Exhibitions and events at the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle from 2/4-15/4

Events 3 April 2018

Exhibitions and events at the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle from 2/4-15/4

The Museum of the Macedonian Struggle will operate with special opening hours but with its activities in full swing during the Holy Week and until April 15, 2018. An Easter art workshop, the shadow theatre exhibition “The Heroic Drama in the Shadow Theatre” and, of course, the great permanent exhibition of relics, documents from Macedonia of the 19th – 20th century.

ART WORKSHOP: An Easter art workshop for children aged 7-12 is organized by the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle with the title “Spring, if you don’t find it, you make it” by the Nobel Prize-winning poet Odysseus Elytis. The workshop is open at the premises of the Museum of Macedonian Struggle from April 2 to 4 (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) from 10.00-14.00.
Children are introduced to the great painters and writers who were inspired by spring. The aim of the workshop is to familiarize children in an experiential way with a variety of visual art works, to experiment with different materials and techniques and to create their own works, under the guidance of students of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and students of the Department of Balkan Slavic and Oriental Studies of PAMAK. The responsibility for the visual art workshops lies with Assistant Professor Stavroula Mavrogeni of the University of Macedonia.

UNIQUE EXHIBITION: The main phases of the history of Macedonia in the 19th and early 20th century, as well as the social, economic, political and military developments that decisively influenced the future of Hellenism in the region, are presented in seven rooms on the ground floor.

SHADOW THEATRE: During the school year 2017-2018, the Macedonian Struggle Museum Foundation hosts, in the Alexandros Haitoglou Hall, the exhibition entitled “Heroic Drama in the Shadow Theatre”. The Karagiozis is part of our folk tradition and through his clever jokes he spreads laughter to young and old alike. The exhibition presents all the struggles of the Greeks, from the pre-revolutionary years to the Second World War.

Please note that the opening hours of the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle during the Easter holidays are as follows:

Monday 9:00-14:00
M. Tuesday 9:00-14:00
M. Wednesday 9:00-20:00
M. Thursday 9:00-14:00
M. Friday closed
M. Saturday 10:00-14:00
Easter Monday closed