 20th century the collection was enriched through the contribution of the Metropolitan of Sparta, Theoklitos Minopoulos. The museum was officially founded in 1952, when the antiquities curator was Nikolaos Drandakis, and the collection was transferred to the western wing of the metropolitan complex. On the upper floor, objects of minor arts were displayed, mostly originating from excavations in the area, as well as portable icons, while on the ground floor the earlier sculpture collection was enriched with Byzantine artifacts transferred from the Sparta Museum.
At that time, the exhibition was also extended to the semi-open and courtyard areas of the complex, continuing a practice already initiated by figures such as Metropolitan Ananias Lambardis, who, as a lover of ancient art, ensured that sculptural remains were incorporated into the building’s façades, highlighting them in situ. Thus, the museum and the metropolitan complex form a unified narrative of Mystras’ Byzantine and post-Byzantine heritage.

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