Museums and Galleries

If you love to visit museums or galleries Thessaloniki has plenty such places to offer. Here is a list with the most popular Thessaloniki museums and galleries.

Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum

Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum is located close to the building of YMCA and in the same building block with the Museum of Byzantine Culture. It is a listed building as a unique example of modernist art in Greece. The Museum’s collections include distinctive works of art and excavation finds from across [...]

Museum of Ancient Greek, Byzantine & Post Byzantine Instruments

Museum of Ancient Greek, Byzantine & Post Byzantine Instruments The Museum of Ancient Greek, Byzantine and Post Byzantine Instruments is located close to the port's 1st Deck inside the Laladika area. It was founded in 1997 and it is housed in a restored three floor building. Its mission is to present to the [...]

Ataturk Museum in Thessaloniki

Ataturk Museum in Thessaloniki The Museum of Ataturk was officially founded in August 2013 and it is located behind the Turkish Embassy (Str. Pavlous Mela 19). Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, is the founder of the Republic of Turkey, who was born in 1885 in Thessaloniki. The building that hosts the museum is Ataturk's birth [...]

Museum of Byzantine Culture

Thessaloniki Museum of Byzantine Culture The Museum of Byzantine Culture was officially founded in 1994 and it is located almost opposite the South Entrance of Thessaloniki's Exhibition Fair (Helexpo). It runs as an independent regional unit of The Ministry of Culture since 1997. The idea for its generation comes from 1913, a year after when [...]

Jewish Museum Thessaloniki

Jewish Museum Thessaloniki The Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki, is located in the center of Thessaloniki and it is housed in a historic building that was built in 1904 with designs of the Italian architect Vitaliano Pozeli. The building was restored between 1998 to 2003 from a fund by the "Organisation for the Cultural [...]

National Bank of North Greece Cultural Center

National Bank of North Greece Cultural Center The National Bank of North's Greece Cultural Center is located at the east side of Thessaloniki in the restored Villa Ahmet Kapanji, which was built in 1898. It was founded in January 1989 and operated as the Cultural Center of MIET until February 1997. The center [...]

Municipal Art Gallery of Thessaloniki – Villa Mordoh

Municipal Art Gallery of Thessaloniki - Villa Mordoh The Municipal Art Gallery of Thessaloniki is located in the east side of Thessaloniki, close to the sea. It was founded in 1966 and it is has three exhibition venues, the Villa Mordoh building, the Casa Bianca and the Cultural Center. Vila Mordoh, was build [...]

Metropolitan Ecclesiastical Museum

Thessaloniki Metropolitan Ecclesiastical Museum The Metropolitan Ecclesiastical Museum, was founded in October 2006 and it is located in the center of Thessaloniki close to the Museum of Macedonia Struggle. It is housed on the ground floor of the Metropolis building next to the cathedral of Saint Gregory Palamas. The initiative for this museum [...]

Aristotle University Museums – Archives – Collections

Aristotle University Museums Aristotle University, houses a number of museums and archives mainly for educational purposes which are used by members of the faculties and students but some are also open to visitors for consultation. A detailed list of Aristotle University Museums and their activities can be found in the University's website. In [...]

Thessaloniki Historical Center

Thessaloniki Historical Center The Thessaloniki Historical Center is located in front of the Hippodrome Square. It is a research institute which was founded in 1983 and has been housed since 1995 in the building which is located until today. The Historical center is a service of the municipality of Thessaloniki and its purpose [...]

2015-01-03T19:31:59+02:00January 3rd, 2015|Museums and Galleries, Thessaloniki Attractions|1 Comment
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