GREECE MACEDONIA EMATHIA VERGINA MUSEUM

Above: The glass-roofed atrium of the Polycentric Museum hosts a 30-meter-long reconstruction of the upper floor of the 4th century BC palace of Philip II.

The Polycentric Museum at the northwestern end of Vergina, inaugurated in 2022, showcases finds from ancient Aigai. But honestly, I found the visit overall disappointing. There is really an incredible number of artifacts and there are also information panels. But the general information provided there is something I could easily have missed. What I did not find were detailled information about the individual objects. Is this the new concept of an archaeological museum? I prefer e.g. that of the newly refurbished museum of Nafplion.

Left: Columns probably of the palace of Philip II.

Above left: Funerary relief stele depicting a warrior (430 - 420 BC) from the Royal Tumulus. - Above centre and right: Statue of queen Eurydike (350 BC) from the Sanctuary of Eukleia.

Below left: Head of a young man (325 - 300 BC) from Aigai. - Below centre: Head of a young man (340 - 330 BC) from the Sanctuary of Eukleia. - Below right: Head of a young woman or goddess (340 - 330 BC) also from the Sanctuary of Eukleia.

Above: Relief frieze with a chariot race scene (325 - 300 BC) from Aigai. - Below left: Part of a statue of a peplophoros (350 - 325 BC) from Stenimachos. - Below right: Architectural relief with floral decoration (late 4th century BC) from Aigai.