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The '''Distomo Archaeological Collection''' is a [[museum]] in [[Distomo]], in [[Boeotia]], [[Central Greece (geographic region)|Central Greece]]. The museum, noted for its pottery collection, was established in 1994 and is supervised by the Tenth Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities.

==History==
The idea of a museum began in 1987 when the local council donated an old stone primary school erected in 1903 to the [[Greek Ministry of Culture]], which began renovating and restoring the building.
<ref name="History">{{cite web|url=http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/1/eh151.jsp?obj_id=3266|title=Distomo Archaeological Collection:History|publisher=[[Hellenic Ministry of Culture]]|accessdate=October 2, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Description">{{cite web|url=http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/1/eh151.jsp?obj_id=3266|title=Distomo Archaeological Collection:Description|publisher=[[Hellenic Ministry of Culture]]|accessdate=October 2, 2009}}</ref>

==Collection==
The museums contain a notable pottery collection from [[Medeon]] and [[Antikyra]]. It has a number of vases unearthed ancient Medeon.<ref name="GTP">{{cite web|url=http://www.gtp.gr/TDirectoryDetails.asp?id=12964 |title=Archaeological Collection of Distomon |publisher=Greek Travel Pages |accessdate=October 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612022633/http://www.gtp.gr/TDirectoryDetails.asp?id=12964 |archivedate=June 12, 2011 }}</ref> The vases from Antikyra date between the 8th and 2nd centuries BC. One of the notable artifacts is a clay [[Sima (architecture)|sima]]. It was discovered in a building in Antikyra and is dated to the 4th century BC.<ref name="GTP" />

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/1/eh152.jsp?obj_id=3266 Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110612022633/http://www.gtp.gr/TDirectoryDetails.asp?id=12964 Greek travel directory]

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[[Category:Archaeological museums in Central Greece|Distomon]]
[[Category:Museums established in 1994]]
[[Category:Boeotia]]
[[Category:1994 establishments in Greece]]

Distomo Archaeological Collection - Revision history

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