museum of industrial olive oil production

Good information with digital guide. Few people, we were the only one at the moment. Interesting to see how they have restored the buildings.

Lots of details on olive processing all the way to the production of olive oil.This is museum that spend some serious money it shows.Highly recommended.

I liked the fact that is GREATLY organised. The entire procedure of oil production is presented in a easy and fascinating way that makes the visit a really nice experience.

A must-see museum explaining the mystery and history of olive oil production, the major industry and wealth generator for Lesvos. A major cooperative factory has been tastefully restored with almost working presses, hydraulic pressure pumps and boiler. No part of the olive is wasted: first pressing for salad, second pressing for cooking, low quality oil to make soap and finally the 'pomace' (pulp and hard kernel) as fuel for the boiler. Video, photos, boards, and a gift and coffee shop.

Very informative and interesting.The History of the production of the Olive Oil through the years was both explained in details by 1st watching a Video and then by the Owner personally.

This is a very good museum that everything is in very good order and simply explained. Really nice desiged booklets and nice souvenir shop. If you are into olive oil, you will enjoy it very much. It show the processes of olive oil production and also you can learn olive oil business. Really nice building also worth seeing...

This is a must see musium in Mytilene. The whole island eonomy was based in the oil production (even today has a large % of production of virgin olive oil). After revolution and many wars you can see that this is still the basic formula for the finance upgrade of the island. The musium is beautiful and very good rebuilted. They will give you an electronic guide that will give you all the informations about how they produce the oil and how they use to work many years before. Very nice place to spend your morning (aproximately 1,5-2 hours).

This is an excellent restored account of how olive oil has been produce in the past, very interesting and informative

If you are looking for something a little different on the island, I would say that this is something that you would want to do. We found the audio guide to be very good and the entire trip can take less than an hour in a leasurely fashion. The restoration looks great and it was interesting to see how the industrial production of olive oil happened. It was interesting to see machines made in England (which we all know was at the forefront of the industrial revolution), but I was surprised to see the advance nature of the machines made in Smyrna. Who knows what else has been lost after the fall of Smyrna!

Agia Paraskevi is a difficult place to negotiate but the Museum is just on the outskirts. There is no parking but you can park on the side of the road. We were lucky to be able to tag along with an English speaking tour so found out a little more than is provided on the information boards. Nevertheless the boards give lots of information and we were surprised how long we spent in the Museum. Well worth a half day visit.

It's so worth visiting this reclaimed museum , I never knew how much work went into producing olive oil .the nearby village is ideal for a drink and a bite to eat too .

Don't miss going to see this museum, it was fantastic, it told all about making olive oil and how it is done, i was surprised, the old photos are very interesting.

It was very quiet when we were there only 3 other visitors. They have taken a derelict Olive press and restored it beautifully. The history of the press and of olive oil production is very informative. The village it is situated in has a large selection of tavernas with ample shady places to enjoy a lunch after your visit.

We really only drove up to Agia Paraskevi as we were unable to access some other sites in the regular car we had rented and wanted to maximise our time with the car. We knew nothing of this Museum until we parked just off the village square and started to wander around.The Museum is easy to find, it's the largest building in the village, entry is just €3 each for which you are given a useful guide to all the exhibits. Every aspect of the cultivation, harvesting and production processes are given in huge detail, with wonderful old mills, presses and other beautifully restored machinery. It seemed that there was only a couple of other people there with us so it was easy to see everything and spend as much time as we wanted at the various exhibits. The heart of the oil pressing process is a huge steam engine, replete with it's massive, iron boiler, this drives all the machinery via a complicated system of belts, camshafts and pulleys and must have been a sight to behold in it's heyday.The people who performed the tasks are also heavily featured in the Museum with striking old black & white photographs of folk toiling at harvest time. One clever feature is that in certain areas of the Museum, the flooring has been replaced with toughened glass panels enabling you to see how various bits of machinery were linked to each other.As with the previous review here, I couldn't have imagined for one moment how interesting the oli producing industry could be, and we spent a good hour here seeing all that was on display.The Museum is open all year round as follows.March 1st - October 15th, Daily 10.00am - 6.00pm (closed on Tuesdays)October 16th - February 28th, Daily 10.00am - 5.00pm (closed on Tuesdays)The Museum is also closed on January 1st, Good Friday ( opens at 12 noon), Easter Sunday, the Friday after Easter ( a local holiday), May 1st, August 15th and December 25/26thHighly recommended

Went here during our stay on Lesvos, Museum is easy to find on your right side entering Agia Paraskevi on the road from Kalloni,The museum is modern and the presentation is really superb, first building you enter is the old press, excellently restoration through out the area, everything is explained by signs and also video / audio presentations, the information follows in a sort of self - guided tour and the whole process is explained. Exiting the main building there is still much to see in the old storage buildings were you find even more history, information and audio / video presentations.I would say that this is the best Museum i'we been to in Years