16 Thessaloniki Museums

#1

Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki

The modern house of Ancient Macedonia, the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki has so many interesting exhibits. Not to be missed.

Exposés on the walls of an oval room and two traditional costumes close to the entrance.

photo: Museum Macedonian Struggle / CC BY-SA 3.0

#2

Museum of the Macedonian Struggle

As the Ottoman Empire was slowly collapsing, competing nations strived to capture pieces of Macedonia. The Museum of the Macedonian Struggle tells their story.

A fighter jet pilot on the screen of the simulator room and seats thrusting forward.

photo: NOESIS / CC BY-SA 3.0

#3

Noesis Science Museum

A fun place with tons of educational experiences. Science exhibitions, a dome screen room, a cosmotheater, a simulator, and a planetarium. Anything else?

A guy's head that look like it's cut appears in a plate on a table.

photo: tiqets

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#4

Museum of Illusions Thessaloniki

The Museum of Illusions of Thessaloniki uses geometry and illusions to create scenes for unforgettable pictures that you want to share on social media.

Old machine guns and other weapons in display in a shiny room of the War Museum of Thessaloniki.

photo: Macedonian Heritage / CC BY-SA 3.0

#5

War Museum of Thessaloniki

In the last century, Thessaloniki went through two world wars, two Balkan wars, and civil strife. Learn more in the War Museum of Thessaloniki.

An old industrial ceiling over a room with photos on the walls.

photo: Macedonian Heritage / CC BY-SA 3.0

#6

MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

House of many impressive exhibitions on topics as diverse as COVID's impact on city life, identity in psychology, and urban landscape.

The Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation is a large white building with outdoor stairs leading to the upper floors.

photo: G.Garitan / CC BY-SA 4.0

#7

Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation A.U.TH.

The Teloglion Foundation is a fantastic cultural space with curious exhibits, impressive presentation, and several artistic events.

A room of the Byzantine Culture Museum of Thessaloniki with artifacts in displays and icons hanging on the walls.

photo: Herbert Frank / CC BY 2.0

#8

Museum of Byzantine Culture

Probably the biggest Byzantine museum in the world, it hosts a difficult-to-find and complete exhibition of the Eastern Roman Empire through time.

The marble stairs of the rectangular Thessaloniki Olympic Museum lit at night.

photo: Thessaloniki Olympic Museum / CC BY-SA 3.0

#9

Thessaloniki Olympic Museum

The Thessaloniki Olympic Museum is an exposé on Olympic Games with exceptional educational programs. A rare-to-find place. Don't miss it.

An art piece depicting an airplane figure flying in front of a black sun and a red sky in the background.

photo: Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art / CC BY-SA 4.0

#10

MOMus - Museum of Contemporary Art

A great contemporary art collection with pieces from Greece and beyond. If you are a contemporary art fan, this place is for you.

A house of old Macedonian architecture with closed windows framed below a tree branch.

photo: Joyofmuseums / CC BY-SA 4.0

#11

Atatürk Museum

The Father of modern Turkey, Kemal Atatürk, was born in this traditional house which is today a museum and the Turkish Consulate of Thessaloniki.

A brick-built building with black steel pillars and an old water pump part in the front.

photo: EYATH

#12

Water Museum EYATH S.A.

In the Water Enterprise's Museum, you explore Thessaloniki's centuries-old water supply system. Interesting to gain an understanding how cities work.

An old train control building with tiled roof in the open-air train park of the Thessaloniki Railway Museum.

photo: K. Krallis

#13

Thessaloniki Railway Museum

An open-air museum for train enthusiasts and trainspotters provided by people that worked in and love trains. Old locomotives and train network development.