Archaeological Museum
Archaeological Museum
The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki is a museum in Thessaloniki, Greece. It holds and interprets artifacts from the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods, mostly from the city of Thessaloniki but also from the region of Macedonia in general.
The museum is housed in a building designed by architect Patroklos Karantinos
and is an example of the modern architectural trends of Greece. Built in 1962,
the museum had a new wing added to it in 1980, in which the findings from
Vergina were displayed, up until 1997. In 2001 and 2004, the museum was
extensively restored and its permanent exhibits reorganized.
The central rooms hold exhibits from the archeological excavations conducted in
Thessaloninki and the broader area of Macedonia. The new wing hosts two
exhibitions: The Gold of Macedon, with artifacts from the cemeteries of Sindos,
Agia Paraskevi, Nea Filadelfia, Makrygialos, Derveni, Lete, Serres, and Evropos;
and The Thessaloniki Area in Prehistory, with material from prehistoric
settlements, dating from the Neolithic to the Early and Late Bronze Age.
Text from Wikipedia
The Gold of Macedon
death mask over the mouth cavity
head wreath
view out the front door past the guard dog
