Mykonos Museum

Nestled in the Cyclades and surrounded by the turquoise waters of the Aegean lies Mykonos, the whitewashed, windmill-covered island of the winds. Mythologised as the bodies of gods felled by Hercules in ancient times, this ancient island and its surrounding ones are the stuff of legend and have been home to countless cultures for over millennia. Spanning over a hundred square kilometres and with a population of just ten thousand, the “Greek Ibiza” is now appreciated for its magnificent architecture, open and welcoming inhabitants, and fantastic beaches. With names like “Paradise” and “Super Paradise”, the sands of these shores have captured the imagination and hearts of industry titans, artists and party-goers the world over, marking it as a stable cosmopolitan destination and a prime haven on the jet-set circuit. This book chronicles the culture and society that have defined Mykonos over the past century, from its days as a hideaway for luminaries and elites like Le Corbusier and Antonis Benakis to its time as a sanctuary for the gay community to its prevailing party atmosphere, all the while indulging the reader with the ruins and myths that lurk there.