Archaeological Museum of Rhodes, Rhodes: Photos, Reviews & Location

Large, castlelike museum showcasing ancient artifacts & art from the island of Rhodes.

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#6 of 10 Tourist attractions in Rhodes

LocalGuideWorld score: 4.50

0.2 km from the center of Rhodes

Rating breakdown

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What reviewers talk about

Share of 16 recent reviews that mention each topic.

Price & value31%
Location6%

Akti Sachtouri 8, Rodos 851 00, Greece

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Quick facts

What is the rating of Archaeological Museum of Rhodes?: Archaeological Museum of Rhodes is rated 4.5 out of 5 based on 9,297 reviews.
How does Archaeological Museum of Rhodes rank in Rhodes?: Archaeological Museum of Rhodes is #6 of 10 Tourist attractions in Rhodes by LocalGuideWorld score (rating weighted by number of reviews).
Where is Archaeological Museum of Rhodes located?: Akti Sachtouri 8, Rodos 851 00, Greece — 0.2 km from the center of Rhodes.
What do visitors mention most about Archaeological Museum of Rhodes?: Most often: price & value, location (from 16 recent reviews).

Reviews (16)

Conny Gerke 2024 Aug 03

Dieser Ort ist am Eingang von der Innenstadt der Altstadt und wird beim Kauf der Tickets für den Großmeisterpalst mit angeboten. Preis für Palast und Museum 10 Euro. Kinder sind frei...unsere waren 14 Jahre und sind auch so mit rein. Kleines Museum muss man nicht unbedingt sehen. Den Palast schon wegen seiner Größe ist ein "Muss"! zum Erkunden.

Kalle Blom 2024 Jul 30

Kann man sich antun. Wir finden den Garten und die Architektur besonders schön. Die Exponate sind oft nur mäßig beschildert und wenig hilfreich. Kinder bis 17 kommen kostenlos rein. Im Sommer ist es trotz (oder wegen?) der Steinmauern auch im Museum heiß.

Merve Demirci 2024 Jul 30

Buy a combined ticket so that you can see 4 different places for only €10 per person. Nice museum with good selection.

Nick Zandes 2024 Jul 27

A def place to visit when in Rhodes. It's truly spectacular. The whole old city is magic. The museum looks small from the outside but it is huge. It's got so many levels. The art pieces of pottery and smaller items are truly unbelievable. So many centuries ago they thought of all these pieces. A small break on one of the levels at the cafe we stopped for a cold drink, I decided for a granita and the mrs a Greek frappe and a Greek sweet. The garden area is so luscious behind all the wall structures , you would not think it was there. So many beautiful pieces of marble and rock structures were a Site to see. Some of the head stones of the period were great to see with so much detail. A must see. When you buy a ticket for the palace, add a couple more and get tickets for the museum as well. Both are a must visite

Pe NO 2024 Jul 21

Der Garten war sowas von ungepflegt, in allen Ecken haufenweise abgestorbene Pflanzenreste und Sand. Die Mosaike waren abgesperrt damit niemand drauftreten kann, aber da wächst ordentlich das Gras raus in den dreckigen Zwischenräumen. Aber im Innenhof, da Wachen zwei Personen damit niemand auf die Lose aufgetürmten Steinkugeln sitzt. Aber die 6 Euro Eintritt waren es wert.Es gibt auch eine Kombi Karte für den Großmeister Palast.

The Frameshifter 2024 Jun 29

A classic archaeological museum with many finds, beautiful mosaics and myriads of statues. There is also a nice garden. The ticket costs 6 euros and the visit lasts about 30 minutes.

Cattie Göransson 2024 Jun 15

It's worth a visit!! We bought the ticket for 10 euros to visit both the palace and all the museums. This museum was amazing! Just go! BUT, I think it was 2 exhibitions that close around 17.00 though the museum itself close at 20.00 so go before 17 if you want to check out one of these specific exhibitions, you can have a look at the website when they are open.

lunar_ magick 2024 Jun 13

I never realised how huge this place was! €6 single ticket . If you buy a ticket to the knights castle for an extra €2 you can get a ticket for here, but I'd recommend doing them on separate days as there's SO much to see at the archeological museum. There's an indoors and outdoors to it, a garden and courtyard and upper floors, with different rooms in. It genuinely went on and on, I ended up there for about 5 or 6 hours on my own there was so much to see. Good amount of shade here for a hot day, some exhibition rooms were cooler than others, loads of different exhibitions (no pics so you can see for yourself!)
They do have toilets here and there's a café here too. I'm not sure about wheelchair accessibility to everywhere (e.g the gardens) but they do have a disabled entrance (assuming via lift) another small side note I know in mainland Greece it's illegal to wear heels to historical sites with monuments so I'd assume the same here.

Maggie Pinkney 2023 Oct 22

Beautiful and much larger than I expected.
Gardens are lovely and places to sit in the shade.
Small cafe too.
Well worth a visit

Daniel Rak 2023 Oct 05

Good place to take a walk in. 10€ ticket for this museum and the palace. Can be visited on the next day after going to the palace. A lot of old statues, stones etc.
Worth going!

Yasemin Kaya 2023 Sep 23

This museum is in the heart of the Rhodes' Medieval City. We were passing by during the weekend and despite the €6 entrance price, we could enter free (together with many others). It was really nice to visit and learn a lot more in the history and culture.
From Wikipedia: The museum is housed in the monumental edifice that was the hospital of the Knights of Saint John. Construction was begun in 1440 and brought to completion in the time of the Grand Master d'Aubusson (1476-1503). The Museum contains various collections of archaeological artifacts from various parts of Rhodes and the neighbouring islands, including the Statue of the Crouching Aphrodite (1st century BC)

James Donkin 2023 Aug 19

You can buy a ticket which covers both this and the Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes and lasts for 3-4 days. The best part of the museum are the gardens where the exhibits come over really well in context.

j dellis 2023 Aug 08

Great little museum with many ancient relics. History buffs will love the antiquities that are all over the place and there are many you can touch. Gets hot in summer, bring sone water while walking the multiple rooms, halls, and what looks like burial chambers

Irina Leskinen 2023 Jul 22

You will find some of the exhibits in the open air, and some on the second floor, located in many small rooms. Also there is the crypt with the tomb stones of the dead knights. If you enjoy looking at small antiques and reading their labels, you'll love it. My teenage child was not very interested. We were in July and used combo tickets. 10€ with other places, child was free

Matt Llew 2023 Jul 15

Not a great collection, and sadly a real lack of any real context to what the pieces mean, and what they teach us about historic Rhodes. A 3-4 scattered panels give you a real quick deep dive into Rhodes’ history, but most of the written text is describing the appearance of the object which you can already see, in clumsy English.
I’m a museum fan and I was very bored, you should skip the entire top floor if you’ve ever seen a Greek pot or vase before and take the stairs up next to the toilets to see the open air mosaics and amazing garden.
Some crusader gravestones and Greek statues are in the large upper room next to this garden, fairly interesting, with a restored home in the garden, which again has sparse information or access. A clear lack of investment is sadly obvious here.