Sub-archive of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Education (1926-1960)

In 1926, the Ministry was renamed into the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Education (Government Gazette, Series I, Issue 140) and the management of antiquities was included in the remit of the independent (Archaeological) Department B. In 1937 the Ministry was renamed once again into the Ministry of Religious Affairs and National Education (Government Gazette, Series I, Issue 267). The department responsible for antiquities and monuments was upgraded into the Directorate of Antiquities and Historical Monuments. Throughout this period, the abbreviation "Ministry of Education" prevailed in administrative correspondence, but both official names are mentioned in full. 
The archival material concerning the Archaeological Department and the subsequent Directorate of Antiquities and Historical Monuments is kept at the HAAR. Materials are classified in this Sub-archive according to thematic categories following a chronological order. Each year includes all current cases handled by each Ephorate of Antiquities.

Index

Thematic Index

1. Antiquities: mobile antiquities, random finds, seizures, antiquities in private collections, exchanges.
2. Excavations: excavation activity of the Archaeological Service, foreign archaeological schools and the Archaeological Society.
3. Archaeological sites: management of archaeological sites throughout Greece.
4. Building – expropriations: building permits, property expropriations.
5. General
6. Byzantine: monuments and archaeological sites of the Byzantine and post-Byzantine period.
7. Donations - Books - Casts: donations, books and periodicals of the Archaeological Service, plaster copies of antiquities.
8. Approvals – Prepayments – Procurement: records of crediting and management of financial resources.
9. Laws - Circulars - Decrees: legislation concerning antiquities and the wider public sector.
10. Museums: creation of collections and construction of museums and guardhouses.
11. Permits: visits to archaeological sites, photography and filming permits at museums and archaeological sites.
12. Tours: inspections of archaeological sites throughout Greece. Leases - Buildings: rental of premises for the deposition of collections, rental of buildings of the Archaeological Service to private citizens. Designations: protection of archaeological sites and listed monuments.
13. Leases - Buildings: rental of premises for the deposition of collections, rental of buildings of the Archaeological Service to private citizens.
14. Designations: protection of archaeological sites and listed monuments.

Content

Documents, catalogues of antiquities, maps, drawings, photographs, protocol registers, correspondence registers, indexes.