The Environment Museum of Stymphalia, a member of the Thematic Museum Network of the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation, was created beneath the slopes of Mt Oligyrtos, where, according to mythology, Heracles confronted the Stymphalian birds. A significant wetland, Stymphalia is considered the largest of its kind in the Peloponnese, listed under the NATURA 2000 European Network of Protected Areas. Its main attractions reside in its wealth of flora and fauna, as well as in the underground and visible passages along which the water circulates.

The museum’s basic goals are to raise ecological awareness and preserve and propagate the wisdom of traditional know-how. The exhibits are therefore arranged in two thematic units: the first concerns the natural environment in the region and the second explores how the environment contributed to the evolution of man’s involvement with nature and of traditional occupations in particular.