Museum of Byzantine Culture
The Museum of Byzantine Culture was established in Thessaloniki in order to serve as a centre for the preservation, research and study of the evidence of Byzantine civilization surviving in the Macedonian region and particularly in Thessaloniki, the city which was the most important centre, next to Constantinople, in the European section of the Byzantine Empire.

The museum includes collections of sculpture, frescoes, mosaics, icons, inscriptions from the Byzantine period. During 1997, when Thessaloniki is the cultural city of Europe it will open to the public the permanent exhibition "Holly Treasures of Mount Athos". Located at 3rd September st. ( 868570, 838597)