The Chios Mastic Museum

The Chios Mastic Museum is located in Southern Chios, in the region of the Mastichochoria. The present act has as its object the elaboration of the museum shell and the surrounding area and the installation therein of a permanent exhibition and the complementary / auxiliary areas and services, as well as the information and publicity actions regarding this project. The permanent exhibition is centred on the gum mastic of Chios as a unique product. It aims to chart the technique of the gum mastic tree’s traditional cultivation, and to present the product’s history, the evolution of the pre-industrial and industrial technology for the production, exploitation and marketing of gum mastic, as well as to showcase its different uses.