The Museum of Byzantine Culture

Thessaloniki was the most important European city of the Byzantine Empire, right after Constantinople. The Museum of Byzantine Culture preserves the traces of Byzantine civilisation in Thessaloniki. It also conducts studies and research programmes to unearth more evidence of Byzantine culture in Macedonia.

The Museum is a repository of inscriptions, sculptures, frescoes, icons and mosaics from that era. In 1997, an exhibition named 'The Holy Treasures of Mount Athos' was laid open to the public. This is permanent and certainly worth visiting.