Museum · Modern (1994)

Museum of Byzantine Culture

Aktualisiert 2026Zu Fuß geprüftBeside the Archaeological Museum

An award-winning museum tracing Byzantine and post-Byzantine life through mosaics, icons, frescoes, jewellery, and everyday objects, set in a calm modern building.

The brick exterior and colonnaded courtyard of the Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki — Museum of Byzantine Culture · Modern (1994)

Epoche

Modern (1994)

Lage

City centre, by the seafront

Eintritt

€10 (€5 reduced) · €15 combined 3-day ticket · free on Greek museum days (6 Mar, 18 Apr, 18 May, last weekend of Sep, 28 Oct)

Öffnungszeiten

Summer (May–Oct) daily 08:00–20:00; winter (Nov–Mar) 08:30–15:30, closed Tue

Benötigte Zeit

1.5 hours

Bewertung

4.6★ · 4,342 Bewertungen

Öffnungszeiten und Preise zuletzt 2026 geprüft — sie ändern sich, also am Tag bestätigen.

Geschichte

Wie es entstand

Opened in 1994 and named European Museum of the Year in 2005, it draws on the rich Byzantine heritage of Thessaloniki and the wider region.

Was Sie Sehen

Bei einem Besuch

Detached wall paintings and mosaics, icons, coins and jewellery, and reconstructed tombs across eleven thematic galleries.

Wie man Besucht

Step-free and fully accessible.

Beste Zeit

Combine with the Archaeological Museum next door

Galerie

Anfahrt

Lage

City centre, by the seafront · Beside the Archaeological Museum

Wegbeschreibung

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Gut zu Wissen

Yes — a joint ticket covering both neighbouring museums is usually available and is the best value if you visit both.

It's the best place to make sense of Thessaloniki's Byzantine heritage, tracing that world across eleven thematic galleries of mosaics, icons, frescoes and everyday objects. In 2005 it became the first Greek museum to win the Council of Europe Museum Prize, and it's housed in a celebrated modern building by the architect Kyriakos Krokos.

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