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“Let us leave its treasures to the province”: highly coveted, the Greek vases from the ancient Olympic Games remain in the Oise

2024-03-11T06:18:11.149Z

Highlights: The Antoine-Vivenel museum in Compiègne (Oise) holds the second largest collection in France, after the Louvre Paris. 250 of them date from between the 4th and 5th centuries BC, i.e. the time of the first ancient Olympic Games. The small municipal museum is envied by major Parisian and even foreign museums who want to take advantage of the event to offer exhibitions on the theme. Exceptional pieces that have aroused the greatest desire for the 2024 Paris Olympics.


In view of the 2024 Olympic Games, the Antoine-Vivenel museum in Compiègne will exhibit incredible remains, including amphoras dating from the Ep


In a conservation room, at constant temperature and out of sight, an exceptional gallery of Greek vases awaits the time of restoration.

They all belong to the Antoine-Vivenel museum in Compiègne (Oise) which holds the second largest collection in France, after the Louvre Paris: 250 of them date from between the 4th and 5th centuries BC, i.e. the time of the first ancient Olympic Games.

Exceptional pieces that have aroused the greatest desire for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The small municipal museum is envied by major Parisian and even foreign museums who want to take advantage of the event to offer exhibitions on the theme.

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Source: leparis

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