War Museum of Thessaloniki
The War Museum of Thessaloniki (Greek: Πολεμικό Μουσείο Θεσσαλονίκης Polemiko Mousio Thessalonikis) is a military museum in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece.
Thessaloniki War Museum opened in October 2000. It is housed in a building designed by architect Vitaliano Poselli and erected between 1900 and 1902.
The museum's mission is to help preserve military historical memory and heritage in Northern Greece.
The permanent collections show events which were a watershed in Modern Greek history from the turn of the 20th century to the liberation of Greece from German forces at the end of World War II. They include photographs of the era, Hellenic army, air force and navy uniforms, weapons of the army, replicas of artillery and ships, works of art, stone engravings, maps, paintings, postcards, and similar items from the armies of other Balkan countries.
These exhibits give insight to the Balkan Wars, World War I, the Asia Minor Campaign, the Greco-Italian War, the Battle of the Forts in eastern Macedonia, the Battle of Crete, the Occupation and the Resistance, the part played by Greek forces in Allied action in North Africa, Italy and Normandy, as well as the liberation from the forces of occupation.
In addition to exhibition spaces, the War Museum has an amphitheatre, a multi-purpose hall, a library of writings on history and war, and a giftshop.[1][2]
Gallery
- Interior
- WWI Adrian helmet of Greek army
- Adrian helmet (Serbian army)
- Decorations of the Order of the Redeemer, from the museum's orders collection
- Artifacts from the collection of Nikolaos Nikoltsos
- Artifacts from the collection of Vasilios Nikoltsos
- Uniforms of WWII
- Preserved tank
- Preserved tank
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- Skoda artillery gun
- Artillery gun
- Uniforms of WWII with the Greek M1934/39 helmet
- Greek flag of 1912
References
External links
- Museums of Macedonia, Greece — War Museum
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- Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
- Museum of Roman Forum
- Crypt of Saint Demetrius
- Museum of Byzantine Culture
- White Tower of Thessaloniki
- Ecclesiastical Museum of the Metropolis
- Atatürk Museum
- Balkan Wars Museum
- French Museum of Zeitenlik
- Holocaust Museum of Greece
- Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki
- Museum for the Macedonian Struggle
- Sedes Aviation Museum
- War Museum of Thessaloniki
- Greek refugees Museum
- Art Gallery of the Society of Macedonian Studies
- Cinema Museum of Thessaloniki
- National Bank of Greece Cultural Center
- Design Museum of Thessaloniki
- MOMus Contemporary
- MOMus Modern
- MOMus Photography
- Municipal Art Gallery (Thessaloniki)
- Teloglion Foundation of Art
- Vafopouleio Cultural Center
- Broadcasting Museum of Thessaloniki
- Railway Museum of Thessaloniki
- Science Center and Technology Museum "Noesis"
- Water Supply Museum
- Pharmaceutical Museum
- Museum of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- Plaster Casts Museum
- Thessaloniki Olympic Museum
- YMCA Basketball Museum
- Aris Basketball Museum
- Greek Guiding Museum
- Natural History Museum
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