Μουσείο Εθνικής Αντίστασης Λάρισας

About the museum

The National Resistance Museum is housed in the building of the former prison of Larisa, an old gunpowder magazine, on Ioustinianou Street, in the grounds of the school complex of the 5th Gymnasium–Lyceum. The 18th-century building is a listed historic monument.

The permanent exhibition “1941–1944: Thessaly Resists” shows how the people of Thessaly organised themselves to liberate their homeland from the Axis powers. The exhibits relate to the period of the Greco-Italian War, the occupation and the National Resistance, and include maps, resistance press, photographs, typewriters used by ELAS and EPON, and uniforms of Stefanos Sarafis. The museum also has a special hall for temporary exhibitions and events.

Highlights

• The permanent exhibition “1941–1944: Thessaly Resists”
• Resistance press, maps and photographs
• Typewriters of ELAS and EPON
• Gunpowder magazine of the 18th century, listed monument

Permanent exhibition

• 1941 – 1944: Η Θεσσαλία αντιστέκεται – Permanent exhibition on the Greco-Italian War, the occupation and the National Resistance in Thessaly, with maps, resistance press, photographs, typewriters and uniforms.

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Δήμος Λαρισαίων

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The museum is on Ioustinianou Street, in the grounds of the 5th Gymnasium–Lyceum of Larisa.

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