Museum of Byzantine Culture

The Museum of Byzantine Culture

Exterior view

^[1]^[2] The Museum of Byzantine Culture (Greek: Μουσείο Βυζαντινού Πολιτισμού) is a museum in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece, which opened in 1994.

History

To design the museum, a nationwide architectural competition was announced in 1977. The competition was ultimately won by the entry of Kyriakos Krokos. Construction of the building began in March 1989, and was completed in October 1993. Antiquities from the Byzantine & Christian Museum in Athens were transferred in June 1994, some of them being displayed in the museum's inaugural exhibition, "Byzantine Treasures of Thessaloniki: The Return Journey". The museum finally opened on 11 September 1994.^[3]

Exhibits

Opening in 1994, the museum currently has three permanent exhibitions. The first, "Early Christian Churches", focuses on the design and decoration of churches in early centuries of Christianity. "Early Christian Cities and Dwellings", presents aspects of economic life, domestic handicrafts, houses, and food and clothing of early Christians, and finally, "From the Elysian Fields to the Christian Paradise" focuses on cemeteries of early Christians, jewellery, sepulchral architecture and painting, cult customs, and clay and glass objects recovered from excavated graves.^[4] Beginning in 1998, the museum has run educational programmes for schoolchildren.^[4]

Awards

In 2005, the museum was awarded the Council of Europe's Museum Prize.^[3]^[5]

Gallery

Arch and piers from the Church of St. Demetrius
Byzantine mosaic
Interior view of the museum.
Theodosian capital from the atrium of Acheiropoietos Church
Inscription from the walls of Panion, Eastern Thrace
Statue of the good shepherd, 4th century
Wall painting of St.Cosmas and St.Damian from the Agora
Glazes ceramics, sgraffito and painted decoration
Plaque
Tunic from Egypt, 7th century
Wall paintings from a tomb

References

↑ Museums of Macedonia web site
↑ Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license
1 2 [http://www.euromuse.net/en/museums/museum/view-m/-cacd2487c9/?ORGID=0&letters=&city=95&country=53&topic=0&sprache=2&lim_Start=0> "Museum of Byzantine Culture"]. euromuse.net. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
1 2 "Museum of Byzantine culture, Thessaloniki". The Museums of Macedonia. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
↑ "2005 Council of Europe's Museum Prize goes to the Museum of Byzantine Culture". Museum of Byzantine culture. Retrieved 2009-09-18.

External links

Museums in Thessaloniki

Archaeological	Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki Museum of Ancient Greek, Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Instruments Museum of Plaster Casts Prehistoric Antiquities Museum of Thessaloniki

Byzantine and ecclesiastic	Crypt of Saint Demetrius Museum of Byzantine Culture White Tower of Thessaloniki

Ethnological/historical	Atatürk Museum Goulandris Natural History Museum of Thessaloniki Balkan Wars Museum Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki Macedonian Historical Museum Museum for the Macedonian Struggle Natural History Museum War Museum of Thessaloniki

Folklore	Folk Art and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia and Thrace

Art museums/galleries	Art Gallery of the Society of Macedonian Studies Cinema Museum of Thessaloniki National Bank of Greece Cultural Center Design Museum of Thessaloniki Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art Municipal Art Gallery (Thessaloniki) Museum of the Macedonian Art Society Museum of Photography Thessaloniki Music Museum of Macedonia State Museum of Contemporary Art

Industry/technology	Broadcasting Museum of Thessaloniki Railway Museum of Thessaloniki Science Center and Technology Museum "Noesis" Water Supply Museum

Education/sports	Museum of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Museum of the Cultural Foundation of the Greek Diaspora Museum of the National Center of Maps & Cartographic Heritage Plaster Casts Museum of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Olympic Museum

List of museums in Greece

Coordinates: 40°37′26″N 22°57′18″E / 40.6239°N 22.9550°E / 40.6239; 22.9550

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