Naval Museum of Kalymnos

The Naval Museum of Kalymnos was founded in 1994 and is located in the coastal zone of Pothia, next to the Town Hall, in the building of the old Vouvalio Technical School. The various exhibits of the museum depict the naval tradition of the island, the history, the method of sponge gathering, as well as many objects from wrecks of old ships. In the four halls there are exhibited items related to the profession of sponge and a large number of exhibits on sponge gathering and processing.