A private initiative of the Melissokomiki Dodecanesou (Beekeeping Company of the Dodecanese), the Bee Museum celebrates the tradition and history of beekeeping in Rhodes. The permanent collection of the museum features beekeeping tools, honey extracting and storage devices, and material that illustrate the biology of bees, bee types, pollination, and more. Visitors will learn everything about the most valuable products that come from bees: honey, royal jelly, propolis, wax, and pollen.
The Bee Museum has a shop where you can purchase honey and honey-based cosmetics.
Entrance to the Bee Museum is free for children under 12 years of age, while children aged 13 and older pay 1,50 €, and adults 3 €.
The Bee Museum is open Monday-Saturday: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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The Rhodes Toy Museum is one of the best attractions for children on the island. It is outside the village of Archipoli, in a splendid natural setting, surrounded by olive groves and pine forests. The permanent collection of the museum features toys and board games, all made in Greece, from the 1930s until the 1990s.
Visitors can admire battery operated cars in cheerful colours, wooden puzzles, train sets, dolls, and Greek Playmobile sets. In the basement of the building, there’s the arcade game room of the Rhodes Toy Museum, featuring vintage machines in working condition and available to visitors to play after they see the main collections.
The museum has a gift shop selling all kinds of toys and souvenirs, an outside playground, and a terrace to rest and take in the views.
Entrance to the museum costs €3 but it is free for children under 13 years old.
Rhodes Toy Museum is open from April until November, daily from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
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