The Ephorate of Antiquities of Larissa is organizing a periodical exhibition to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Diachronic Museum. The exhibition, entitled "Adventures of the Antiquities. Ancient collections and excavations in Thessaly 1881-1940", presents to the public the dramatic story of the rescue of antiquities in Thessaly in the period immediately after its incorporation into the new Greek state. With unknown archival material and antiquities on loan from the National Archaeological Museum and the Athanasakeio Archaeological Museum of Volos, it captures the great effort to gather the scattered antiquities in Larissa, Tyrnavos, Elassona, Agia and Pharsala as well as the establishment of the first "museums." At the same time, it presents the beginnings of archaeological research in the region by Greek and foreign archaeologists, whose findings enriched the archaeological collections.

The documents of the time vividly reflect the conflicting emotions aroused by the discovery of antiquities in the transitional society of the time, which was torn by war and economic hardship. In these circumstances, antiquities took on a complex role in strengthening national identity.

The exhibition is a collaboration between the Ephorate of Antiquities of Larissa, the National Monuments Archive Management Directorate of the Ministry of Culture and prof. Maria Stamatopoulou (Oxford University).