Ioannina Museums
Silversmithing Museum
The museum exhibits silversmithing tools and handicrafts that would familiarize you with the craft and its history in Epirus. Bonus: it's inside the castle.
![A picture of the building that hosts the Wax Museum of Greek History (by Paul Vrellis) of Ioannina.](https://youingreece.com/img/sight/mpizani-vrellis-museum.jpg)
Wax Museum of Greek History (by Paul Vrellis)
This museums displays wax figures of heroes and events of the war of independence. Note that taking pictures is strictly prohibited.
![A room with plenty of exhibits and paintings from the Ali Pasha Museum.](https://youingreece.com/img/sight/ioannina-ali-pasha-museum.jpg)
Museum of Ali Pasha and Revolutionary Period
The house of Ali Pasha hosts a collection that will enlighten you about the War of Independence and the troubled years under the bloodthirsty Ottoman ruler.
![The main entrance and the front yard of the Archaeological Museum of Ioannina.](https://youingreece.com/img/sight/ioannina-archaeological-museum.jpg)
Archaeological Museum of Ioannina
Covering a long period of local historical evolution with findings that date from the Stone Age until the end of the Roman era.
![The front side and the yard of the Byzantine Museum of Ioannina.](https://youingreece.com/img/sight/ioannina-byzantine-museum.jpg)
Byzantine Museum of Ioannina
The Byzantine Museum of Ioannina will familiarize you with local history through its Early Christian and Byzantine exhibits and icons.
![A picture showing the exterior of the Ethnographic Museum of Ioannina (Aslan Pasha Mosque).](https://youingreece.com/img/sight/ioannina-aslan-pasha-mosque.jpg)
Ioannina Ethnographic Museum (Aslan Pasha Mosque)
Formerly a mosque, this small museum exhibits historical artifacts from the the life of Muslims, Christians, and Jews of the Ioannina Region.