Archaeological Museum of Nicopolis

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The Archaeological Museum of Nicopolis is a museum in Nicopolis, in the Preveza regional unit in northwestern Greece.

Until 1940, the "Archaeological Museum of Preveza – Nicopolis" was located in an Ottoman mosque, in the city of Preveza, Greece. In 1940, the mosque was bombed by Italian aircraft and was partially destroyed. Some of the exhibits were stolen. After the Second World War, the mosque was demolished by the Greek state. In 1965 the state built a small Archaeologica l Museum inside the Byzantine walls of ancient Nicopolis: 39°0′29″N 20°44′7″E  /  39.00806°N 20.73528°E  / 39.00806; 20.73528. From 1998 to 2006 a new archaeological museum was built 5 km North of Preveza. In July 2009, the new Archaeological museum of Nicopolis was opened to the public. The Nicopolis Museum is open every day from 8 am to 8pm, including Saturday and Sunday (more information on the official website).

- Marble tomb sculpture, with the name of the deceased, his father, his profession, his age.

- Marble sitting lion of the 4th century BC

- Marble statue of goddess Minerva - a Roman copy of 4th century BC

- Marble statue of a muse called the "small Heracliotis"

- Marble head of Faustina, wife of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, who appears to suffer from strabismus.

- Marble Cylindrical base of a statue, with a relief the Battle of the Amazons (Amazonomachia). It has been partially reused as a Christian mosaic, from the Alkysson Basilica.

- Marble plaque with an ancient symposium (a postcital man and a woman)

- New exhibits: Many important new exhibits are being prepared for the new museum, and will go on display in 2010. Many of them were found at the site of the Monument of Augustus between the years 1995–2005.