Among the abundance of interesting sights in the capital of Greek Macedonia Thessaloniki special attention undoubtedly deserves the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art.

The museum was founded in 1979 by a group of like-minded visionary. The initiator of the museum made Maro Lagiya and fully supported the famous Greek collector and patron Alexandros Iolas. Actually, it was a private collection donated IOLAS, consisting of 47 works of contemporary art, and became the basis of the permanent exhibition of the museum. Broad gesture made by Alexandros IOLAS, served as an example and many famous collectors (including Magda Koji, Franz Geiger, Alexandros and Dorothea Ksidis, George Aperghis, etc.) and artists also donated to the museum many of its priceless treasures.

Today the Macedonian museum presents more than 2,000 exhibits, including works by both well-known Greek and foreign artists. Here you can see paintings, sculpture, installations, prints, photographs and much more. The museum's collection is constantly updated with new donations of collectors, artists, gallery owners and private persons.

In addition to the permanent exhibition at the museum also regularly hosts temporary exhibitions, which were presented and the work of such venerable representatives of contemporary art as Yiannis Tsaruhis, Fotios Kondoglu, Andy Warhol, Nikos Hatzikiriakos-Gikas, Stephen Antonakos, Robert Delaunay, Max Ernst, Joseph Beuys, David Hockney Ernst Barlach, Max Beckmann, Perdikidis, Takis and many others.

The museum's library, which is available for the general public is kept more than 2,500 specialized books and periodicals on contemporary art, as well as catalogs, and an excellent collection of audio and video materials.

Specially designed museum administration education programs, including those for children 3, 5-13 years, aimed at acquaintance with contemporary art and its promotion, as well as raising the cultural level of the population as a whole.