You want to visit the Agora Museum 
because:
- It’s a quiet haven from hot summer days or cold winter winds.
- You can find here the remains of ordinary life in long-ago Athens: an infant’s potty chair; a Spartan soldier’s shield; a baby’s grave; a citizen’s ballot; a poor man’s cup; a child’s knuckle bones.
- There is not another museum in the world that has the wealth of artifacts related to Athens’ democratic government: a ballot box and ballots; a jury selection device; a proclamation against tyranny; a timer for political and legal speeches; standards for weights and measures; discarded ballots from ostracisms.
- You’ll find here direct connections to famous historical figures like Pericles, Themistocles, and Kimon.
Most museums display the detritus of the rich and famous. The Agora Museum gives us a more intimate look at the lives of ordinary people: the shopping, voting, worshiping, legal, and governmental realities of people who lived 2500 years ago. Here’s what you can expect to see:
- Artifacts excavated from the site of the ancient Agora in Athens dating from two or three millennium before Christ to the 5th Century of our own era.
- Remains from over 150 grave sites excavated in the Agora.
- A pyxis (or jewelry box) with pottery horses standing on the lid.
- An aryballos in the shape of a young athlete, binding a victory ribbon around his head.
- An ancient potty chair for young children.
- A stele with the “Law against Tyranny” inscribed on it.
- A rare Spartan shield, captured at Sphacteria.
- Ostraka with the names Pericles, Kimon, and Themistocles incised on them.
- A kleroterion—a device for randomizing the selection of juries.
- A klepsydra (or water clock) for timing public speeches.
- A satyr with a wicked grin and bad-boy demeanor.
