2 Best Sights in Kefalonia, Greece

Established by three wealthy brothers in 1984, who turned their family home into a museum to display their personal collections of art, lithographs, coins, and furniture, this tiny museum is as eclectic as any hoarder’s pile. Subjects veer from landscapes of the island by 19th-century British painters to an exhibition of photos documenting the effects of the 1953 earthquake. It's a worthy modern history of the island.

Squirrelled away to the right of stairs leading to the city library, what this small museum lacks in explanation it makes up for in diversity. Life-sized dioramas of 17th- and 18th-century island life, religious art, wood carvings rescued from derelict churches, embroidery, lithographs, furniture, and some rather excellent photographic studies of Argostolion pre- and post-earthquake make a visit worthwhile experience.