museum of the macedonian struggle

We tried visiting this museum on a Tuesday lunchtime only to be told that it had closed. It closes at lunchtime - ridiculous, particularly in a country that starts the later than everywhere else. They need proper museum opening hours. Shame.

Not knowing much about the history of the Macedonian Struggle, this museum informed me. It is a place to visit if you want to learn about the history of the area. The museum is small, but well organized.

A great little museum to visit in the heart of Thessaloniki which showcases the struggle of the Greeks to liberate Makedonia from the Ottomans & Bulgarians. All Greeks should visit to learn about the sacrifices our ancestors made to keep this area Greek from the Bulgarians.

Beautiful building hiding a true gem of a museum. Beautifully set up and the staff are friendly and knowldegeble.

Small museum where you can get a detailed insights on the struggle for freedom. They have a 15 minute video presentation also. To appreciate the history and the museum I recommend you see it first.

It would be easy to overlook this museum I Thessaloniki as the archaeological and Byzantine museums possibly get more exposure. Centrally situated near Aristotle Square it is housed in the former Greek consulate building, o lovely piece of architecture in itself. On the afternoon I visited it was about to close but the curator kindly allowed me to stay. I have taught early 20th century history but always from the perspective of the western powers ( United Kingdom, France, Germany) _colonial rivalry, alliance systems etc.This museum ,with its dioramas, videos,and historical text, complemented my knowledge and put into context what is generally regarded in Britain as a difficult period to understand . I urge anyone who visits this wonderful city to visit MOMS

The museum carefully accounts historical facts with accuracy and fairness. Despite the fact of being in the heart of a delicate diplomatic issue, the name of Macedonia, the museum avoids any fingerpointing and alienation for political reasons, it focuses only on real facts, presented with historic care, passion and beauty, using detailed, easy to navigate multimedia and beautiful mockups

well with the visit .one does not realize have the Greeks struggled and suffered in this area.i do recommend a visit staff are very informative and helpful . a lady also offered to screen a video in one of their lectures room for us .we were pressed for time but will revisit

This museum is a great eye opener if you aren't familiar with the hardships of the people from this part of Greece. The museum provides great detail in relation to the struggle undertaken by the Macedonian Region in Northern Greece. The are a number of displays, dioramas and a film that you can watch in English or other languages. The attendants speak English and are extremely helpful.Entry is 2 euro.

This is not a large museum - probably one hour would do it justice. It is, however, one of the most impressively displayed and intelligently presented that we have been in. I agree with other reviews that it tries hard not to be biased and the display explanations and the video are easy to understand but retain a degree of historical balance. I was not overly informed about the struggle for Macedonia but now feel that I can view this historical period with interest and perspective.

This is a wonderful museum! We live abroad and every time we were visiting our town, twice a year, we were postponing its visit for next time. What a mistake! Go and see it to learn the history of the Macedonian struggle and of the town of Thessaloniki. Beautiful films reconstructing the atmosphere of that period, wonderful two-language educational material (EN and EL), very rich and never boaring. A very pedagogical place for children too and all this in a neo-classical buindling which is in full harmony with the town history presented.In addition to all this, a very amicable staff ready to answer the many questions we asked!Thomas and Marilena, from Brussels

Accurate, global and fair historical testimony.The museum carefully accounts historical facts with accuracy and fairness. Despite the fact of being in the heart of a delicate diplomatic issue, the name of Macedonia, the museum avoids any fingerpointing and alienation for political reasons, it focuses only on real facts, presented with historic care, passion and beauty, using detailed, easy to navigate multimedia and beautiful mockups (either miniaturized or in 1:1 scale). The building itself is a unique artefact of the architect Tchiller in Thessaloniki (the man who almost singlehanded built the neoclassical architectural style of Athens). Beyond its douptless architectural value, in this place, then consulate of Greece in the decining Otthoman Empire, a place of todays southest Europa has been planned. The protection of the local greek population of Macedonia has been organised here and the recovery of this place by Greece, was key later in withstanding and delaying the German attack, in WWII, first and then in the delimitation of Cold War Frontiers / access to the sea. Only for this reason this place merits a visit; the reason becomes even more important if one takes into account the historically accurate and fair representation of a key period of this very strategic part of Europe. A small, valuable gem!

This is one of the best museums I have seen in Greece- because it uses objects, texts and audiovisuals in a well balanced way to explain the complex history of both Macedonia and its becoming part of modern Greece, and the complex history - the recent history- of how this came about. It also has a range of publications and post cards that relate to the struggle. $ery visitor to Thessaloniki should visit.

This is my second visit to this museum. The use of photographic material in all the displays is fresh and dramatic as well as focused on social history. As the museum is part of the actual events of the struggle for Greek independence, it makes the entire site a significant monument as well as ongoing historical identity. The museum as a beautiful neo-classical building of traditional spaces has also been very well used to tell a national story in a very contemporary context. The displays are concise and easily comprehensible in both Greek and English and there is neither too much text or too many objects or images. The various historical narratives are elegant without being either heavily patriotic or didactic. The connection between historical information and creative design is elegant and sensitive. Displays include wall texts, enlarged details from historical photographs, cases with historical objects, including costumes, videos, maps, significant historical documents, weapons and many items of significance to the participants in the Balkan Wars of 1912-13. If you are interested in a key moment in the modern history of Greece as we know it today, the Thessaloniki Museum of the Macedonian Struggle is a must see. One is strongly aware of the high level of historical, curatorial and archival knowledge of the research behind this museum without any sense of the weight of history. A fascinating and important center of local and regional history and continuing place of research and publication.

...of visiting this museum not only because I learned more about the history in a what I sensed like objective way and understood how society was functioning in that troubled era, but I also got to be in a great historical building, I had the opportunity to watch a video and see how the old city of Thessaloniki used to be and I was kindly treated by the friendly people who work there.