Museum · Modern (1994)

Museum of Byzantine Culture

Bijgewerkt 2026Te voet gecontroleerdBeside 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)

Periode

Modern (1994)

Locatie

City centre, by the seafront

Toegang

€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)

Openingstijden

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

Benodigde Tijd

1.5 hours

Beoordeling

4.6★ · 4,342 beoordelingen

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Geschiedenis

Hoe het ontstond

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.

Wat Je Ziet

Bij een bezoek

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

Hoe te Bezoeken

Step-free and fully accessible.

Beste Tijd

Combine with the Archaeological Museum next door

Galerij

Bereikbaarheid

Locatie

City centre, by the seafront · Beside the Archaeological Museum

Routebeschrijving

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Goed om te Weten

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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