The Distomo Archaeological Collection is a museum in Distomo (Distomon), in the Boeotia Prefecture of 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. 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. The Archaeological Collection of Distomo then opened formally in 1994 by Evangellos Pentazos to showcase finds from the ancient Phocean city of Ambrossos, which was located on the site of modern Distomo. The artifacts, which date from the Mycenaean to the Early Christian period,...
