Valsamidis Sea World Museum on Kalymnos

Valsamidis Sea World Museum is located above one of the beaches at Vlychadia on the south of Kalymnos. The museum is private and contains a considerable amount of items from Kalymnos maritime history. Sponges of course, but also fishes, sharks, turtles, starfishes, urns, black and white photographs, old military stuffs and diving stuffs, just to name a few of the items. Fishes and sharks and other marine animals are obviously stuffed.

Valsamidis Sea World Museum in Vlychadia.

Sponge boat outside the museum.

Part of Valsamidis Sea World Museum.

Valsamidis Sea World Museum.

Of course a lot is about sponge fishery. Here are several examples of different varieties of sponges, and some older diving suits, including the so-called Skafandro that caused many divers death.

The diving suit Skafandro which caused the death of many divers.

The museum also houses the most peculiar map I've ever seen. The map, which is over the Dodecanese islands, is built in a small pond where all the islands are represented by one stone. The island's name is written on the stone, I think, but am not sure, that the stones are from each island.

The map of the Dodecanese in the museum.

One of the fantastic photographs in the museum.

These "fish" are called The Sea Bishop and look like aliens.

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