Museum of Solomos and Eminent Zakynthians

The Zakynthos Museum is housed in an imposing neoclassical building in the main square of Zakynthos Town. It holds one of the most important collections of paintings from the post-Byzantine period.
Its galleries display icons of the Cretan School, “Cretan-Ionian” icons, and works of Ionian naturalism, dating from the 15th to the 19th century. Byzantine and post-Byzantine wall paintings, carved wooden iconostases, ecclesiastical vessels, and sculptures originating from churches on the island that no longer survive are also presented.

On 3 September 2021, two unique self-portraits by the eminent Zakynthian priests, icon painters, and artists Nikolaos Koutouzis and Nikolaos Kantounis were officially presented to the Museum of Solomos and Eminent Zakynthians, as a full donation by Mr Athanasios Martinos.