Archaeological Museum of Chora, Archaeological museum in Chora, Greece

The Archaeological Museum of Chora houses discoveries from the Palace of Nestor, including weapons, ornaments, and pottery from Mycenaean burial sites across the region. The collection provides a clear picture of how people lived and worked during this ancient period.

The museum was founded in 1969 by the Greek Archaeological Service under the Ephorate of Antiquities of Olympia, which then covered most of Messenia. It was built to shelter finds from Carl Blegen's excavations at the Palace of Nestor in Epano Englianos and Spyridon Marinatos's work in Pylia and Trifylia. Busts of both archaeologists stand on the entrance staircase.

Room 2 holds reproductions of the Linear B tablets found at the Palace of Nestor; the originals are kept in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. The room also displays fragments of frescoes and votive objects from Epano Englianos. The museum is named after Chora, the town in the municipality of Pylos-Nestor where it stands.

The exhibition occupies the elevated ground floor, reached by an outdoor staircase flanked by two archaeologists' busts and large Middle Helladic burial pithoi. Inside, a vestibule serves as cloakroom, shop and ticket office before three consecutive galleries. The lower level holds storage and study areas, not displays.

In Case 9, a painted representation reproduces the floor of the Throne Room at the Palace of Nestor, giving visitors a sense of the palace's decorated interior without leaving the museum. Nearby are gold bees, discs and leaves from the tholos tombs of Peristeria, excavated by Marinatos in 1965.