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Centre for the Study of Traditional Pottery

Centre for the Study of Traditional Pottery, Traditional pottery museum in Keramikos district, Athens, Greece.

The Centre for the Study of Traditional Pottery occupies a neoclassical building and displays clay vessels from different parts of Greece. The museum presents vases, jugs, and tools that show how craftspeople worked with clay over generations and made everyday objects.

The study centre was established in 1987 to research, preserve and promote traditional Greek ceramics. It was housed in a villa built in 1875 on Melidoni Street in Kerameikos, then moved in 1999 to a neoclassical building at 8 Hepitou Street in Plaka. It was officially inaugurated on 18 May 2000, International Museum Day. Since 2008 the archaeologist Nikos Liaros has managed the museum, while Yolanda Psaropoulos took over the presidency from her mother Betty Psaropoulos.

The collection displays everyday clay objects made across different regions of Greece over many centuries. Visitors can see how craft techniques and forms changed over time and what role pottery played in people's daily lives.

The centre is at 8 Hepitou Street in Plaka, not in Kerameikos; the 1875 villa on Melidoni Street is its earlier home. The nearest metro is Syntagma or Monastiraki, both a short walk away. The building is neoclassical, with the collection on more than one level, so allow time to climb between floors.

The collection numbers about 4,500 vases and tools gathered from all over Greece, and it includes Etruscan collared jars. The museum has been run since 2008 by the archaeologist Nikos Liaros, while Yolanda Psaropoulos took over the presidency from her mother Betty Psaropoulos.

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