Museum for the Macedonian Struggle

The Museum for the Macedonian Struggle collects and documents the modern and contemporary history of Greek Macedonia. It focuses on the developments that shaped the growth of Hellenism in the region. The museum’s collection consists of rare 19th and 20th-century artifacts related to everyday life in Macedonia, the weaponry, and personal objects of fighters, as well as rare original documents from the period. The collection includes military relics of the Balkan Wars belonging to Greek, Serb, Bulgarian and Ottoman Army. The Museum occupies a neo-classical building built in 1893.

Exhibits of the Museum for the Macedonian Struggle

• Costume of a Macedonian Fighter

Museum for the Macedonian Struggle

• Name:          Museum for the Macedonian Struggle
• City:              Thessaloniki
• Country:        Greece
• Established: 1912
• Type:             Archaeological
• Location:      M. Andronikou 6, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece

Museums in Thessaloniki

• Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
• Museum for the Macedonian Struggle (Thessaloniki)
• Atatürk Museum
• War Museum of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki Historical Sites

• Roman 
  • Triumphal Arch of Galerius
• Early Christian and Byzantine 
  • Catacombs of St. John the Baptist
  • Church of Metamorphosis tou Sotiros
  • Church of the Acheiropoietos
• Ottoman 
  • Bey Hamam
  • Bezesteni Market
  • White Tower of Thessaloniki
• Post-Byzantine 
  • Trigonion Tower

Greek Proverbs and Quotes

• Greek Proverbs and Quotes

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“You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day.
You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.”
– Epicurus

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