The Marble crafts Museum at Pyrgos belongs to the Network of Thematic Museums of the Foundation and is the first of its kind in Greece. It is housed in modern, fully equipped facilities, harmonized with the typical Tinian landscape, which include a Multipurpose Room. The Museum presents the technology of marble, a material that holds a special place in the architecture and art of Greece from antiquity to the present day, while at the same time the grid of tool equipment and techniques is described in detail. The permanent exhibition includes a variety of secular, ecclesiastical, tomb and everyday use original works in marble (lintels, fountains, coats of arms, burials, shrines, mortars, etc.), as well as the richest collection of designs of old marble sculptures that exists in Greece. In combination with the interconnected representations of a quarry, a marble workshop and the assembly of a despotic throne, visitors have the opportunity to learn about traditional techniques and procedures concerning the extraction, the first processing and transport of marble, as well as the shaping and placement of a structure. In other words, the path from the raw material to the completed project. The audiovisual material of the exhibition directly brings to life the traditional working methods of the quarry and the marble artist, while the images of the journey record the strong presence of marble throughout the island and encourage visitors to their own tours.(wikipedia)