Museums of Thessaloniki-Greek team

  Thessaloniki has over ten major and minor museums. The first 3 are the most important and well known ones, and they attract most of the visitors of the city.

 1.  1. The Archeological Museum

•  It is located near the centre of the city and was founded in 1962.

•  It includes many impressive works of ancient art, ancient of the entire Macedonia region are exhibited there, including the so called Treasure of Bergina, as well as weapons, jewellery, beautiful statues and even parts of temples from both the ancient Greek and Roman era. Prehistoric exhibitions are also included there. 

•Click on the following link to visit the official website of the Museum

 http://www.amth.gr/index.php/en/

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  2. The Byzantine Culture Museum

 •Built just next to the Archeological Museum, it exhibits findings from the Byzantine era (about 500-1400), as well as historic arts of the Christian culture and religion. After all, this was one of the most progressive periods for Thessaloniki, and many of its churches were built at that time.  

•Click on the following link to visit the official website of the Museum

    http://www.mbp.gr/html/en/index.htm

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   3. The White Tower

 The White Tower is well known as the symbol of the city. 

 However, in the latest years, it has also become a museum, where one can learn about the history of Thessaloniki in the last 200 years, and also the visitors can see rare photos of the city in the past.

4. Other museums of the city 

(•Click on its link to visit the official website of the museum)

4. The Folklife - Ethnological Museum Macedonia - Thrace 
5.5.  The Technology Museum "NOESIS"
6.6.  The Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art
7.7.  The Sports Museum
8.8.  The Cinema Museum
9.9.  The Museum of Photography
10.10.  Museum of the Macedonian Struggle
11.11.  The Jewish Museum  

  
Clicking on the following link you can download the PowerPoint presentation about the museums of Thessaloniki

MUSEUMS OF THESSALONIKI 

Written by Christos Liv. 
student of the 3rd class of 8th Gymnasio Thessalonikis,
member of the Greek team of the Etwinning project
 “Blogtrotters across Europe” 2012-13