Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

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Timings : Summer (April 1 - October 31): Everyday - 08:00 AM to 08:00 PM
Winter (November 1 - March 31): Everyday - 08:30 AM to 03:30 PM
Good Friday: 12:00 PM to 05:00 PM
Holy Saturday: 08:30 AM to 03:30 PM
Closed on 25th and 26th December, 1st January, 25th March, Easter Sunday, and 1st May.

Ticket Price : Regular: EUR 8
Reduced (Senior citizens aged over 65 and children and young people between 6 and 25 years of age from outside the European Union, Greek citizens and citizens of other EU member states aged over 65): EUR 4
Combined ticket (with three other sites): EUR 15
The ticket price from 1st November to 31st March is EUR 4. The ticket is valid for 3 days from the day of purchase.
Free entry for children and young people under 25 years of age (from EU nations), children under 5 years (outside EU nations), Greek citizens who served in the military and Greek Olympians.

Free Entry Days : OXI Day (National Holiday) - 28th October
International Day of Monuments - 18th April
International Day of Museums - 18th May
European Days of Cultural Heritage - Last weekend of September
Memorial Day of Melina Mercouri - 6th March
First Sunday of each month between 1st November and 31st March

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Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki Overview

The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki is the central museum of Northern Greece and one of the primary attractions of Central Macedonia. Standing on Manoli Andronikou Street, the museum has its collection divided into eight units starting back from prehistoric Macedonia. The Derveni krater, the statue of Harpocrates, the Head of Serapis, the Marble food from the Macedonian tomb of Agia Paraskevi, and the gold coins, diadems, disks and Medusa heads are among the most notable exhibits on display.

It takes nearly 2.5-3 hours to cover the entire museum. But if visitors have limited time, some of the must-visits are the excavations from burial monuments, the sanctuary of Egyptian Gods called Sarapeion, and the Petralona Skul,l which is believed to be 200,000 years old and is the oldest found proof of humankind in Greece.

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The Cafe offers a variety of coffees, juices, crafted drinks, salads, and other refreshments, a serene ambience, and live performances. The eatery is located amid the museum’s open-air exhibition, ‘Memory in Stone’. The Cafe operates between 08:00 AM to 08:00 PM
The museum is extremely disability-friendly, with ramps, handrails, and wheelchairs readily available. There is also a special ‘Touch Tour’ for visually-impaired people.
The museum shop sells copies of original museum exhibits in the form of ceramic, resin, plaster, bronze, wall paintings, and so on. It also sells selected publications of ancient Greek culture and souvenir items inspired by Greek history, like jewellery, sculpture, key chains, scarves, stationery, etc.