After standing in “silence” for almost seven years, the Archaeological Museum of Tegea, a prominent city in ancient Arcadia, Peloponnese, reopens to the public, fully refurbished and with a remarkable and vast collection of antiquities and ancient artefacts, which mirror the glorious past of the ancient city. The museum’s exhibition unfolds in four galleries. Artifacts from the Neolithic Era and until the Archaic Period are in display in Gallery 1, where included are several narratives on significant prehistoric sites of the Neolithic Era and the Bronze Age, as well as important sanctuaries of the city. A peculiar monument, the Arcadian Herms, is found in Gallery 2, while the displays in Gallery 3 recount the city’s evolution from the Classical Period to the Roman Era showcasing different aspects of the ancient city’s life, such as economy (money, trade), athletic contests, festivals and the world of the dead. Finally, walking in Gallery 4 visitors see the development of the infamous sanctuary of Athena Alea, around which ancient Greeks built the city of Tegea.

The outdoor exhibition of the Archaeological Museum features the aspect of Public life in the ancient Greek city, with inscriptions referring to everyday life and the aspect of The Hereafter, with grave steles from the Classical and Late Roman period.