Archaeological museum of Volos, Archaeological museum in Volos, Greece

The Archaeological Museum of Volos, also called the Athanasakeion, occupies a neoclassical building constructed in 1909 and financed by Alexios Athanassakis, a merchant from Portaria. Its displays cover Thessaly from the Palaeolithic to Roman times, with Neolithic jewellery, tools and clay figurines from Dimini and Sesklo, Geometric-period objects, Classical statues and jointed figurines, painted Hellenistic grave steles from Demetrias, and Early Christian and Byzantine reliefs. Whole tombs were moved here with their skeletons and grave offerings.

The neoclassical building was completed in 1909 with funding from Alexios Athanassakis, a merchant from Portaria, who donated it to the Greek State. Its first collection consisted of painted funerary steles from Demetrias, excavated by A. S. Arvanitopoulos. In 1961 Dimitrios R. Theocharis reorganized the displays, and after a 2004 reinstallation the museum presents finds from Magnesia spanning the Palaeolithic to Roman times.

The museum's first collection consisted of painted funerary stelae from Demetrias, excavated by A. S. Arvanitopoulos, whose colors remain visible. In 1961 Dimitrios R. Theocharis reorganized the displays around these stelae together with Mycenaean finds. Later, Giorgos Hourmouziadis removed the display-case glass to create a direct link between visitor and object.

The museum features two separate spaces dedicated to rotating exhibitions of recent discoveries from the region. Educational programs are available for groups, making it accessible for school visits and organized learning activities.

Reconstructed Neolithic dwellings from Dimini and Sesklo stand on the museum grounds, showing how ancient people built and organized their homes. These structures give visitors a tangible sense of daily living arrangements from thousands of years ago.