Cultural Center of the National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation in Thessaloniki

The building

The Cultural Center of the National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation in Thessaloniki (Πολιτιστικό Κέντρο του ΜΙΕΤ στη Θεσσαλονίκη) is a museum in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. It belongs to the National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation.

The centre was established in 1989 in the restored Villa Mehmet Kapanci, which was built between 1890 and 1895, designed probably by Pietro Arrigoni. Eleftherios Venizelos used the historic building when he was in Thessaloniki in 1916–17, and in later years it was a high school. The centre houses the collection of contemporary Greek art owned by the National Bank’s Cultural Foundation.

The Cultural Centre is a department of the National Bank which was established in 1989 with the aim of contributing to the intellectual life of northern Greece. It mounts exhibitions, holds lectures, shows films, and liaises with other cultural institutions in Thessaloniki.

It also mounts exhibitions on the history of Thessaloniki, Mount Athos and northern Greece in general, backed up by scholarly papers, publications, and experimental lessons in landscape painting for schools.

It mounts frequent exhibitions of visual art, applied art, and architecture. The first half of 2000 saw an exhibition titled “Likourgos Koyevinas: Drawings and Copperplate Engravings”, three exhibitions of photographs by Nick Wapplington (England), Ulf Lundin (Sweden), and Hristina Vazou (Greece) as part of the “Photosynkyria” festival, and an exhibition of autochrome photographs titled “Thessaloniki 1913 and 1918: The First Colour Photographs of the Century”.^[1][2]

Gallery

References

External links

• Official Website

Coordinates: 40°36′17″N 22°57′08″E / 40.6048°N 22.9521°E / 40.6048; 22.9521

Museums in Thessaloniki
Archaeological	Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki Museum of Ancient Greek, Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Instruments Museum of Plaster Casts Prehistoric Antiquities Museum of Thessaloniki
Byzantine and ecclesiastic	Crypt of Saint Demetrius Museum of Byzantine Culture White Tower of Thessaloniki
Ethnological/historical	Atatürk Museum Goulandris Natural History Museum of Thessaloniki Balkan Wars Museum Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki Macedonian Historical Museum Museum for the Macedonian Struggle Natural History Museum War Museum of Thessaloniki
Folklore	Folk Art and Ethnological Museum of Macedonia and Thrace
Art museums/galleries	Art Gallery of the Society of Macedonian Studies Cinema Museum of Thessaloniki National Bank of Greece Cultural Center Design Museum of Thessaloniki Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art Municipal Art Gallery (Thessaloniki) Museum of the Macedonian Art Society Museum of Photography Thessaloniki Music Museum of Macedonia State Museum of Contemporary Art
Industry/technology	Broadcasting Museum of Thessaloniki Railway Museum of Thessaloniki Science Center and Technology Museum "Noesis" Water Supply Museum
Education/sports	Museum of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Museum of the Cultural Foundation of the Greek Diaspora Museum of the National Center of Maps & Cartographic Heritage Plaster Casts Museum of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Olympic Museum
List of museums in Greece

Landmarks of Thessaloniki
Roman period	Arch of Galerius Navarinou Square Roman Forum
Paleochristian and Byzantine	Agias Sofias Square Byzantine Bath Church of the Acheiropoietos Church of the Holy Apostles Church of Hosios David Church of Panagia Chalkeon Church of Saint Catherine Church of Saint Nicholas Orphanos Church of Saint Panteleimon Church of Prophet Elijah Hagios Demetrios Hagia Sophia Rotunda Walls of Thessaloniki
Ottoman period	Alaca Imaret Mosque Upper Town Bey Hamam Fountain Square Karipeion Melathron Konak New Mosque White Tower of Thessaloniki
Modern period	Alexandreio Melathron Aristotelous Square Gregory Palamas Metropolis Ladadika Modiano Market National Theatre of Northern Greece OTE Tower Port of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Concert Hall
Streets	Egnatia Street Nikis Avenue Tsimiski Street Vasilissis Olgas Street
Villas	Villa Allatini Villa Bianca Villa A.Kapanci Villa Modiano Villa Mordoch Gategno-Florentin mansion Palataki
Museums	Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki Atatürk Museum Balkan Wars Museum Museum of Byzantine Culture Cinema Museum Museum of Ancient Greek, Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Instruments Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki Museum for the Macedonian Struggle NOESIS Museum of Photography Railway Museum State Museum of Contemporary Art War Museum