The Hellenic Public Properties Company (HPPC S.A.) announces the operation of the Achilleion Museum for the current summer period and specifically from July 31 to October 31, 2023, with opening hours from 08:00 to 20:00.

For this specific period of time, the outdoor – open spaces of the Museum will be available for the public to visit, along a route that will include the area of the Peristyle, the Palace and the Imperial Gardens.

Within the framework of the project for the protection and promotion of the historic Achilleion, which is being implemented by HPPC with financial resources from the NSRF in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and the Region of the Ionian Islands, we inform you that the restoration works on the Baron’s building have been completed, according to the timetable to which HPPC had committed at the beginning of the year, while at the same time giving absolute priority to accelerating the works for the overall restoration of the Palace.

This year, visitors to the Museum will have the opportunity to admire up close the fully restored marble statues of the gardens, and especially the “Dying Achilles”, which is the symbol of the Achilleion, with an additional unique experience, as for the first time in decades they will be able to see the restored fatal arrow on this monumental sculpture.

In this way, it will be the first time that the statue is presented to the public free from the wear of the patina of time and from the absence of the arrow.

At the same time, visitors will have the chance to wander among the other statues of the gardens, as well as the lower gardens, where they will also be able to admire the restored statue of Lord Byron and the Reclining Couch (Anaklintro) that was recently showcased in the area.

The Achilleion Museum remains a leading cultural monument for the island of Corfu and its thousands of visitors, while this year as well it will host important cultural events, thereby bringing multiple benefits to the local community and to all those involved in the tourism sector and the tourism industry of the island of the Phaeacians.