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This is a list of museums with major collections of Greek and Roman antiquities. Naples Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy 130,000 objects [1] State Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia 106,000 objects [2] (Misleading collection, includes many objects from ancient settlements on the Northern Black Sea coast) British Museum, London, UK 100,000 ...
The Museum in 1893. The first national archaeological museum in Greece was established by the governor of Greece Ioannis Kapodistrias in Aigina in 1829. Subsequently, the archaeological collection was relocated to a number of exhibition places until 1858, when an international architectural competition was announced for the location and the architectural design of the new museum.
Pages in category "Museums of ancient Greece in the United States" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth was constructed between 1931 and 1932, with intentions to display the numerous recent archaeological excavations. [1] The museum is located within the archaeological site of Ancient Corinth, Greece, and lies under the jurisdiction of the 37th Ephoreia of the Greek Archaeological Service.
The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is a museum located in Heraklion on Crete. It is one of the largest museums in Greece [ 1 ] and the best in the world for Minoan art , as it contains by far the most important and complete collection of artefacts of the Minoan civilization of Crete .
When the original building was completed and opened in 1888, it was the first museum in Greece outside of Athens. The museum houses discoveries from the surrounding area, including the site of the Ancient Olympic Games. The collection includes objects produced and used in the area from prehistory to its time under Roman rule.
The museum's main building, erected in the centre of Athens in 1985, was designed by the Greek architect Ioannis Vikelas . [3] In 1991, the Museum acquired a new building, the neo-classical Stathatos Mansion at the corner of Vassilissis Sofias Avenue and Herodotou Street. [4]
The region of Delphi was at the heart of the combat zone in the Greek civil war and the museum was not reopened until 1952. For six years, visitors could view the arrangement that had been envisioned in 1939. However, the museum proved insufficient and it was necessary to undertake a new phase of construction, completed in 1958. [3] (pp 24–25)