Being an archaeologist in Greece...
My first encounter with the term archaeology was when I was 8 years old, one evening in Hydra. I was returning home with my mom and we met a man on our way that stopped and chatted a little bit with my mom. I remember, he was dressed in white linen pants and white linen shirt, a man with grayish to white long hair and beard; to me looked like a mythical figure like Jeus or Poseidon! I couldn't hear what they were saying bat I could hear his voice slow, clear and warm. After he left I asked my mother who this person was and she said he was an "Archaeologist". The word itself had a great impact on me immediately and I asked for more details and by the time we arrived home I had made my decision: I was going to become an archaeologist!
And so I did... I grew up and I end up studying Archaeology in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece. Living in Greece and studying this subject gave me the chance to visit almost all the archaeological sites in Greece (and not only) and of course almost all the museums! The reason I make this lens is because I have the knowledge, I'm aware of places most people aren't and I want to share with you this guide to the Greek Museums!!!
Are you willing to follow me in this journey?
Please: In this lens you'll find all the museums of Athens and Thessaloniki. For the rest of the Greek Museums you can check out my other lenses:
Greek museums ~Crete~: Anything you need to know about the museums of Crete.
Greek MUseums ~Macedonia~: Anything you need to know about the museums of Macedonia.
If you don't find what you're looking for in this lens, then you should check out my museum group, Museums Of The World! Here you can find a collection of lenses for different museums around the world or the web.
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Do you have any questions about Greek Museums? Have I missed one? You just wanna say hi? Write here your comments, I'd love to hear your feedback!
Cheers
Katerina
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ATHENS
We have to start from athens, don't we?
Athens is a land that has been inhabited for a few thousands years already and as you can imagine you can find all sorts of museums in the city! Join me as we visit the different museums of Athens, from Archaeological museums to modern art and folklore! Well, it is the capital of Greece you know... Archaeological and Historic Museums of Athens
We have to start with the basics... this is Athens after all!
- National Museum of Athens
- It is the most important archaeological museum in Greece and one of the richest in the world concerning ancient Greek art. Its collections are representative of all the cultures that flourished in Greece.
The construction of the museum was begun in 1866 and completed in 1889 with the gradual addition of the west wing in 1874, of the north in 1881, of the south in 1885 and finally, of the east wing. The building was erected in a large plot donated by Helen Tositsa, with the financial support of Demetrios and Nicolaos Vernardakis, the Archaeological Society and the Greek state.
- Byzantine and Christian Museum
- The collections of the Byzantine Museum show the course of Greek art from the 4th to the 19th century. They comprise sculptural works, paintings and small works of all sorts. These works represent the artistic production of the Greek area, and other regions both central and peripheral of the Byzantine empire and subsequently of Hellenism on into post-Byzantine times.
- National Historical Museum
- The National Historical Museum belongs to the Historical and Ethnological Society of Greece, which was founded in 1882 with the purpose of seeking out, collecting and preserving objects and written evidence which help to shed light on the history of Modern Greece.
- Epigraphical Museum
- The Epigraphical Museum was founded in 1885 and it was established in the ground floor of the building of the National Archaeological Museum, which was constructed between 1866 and 1889, according to architectural plans by L.Lange and E.Ziller.
- Museum of the Ancient Agora (Stoa of Attalos)
- The Agora museum is housed in the Stoa of Attalos, a reconstructed building of around 150 B.C. The characteristic feature of the mseum is that the exhibits are all closely connected with the Athenian Democracy, as the Agora was the focus of the city's public life.
- Museum of Cycladic Art
- The Museum of Cycladic Art is devoted to the study and promotion of ancient Greek art. It was founded in 1986 in order to house the collection of Cycladic and Ancient Greek art belonging to Nicholas and Dolly Goulandris. Starting in the early Sixties, and with a permit by the Greek State, the couple collected Greek antiquities, with special interest in the prehistoric art from the Cycladic islands.
- The Acropolis Museum
- It is one of the most important museums in the world. It temporarily houses masterpieces of the ancient Greek civilization, dedicated to the most important of the Athenian sanctuaries, the "temenos" of Athena Parthenos. Preparations for the erection of the New Acropolis Museum have already begun.
- Centre for the Acropolis Studies
- The building was constructed in 1836 by the Bavarian engineer Von Weiler. For a long period it was used as a military hospital and later, as the Gendarmes' Barracks. In 1978 it was offered to the Ministry of Culture and in 1985-87 was repaired in order to serve all its present functions.
The museum organizes educational programmes for students of primary and secondary schools, but also houses congresses and other activities in the lecture hall, as well as temporary exhibitions. Workshops and storerooms for the casts are installed on the basement of the building.
- Archaeological Museum of Kerameikos
- The museum of Kerameikos was built in 1937 on the plans of H. Johannes, with a donation of Gustav Oberlaender. It was enlarged in the 1960's with the support of the Boehringer brothers.%uFFFDhe exhibits are displayed in chronological order, but also according to their subjects and their provenance.
- War Museum of Athens
- Amidst the row of museums on Vassilissis Sophias Avenue stands the War Museum of Athens which explores the history of warfare. It covers a period of thousands of years, from pre-historic times until today and features all sorts of weapons - from stone axes to heavy artillery. The oldest exhibits are primitive weapons used in the stone age as well as more recent finds from the early bronze age. Other exhibits cover the classical and medieval period, the Greek War of Independence and conflicts of the 20th century - from the Balkan wars to the Second World War. You can even climb into the cockpit of a fighter plane.
- Museum of the City of Athens
- Athens, the oldest and most famous city of Europe, presents part of her most recent History: the period commencing in 1832, when she was appointed capital of the newly-founded Modern Greek State by its first king, Otto. The tour of the Museum includes many other sectors of the History, Civilisation and Life of Athens (both past and contemporary). Several specific collections and typical sitting and living rooms of the Athenian 19th century aristocracy present a rich view of the life in Athens at the time. We thank you for your visit, and wish you a pleasant tour in our Museum.
- Numismatic Museum
- The Numismatic Museum of Athens, with a history going back to 1829, is one of the few of its kind in the world and the only such museum in the Balkans. It provides continuous educational support for Hellenism in terms of numismatics, history and art history.
- The Jewish Museum of Greece
- The idea of building a Jewish Museum of Greece was first conceived in the 1970's by members of the Jewish Community of Athens, who offered every kind of assistance towards the realisation of this dream. The Museum was first established in 1977 and housed in a small room next to the city's synagogue. It housed objects salvaged from WW II, whether artefacts, documents and manuscripts of the 19th and 20th centuries, or the jewellery of the Jews of Thrace that had been seized by the Bulgarians in 1943. The latter had been returned to the Greek government after the abdication of the Bulgarian king and the establishment of a communist regime in the country.
National Archaeological Museum of Athens Guides
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Vases of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens
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The Mycenaean Collection of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens
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Athens Byzantine Museums Guides
A guide to the Byzantine Museum of Athens
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Byzantine Museum (The Greek museums)
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Athens Byzantine museum: Icons
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Athens: Ancient, Byzantine, Modern City Museums
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Art and Design Museums of Athens
Athens is a modern Metropolis and all the artistic fuzz is happening there!
- National Art Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum
- The institutional role of the National Gallery consists in the creation of collections, the maintenance and study of artworks as well as in the aesthetic cultivation of the public, the on-going education through art and the pleasure that it offers, but also in national self-consciousness through the history of Greek art that expresses national life on a symbolic level. Responding to this role, the National Gallery-Alexandros Soutzos Museum presents its permanent collections in a manner that highlights both the evolution of art and the parallel development of the society which it expresses.
- Benaki Museum
- The Benaki Museum ranks among the great benefactions which have enriched the material assets of the Greek state. At the same time, it is the oldest museum in Greece, which functions as a Foundation under Private Law.
Through its extensive collections covering several different cultural fields, as well as its more general range of activities which serve more than one social need, the Benaki Museum is perhaps the sole instance of a complex structure within the wider network of museum foundations in Greece.
- Dimitris Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art
- The Museum was founded in 1980. At present, the Dimitris Pierides collection numbers 1,040 paintings, sculptures, engravings and ceramics and includes works which were mainly created after the Second World War by artists from Greece and Cyprus. Since 1983, the Museum has organized many cultural activities in Athens and other places in Greece and abroad.
- Frissiras Museum
- The Frissiras Museum, the only Museum for Contemporary European Painting in Greece, was inaugurated on November 27, 2000 by the President of the Republic Constantine Stefanopoulos and officially opened on December 4, 2000 by the Mayor of Athens Dimitris Avramopoulos. It is housed in Plaka, in two adjacent neoclassical buildings brought up to the latest museum specifications, and operates as a nonprofit private entity.
- Municipal Gallery of Athens
- The Municipal Gallery of Athens is housed in a neoclassical building, on Koumoundourou Square, built on the plans of the architect Panagis Kalkos in 1874.
The inauguration of the Gallery took place on the 22nd of September, 1982. Before that, the collection had been housed, since 1974, in the Cultural Centre of the Municipality, on Acadimias Street.
- Museum of Engravings and Graphic Arts
- The course of the Ionian Bank, throughout its 150 years of life, has run parallel to the course of modern Greek engraving.
To celebrate this anniversary, the Bank decided to create a collection of engravings and graphic arts, with the intention of founding a Museum to house this collection, which would cover the lack of such an institution in Greece. - Museum of Popular Instruments - Research Centre for Ethnomusicology
- The Museum of Popular Instruments - Research Centre for Ethnomusicology (MELMOKE) comprises the collection of about 1200 Greek popular musical instruments dating from the 18th century to the present day, the fruit of a half century of research and study by the musicologist Fivos Anoyanakis. The Museum is housed in the historical Lassanis Mansion, which was built in 1842 close to the Roman Agora.
- Vorres Museum
- The first section is a museum of Modern Greek art, which presents important works of art and sculpture created by Greek artists of the second half of the 20th century. A general survey of the works clearly shows the significant influence of classical, Byzantine and folk tradition.
- Museum-Art Collection of the National Bank
- The art collection of the National Bank began to formed from the time the bank
itself was founded in 1841. This collection is considered to be of a museological nature, par excellence, since it includes approximately 1,300 original works by leading 19th and 20th century artists in the fields of painting, sculpture and engraving. - The museum of Agricultural History and Popular Art
- The museum of Agricultural History and Popular Art is an additional part of the cultural "fresco" of AROLITHOS. The exhibits are precious elements of Cretan civilization and they are displayed to the public in order to achieve its spiritual and historical training. Additionally, the museum contributes to the identification and distinction of the Cretan identity, which is different from that of the other nations.
- Centre for the Study of Traditional Pottery
- The Centre for the Study of Traditional Pottery - G. Psaropoulos Family Foundation (CSTP) is a museum, as well as a research and educational institution dedicated to the study, safekeeping and promotion of traditional Greek functional pottery from the early 19th century to the mid-20th century.
- Gounaropoulos Museum of the Municipality of Zografou
- ZografouThe Museum was founded in 1977 and is housed in the home of the famous
Greek painter George Gounaropoulos (1890-1977), in the Zografou area of Athens. - Museum of Greek Folk Art
- The Museum of Greek Folk Art belongs to the state and comes under the
Ministry of Culture. It was founded in 1918 under the name "Museum of Greek
Handicrafts" and was housed in the Tzami. In 1923 it was renamed the
"National Museum of Decorative Arts"; it was given its present name in 1959.
Athens Art museums Guides
GUIDE TO THE BENAKI MUSEUM
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Gold of Greece: Jewelry and Ornaments from the Benaki Museum
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Through romantic eyes: European images of nineteenth-century Greece from the Benaki Museum, Athens
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The Vorres Museum Folk Art Collection: "Pyrgi"
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Science and Nature Museums in Athens
- GOULANDRIS NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
- The Goulandris Natural History Museum (GNHM) is a private, non profit institution. It consists of a 5-member Board of Directors, permanent scientific, managerial and technical staff and is supported by special scientific advisors in the fields of science and education. The Goulandris Natural History Museum was the first museum of its kind to be established in Greece (1964), and the first to initiate environmental education in the country.
- Zoological Museum
- The Zoological Museum of the University of Athens is the oldest and richest zoological museum of Greece. It is part of the National Natural History Museum that is the oldest natural history museum in the eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans.
Museums of Special Interest in Athens
Basically all the other museums in town....
- Hellenic Maritime Museum
- In 1867, Captain G. Zohios, founder of the Sea Men's Pension Fund (Region of the Navy's Veterans) suggested that the Register undertake the project of collecting and maintaining all objects which related to the Greek naval history and that the foundation be laid for the creation of a Naval Museum.
- Athens Railway Museum
- The Museum was founded in 1979 and belongs to the Greek Railways Organization. Its aim is to preserve samples of the technological development of the means of transportation in Greece.
- Tactual Museum - Lighthouse for the Blind of Greece
- It is one of 4-5 Museums of its kind in the world. The main difference between the Tactual Museum and other Museums is the opportunity for all visitors to touch all the Exhibitsthat are copies of the originals displayed in other museums of our country.
- Hellenic Children's Museum
- The HELLENIC CHILDREN'S MUSEUM is a non-profit educational and cultural organization legally established in Athens, Greece in 1987. It is governed by a 7 member Board of Directors elected from a General Assembly of 52 members.
IT DOESN'T HAVE AN ENGLISH VERSION YET!!!
- Mineralogical Museum of Lavrion
- The Society of Studies of the Lavrion Region founded the Mineralogical Museum of Lavrion, which was inaugurated in September 1986, with the aim of highlighting one of the most important aspects of the region's natural wealth. The Museum is dedicated to the memory of A. Kordellas (1836-1909), the major contributor to the revival of modern-day Lavrion.
- Museum and Study Centre of the Greek Theatre
- The Museum was founded in 1938 by the historian of the Greek Theatre, Yiannis Sideris. He was succeeded in 1976 by the theatrical writer Manolis Kores. In the Museum's rooms are exhibited memorabilia of theatrical life, stage costumes and props, photographs, models of stage settings, personal belongings of leading figures of the theatre, as well as posters and programmes.
- Museum of Telecommunications
- The Museum of Telecommunications was founded by OTE (Greek Organization of Telecommunications) and was opened to the public in 1990. It is situated in a private building of one thousand square meters and offers spaces for the regular exhibition as well as conference and film projection rooms, a library and a workshop.
- Postal and Philatelic Museum
- Establishing and operating a postal and philatelic museum had been a long-standing request by the customers of the Hellenic Post and particularly by the philatelic community. The project had finally received state support in 1966.
- Spathareion Museum of the Shadow Theatre
- The Museum was founded in 1965 by Eugene Spatharis and includes his own and his father's collections, dating from 1947. There are also Greek and foreign-language books on the shadow theatre, and the puppet theatre, as well as posters, programmes, press cuttings.
- The Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum
- The Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum in Athens was founded in 1993 as a private non-profit foundation devoted to the art of jewelry. It opened to the public in 1994 and today houses in its permanent collections more than 4000 models of jewelry and micro-sculptures, from 50 collections, designed by its founder Academician Ilias Lalaounis, between 1940 and 2000.Since the year 2001 the Museum has opened its doors and collects jewelry and other decorative arts from different periods and various cultures.
- Cartoon Museum
- Cartoon MuseumThe Cartoon Museum has been in operation since 1994. It is founded and operates in collaboration
with a group of Greek cartoonists.The main part of the Museum is constituted by the Permanent Exhibition of Cartoons,
mainly carricatures, comic strips and other kinds of sketches by Greek and foreign cartoonists. There is also a library and archives. - Museum of the History of the Greek Costume of the Lyceum Club of Greek Women
- The Museum of the History of the Greek Costume was inaugurated in 1988 by the then Minister of Culture Melina Merkouri, and constitutes a part of the Lyceum Club of Greek Women, a non-profit organization, founded in 1910.
THESSALONIKI
A few thing about the town...
If you don't know it already, Theassaloniki is the second in population and very beautiful city in Northen Greece. In Northen Greece you'll find a lot of Prehistoric sites and museums as well as from the Hellenistic Period when the Macedonian culture was very influantial. Archaeological and Historic Museums of Thessaloniki
This beautiful city of the North is also the cultural capital of Northen Greece.
- Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
- Work on the construction of the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki began in February 1961, to designs by the architect Patroklos Karantinos. The building was inaugurated on 27th October 1962, during the celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of Thessaloniki. In 1971, the displays were brought to completion in all the rooms. They included sculpture, a prehistoric collection, miniature art of the Archaic and Classical periods, and the brilliant group of finds from the tombs at Derveni, which was first presented to the public on the day of the inauguration ceremony. A few years later, in 1978, the astonishing discoveries at Vergina led to the first changes in the display: finds from the royal tombs were exhibited in the rooms housing the prehistoric collection and miniature art as part of the exhibition "Treasures of Ancient Macedonia".
- The Crypt of Aghios Demetrios
- The crypt of Aghios Demetrios has been an archaeological site since its discovery in 1918. After 1950, some of the sculptures that survived the great fire of 1917, were transfered by S. Palakanides in the area of the fountain in an effort to remodel the whole place. In the years 1985-1988, excavations were conducted in the north part of the Crypt, and its remains were restored. An exhibition was organized, including the excavation finds as well as the antiquities that were rescued from the catastrophic fire.
A pamphlet on the exhibition has already been published, but a proper guide book to the museum is now in preparation.
The museum contains early Christian sculptures of the 5th, 6th and 7th centuries found in the church, Byzantine sculpture from the church, dated to the 11th-14th centuries, and various excavation finds (coins, pottery), dated to the 5th-14th centuries.
- Museum of the Macedonian Struggle
- The building was constructed at the end of the 19th century on plans drawn by Hernest Ziller. In 1984 it was rented to the Greek General Consulate and in 1923 it was alloted to the Diocese of St. Gregory Palamas. Until the 1978 earthquake, it had been housing several elementary schools and after it was restored and operated again as a Museum of the Macedonian Struggle.
- Historical and Art Museum of Thessaloniki/White Tower
- The exhibition "Thessanoniki, History and Art" is currently being staged in the White Tower, a defence work of the 16th c. it primary employs archaeological material, and also visual aids, to set off the history and the art of the city from the Early Christian to the Byzantine period (300-1430 A.D.)
The first three floors of the Tower house frescoes, icons, sculpture, clay and glass vases as well as examples of miniature craftmanship, provided by the Department of Byzantine Antiquities.
On the 4th and 5th floors, there are portable, Byzantine icons, vases and miniatures donated by D. Oikonomopoulos.
- Thessaloniki History Centre
- The Centre was founded by the municipality of Thessaloniki in order to compile, preserve, record and conserve evidence, be it printed, written or audiovisual, appertaining to the history of Thessaloniki.
Among the priorities of the Centre are the filing of Municipal Records and the acquisition of private archive collections, which constitute the basis of its communications.
The T.H.C. publishes annually the academic journal "Thessaloniki", comprising original research papers, is involved with the publication of books as well as the organization of symposia and meetings on the history of the city.
The T.H.C. is further equipped with a specialist history library and photography section.
At the same time, the Centre communicates its research activities through occasional exhibitions, laying emphasis on the historical continuity of the city and the area of Macedonia in general.
- Prehistoric Antiquities Museum of Thessaloniki
- The Museum was scheduled to open in middle of 1997. It will be housed in the two buildings that used to accommodate the stables of the former Kodra Barracks, now extended by the addition of basement rooms.
The Museum is located in an archaeological site, most likely the ancient city of Thermi, itself pre-dating the foundation of Thessaloniki, as it was settled during the Bronze age, the Mycenaean era and the first centuries of the historical period.
The site is known from the excavations of French archaeologists, carried out during the course of World War I.
The Museum will house archaeological finds from prehistoric and archaic settlements of the greater Thessaloniki area.
The display aims at:
A.Depicting the mechanisms of culture change, from the flat, extended neolithic settlements to the restricted mounds of the Bronze Age and the rise of city-states in the beginning of the archaic period.
B.Displaying human activity in those times, from the point of view of ideology, technology, social organization and economy.
C.Highlighting the multiple uses of Archaeology, with regard to modern experience, knowledge and intellect.
- Museum of Byzantine Culture
- Inaugurated in 1994, it has emerged as a new, important museum involved with the preservation, research and study of Byzantine culture, throughout Macedonia in general and the city of Thessaloniki in particular.
The areas occupied by permanent exhibitions and those reserved for the occasional mounting of thematic ones, the highly equipped conservation laboratories and their arcaeological storerooms constitute a continuous link with the natural surroundings of the city and its Byzantine monuments, to which the Museum will refer as "living" exhibits.
- Historical Archives of Macedonia
- Founded in Thessaloniki in 1954, it is housed in a mansion, known as the "Russian Hospital", built by the Russian Community in 1906.
It constitutes a regional branch of the Public Record Office and aims at locating, compiling, preserving and protecting archive material that survives or is still produced with regard to Thessaloniki and Macedonia; the office further intends to use its collection for public or private research purposes. Space within the premises of the Historical Archives of Macedonia is arranged to accommodate the exhibition of select archive material kept on the premises. It focuses on Thessaloniki-centred administrative developments, mainly in the sectors of Education, Finance and Business Enterprises, from the 19th c. to the present day.
- Museum of the Jewish Presence in Thessaloniki
- This imposing building, right in the middle of the commercial centre, survived the 1917 conflagration and has since housed the Bank of Attica and the press offices of the French-language Jewish newspaper "L`Ind%u03B9pendant". In the Museum there will be exhibits of religious and ceramonial character, ethnographic material (utensils, costumes) and historical documents (newspapers, photographs and out of print editions). A specialized library, radio, film and television archives, a collection of Sephardic popular songs and accounts by survivors of the holocaust, other existing archive material, plans and prints of monumental buildings, synagogues, settlements and old maps will also be available.
- Museum of the Cource of Jewish History in Thessaloniki
- It will be established at Vas. Herakleiou St. in the Modiano market area, the centre of the Jewish Community from the time the first Spanish Jews settled in Thessaloniki in 1492 until World War II.
- Museum of Ancient Greek, Byzantine & Post-Byzantine Instruments
- The Museum has put more than 200 musical instruments on display, providing a history of music over 4.000 years in Greece.
Needless to say, these are not the original, archaeological finds; apart from the metal ones, the ancient instruments were mostly made of wood, a material that does not survive the ravages of time.
- Thessaloniki Museum of the Macedonian Struggle
- The Society which is responsible for the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle
is that of the "Frieds of the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle", a private
association founded in Thessaloniki in 1979. The Museum has been in operation
since 1982 in the neoclassical building, whose plans were drawn by the famous architect Ernest Ziller.
- Ataturk Museum
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, was born in a house on Apostolou Pavlou St. in 1881. In 1935, Thessaloniki City Council gave it to the Turkish state, which decided to convert it into a museum dedicated to Kemal Atatürk.
Art and Design Museums of Thessaloniki
Visit the art museums of Thessaloniki for more alternative choices...
Athens maybe is the metropolis but Thessaloniki has the fame to be a city with revolutionary artistic tradition and a vary dedicated and demanding audience!
- Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art of Thessaloniki
- The MMCA now has a surface area of 4,000 square metres, with new exhibition spaces, a library, a multipurpose room, art workshops, and a cafe.
- State Museum of Contemporary Art/Moni Lazariston
- The museum was established in 1997 and since then it has done a lot of progress, confirming its serious institutional character and laying the foundation for major projects.
A new era started since the acquisition of the George Costakis Collection that consists of Russian avant-garde art works.
- Teloglion Foundation of Art
- The Teloglion Foundation of Art was founded in 1972 with the donation of the art collection as well as the entire property of Nestor and Aliki Telloglou to the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The Teloglion Foundation of Art is a non-profit organization. Its mission is the multisided support of research and studies about art, as well as the broader familiarization of the public with art.
- Folklife and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia - Thrace (G. Modiano Mansion)
- The Museum owes its existence to the Macedonian Educational Association (Constantinople 1871-1922, Thessaloniki 1924 and on).
In 1931 the President if the Association, Yannis Taris (1885-1968), proposed the creation of a "folklore section" and began to collect and assemble material.The result was the Folklife Museum of Northern Greece, which was founded in 1957 as a private entity.
Sience and Nature Museums of Thessaloniki
- Water Museum of Thessaloniki
- The first construction phase of the complex took place between 1890 and 1992 and was undertaken by the Water Company of Thessaloniki, which had prerogative to "supply the city of Thessaloniki and its surroundings with spring water and%u2026 water from Axios river". The Company was financed by Belgian capital and Belgian ware also in charge of the technical assistance.
- Technical Museum of Thessaloniki
- The Technical Museum of Thessaloniki was founded in 1978 and constitutes a non-profit educational organization.
The Museum's Exhibition Area is housed in a building of 1500 sq.m. made available to it by the ETBA, in the Industrial Zone of Thessaloniki, and in it are presented exhibits related to the historical development of technology and the exact sciences.
- National Centre for Maps & Cartographic Heritage - National Map Library
- The Centre's main concern is the development and diffusion of Cartography and Maps in Culture, Education, Production and Everyday life and also the development and management of a Map Library and the implementation of new information and communication digital technologies in order to satisfy the Centre's overall aims and perspectives.
- Photography Museum
- The museum's mission is to collect photographs, especially historical and artistic photographs of Greece, to organize exhibitions and events to show the museum's collection, to join forces with other similar bodies and work together, and to publish books on photography.
- Railway Museum
- In the station-master's office inside the station building there is a map with all Greek railway lines marked on it, railway workers' uniforms, railway workmen's tools, personal belongings, technical manuals and details of all old steam engines and diesel engines belonging to the Greek railways. The museum is also home to some of the furnishings from the carriages of the former Greek royal family. In the museum courtyard there is a restaurant carriage from the renowned Orient Express, which is open to visitors.
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Important Links About Greece
If you're traveling to Greece having in mind to visit as many museums and sites as possible then you should consider taking a look at the following sites...
- HELLENIC CULTURE
- The official site of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture. Here you can find information about all the museums and sites, visiting houres, and addresses.
- Greece Museums Guide - A travel guide for Greek museums and Greek culture in Greece
- Greece Museums Guide is a travel and museum guide for Greek museums that helps travelers to Greece. Offers information about Greek culture and history, Ancient Greece, organized and private sightseeing Greece tours, Greek mythology and travel guides to Greece.
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Greece presents articles about Greek history and culture alongside maps and pictures of art, archaeological sites, and museums.
- Study abroad Greece, university study abroad programs
- STUDY ABROAD GREECE is dedicated to providing a student-friendly, easily-navigated directory for all those who wish to explore the rich historical and artistic heritage of the world's oldest democracy. Whether your time of study is concentrated in art study abroad on the mainland or study abroad programs in Greece on one of the many wonderful Greek islands, the Greek people, always open and friendly, will do the most they can to make your educational and cultural stay a meaningful one.
- Travel Guide of Greece
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