Pavlos Vrellis Greek History Museum

The Museum's main building is located {{convert|14|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of the city of Ioannina, Epirus, in Bizani municipality, on the Ioannina – Athens national road. It was owned by local sculptor Pavlos Vrellis, who founded the museum in February 1983.{{cite book | author=Schneider Lambert, Höcker Christoph | title=Griechisches Festland: Antike und Byzanz, Islam und Klassizismus zwischen Korinthischem Golf und nordgriechischem Bergland | publisher=DuMont Reiseverlag| year=2003 |language=de| page= 251 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ao5SRWnyWW4C| isbn=978-3-7701-2936-2}} The museum facility covers an area of {{convert|2500|m2|sqyd|0|abbr=on}} and is built according to the traditional, local, fortress-type architectural style of 18th-century, according to Vrellis' own design.{{cite web|author=Greek News Agenda |title=Wax Museums in Greece |url=http://www.greeknewsagenda.gr/newsletter/archive.php?msg=914 |access-date=2010-04-07 |work=Secretariat General of Communication - Secretariat General of Information |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310193301/http://www.greeknewsagenda.gr/newsletter/archive.php/?msg=914 |archive-date=March 10, 2010 }}[http://www.europe-greece.com/article_en.php?i=177 Pavlos Vrellis Museum of Greek History, Greece.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710205525/http://www.europe-greece.com/article_en.php?i=177 |date=2011-07-10 }} europe-greece.com

A small annex with free access is located at Ioannina, 15 Karamanli street.{{cite book

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The wax effigies of the museum are displayed in life size, included in a faithful representation of the environment of their age and revive forms of the local history. Without storeys but on a variety of distinct parallel and connecting levels. The visitor moves along mountains, houses, caves, churches, and alleys, following a non-circular but endless course, ingeniously devised and arranged.

They cover twenty four centuries of Greek history (from 500 BC), with an emphasis on the modern history of Epirus.Rockwood Caragh.[https://books.google.com/books?id=4sWAK2WA4c0C&q=vrellis Fodor's Greece]. Fodor's, 1997. {{ISBN|978-0-679-03227-4}}, p. 152. The museum hosts 37 themes and 150 wax models which represent various historical events. There are three thematic units in the Museum: pre 1821 history, Greek War of Independence (1821-1830) and themes from World War II:Ioannina.uoi.gr. [http://ioannina.uoi.gr/_en/sights/wax-works_p_vrelli.html Wax works by Pavlos Vrellis]. University of Ioannina.{{cite web | author=Prefectural Committee of Tourist Promotion | title=Prefecture of Ioannina, Epirus-Greece | url=http://www.nomioan.gr/%5Cdocs%5CTourism%5Cpresentation%20En.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061128060635/http://www.nomioan.gr/\docs\Tourism\presentation%20En.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 28, 2006 | access-date=2009-11-02 | work=Prefecture of Ioannina }}

• Secret Greek School during Ottoman rule.
• Foundation of Filiki Eteria
• Torture of Dionysius the Philosopher
• Klephts
• Death of Ali Pasha
• Theodoros Kolokotronis
• Women of Pindus (during the Battle of Pindus)

Moreover, specific themes are inspired from Jewish history, like images from The Holocaust{{cite book | author=Bötig Klaus | title=Griechenland-DuMont Richtig reisen| publisher=DuMont Reiseverlag| year=2008 | page= 124|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ao5SRWnyWW4C| isbn=978-3-7701-7608-3|language=de}}

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• [http://www.vrellis.org/ Official site]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100709182506/http://www.ioannina-portal.gr/museums.php www.ioannina-portal.gr]

Category:History museums in Greece

Category:Wax museums

Category:Museums in Ioannina

Category:Museums established in 1983