Macedonian Museum of Modern Art

The Macedonian Museum of Modern Art in Thessaloniki was founded in 1979. The museum was established to promote Greek and international contemporary art and to promote Greek culture abroad. The area of the museum is more than 4000 square meters, which house exhibition halls, a library and an atelier of artists.

The basis of the museum collection consists of 30 paintings by famous artists, which were donated to the museum by Alexandros Iolas. After it, many collectors and artists began to give the museum works of art and today the museum has more than 2000 exhibits, including paintings, engravings, sculptures, films and photographs.

In addition to the permanent exhibition, the museum regularly organizes periodic exhibitions of Greek and foreign artists such as Lukopoulos, Mitaras, Kessanlis, Tsaruchis, Tsohlis, Andy Warhol and others.

The museum has a library that contains more than 2,500 different publications devoted to painting, photography and sculpture. There is also a cafe and a souvenir shop in the museum.