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It is a wonderful - from an architectural point of view - mansion, built in 1912, in the eclectic style near the southern port. Inside the central building statuettes, ceramics and jewels belonging to the Prehistoric - Roman times are exhibited.

At a secondary building inside the yard, heavy archaeological finds are exhibited including among others the unique Aeolian capitals from Klopedi's ancient temples, the most significant of the inscriptions found, tombstones, reliefs, statues and coins from the Archaic to the Roman years.

The Museum also has the following collections: finds from the excavations made by the K' Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities in all of Lesvos, finds from the excavation that took place at the cave of Agios Vartholomeus and exhibits that have been donated to the Museum by private individuals: Simantiri, Grimani, Alatza, Lagou, Binou collections and others.

It is housed in a modern building near the old one of the Archaeological Museum. Its construction was finished in 1995.

It houses a permanent exhibition on "Lesvos from the Hellenistic to Roman Times", which opened in 1999 and aims at giving the visitor a picture of the life-style in Lesvos from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD.

The exhibition presents villas with artistic mosaic floors, sculptures and items of daily use. The exhibition is accompanied with explanatory texts, maps and models that contribute to the better understanding of the exhibits.

The Museum includes: Hellenistic-Roman sculptures (artistically sculptured tombstones, statues and busts) as well as mosaic floors and frescoes from the luxurious villas brought to light by the excavations at the hill of Ayia Kyriaki - evidence of the significant economic development of the island in the Hellenistic period.