Cinema Museum of Thessaloniki

It was founded in 1995 following a decision by the Organization for Thessaloniki, Cultural Capital of Europe 1997.

It is housed in Warehouse 1, a listed building on quay 1 in the harbour, at the end of the old sea front near Aristotelous Square.

Setting up the museum became feasible following the purchase of the cinematography collection of the Thessaloniki cinematographer Nikos Bililis.

Exhibits include machinery, i.e. cine-cameras and projectors, old pieces of cinema equipment and attachments, cinema-film developing tanks, lenses, sub-titling machines etc., celluloid material (films, news reels etc.

The museum provides organized tours and shows excerpts of films in a room specially designed for this purpose.