The Museum

The Museum was founded in 1991 by Mr. Philip Demertzis-Bouboulis, Bouboulina’s fourth generation descendant, in his effort to save the mansion from collapse. A non-profit making company manages all the Museum income, and has as its main objective the repair and maintenance of the building and its use as a museum and cultural centre, whilst at the same time recounting the story of the Greek War of Independence with emphasis on the life of the heroine Laskarina Bouboulina.

The Museum, by the end of 2004, had accomplished the following:

1. Visitors: Approximately 375,000, of which some 88,000 were schoolchildren.

2. Repairs: In excess of € 1,170,000 has been spent on repairs and restoration, of which the sum of € 843,000 was European Union and Government funding as well as private sector donations. The rest was from the Museum proceeds.

3. Publications: Two small books have been published, one telling Bouboulina’s life story and one the history of Spetses. In addition a video cassette has been made showing the tour of the Museum. A wooden scale model of her flagship the Agamemnon has been constructed and is now on display. Also a variety of souvenirs have been produced, such as prints showing Bouboulina and the Agamemnon, flags, ceramics, her Coat of Arms, key rings, pins, medals etc.

4. A large number of newspaper reports, interviews, radio and television programmes have been made since the opening of the museum, making the life story of Bouboulina widely known, not only in Greece but also overseas.