Averoff Museum

About the museum

The Averoff Museum is a museum of modern Greek art and has been operating in Metsovo since August 1988. It was founded by Evangelos Averoff-Tositsas, who wanted to create a small but select gallery in his place of origin. The core of the collection is 200 works by Greek artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, which the founder gathered and donated to the Foundation together with the three-storey building he had constructed specifically for them. The non-profit Evangelos Averoff-Tositsas Foundation, established in 1987, is the body responsible for the museum.

In 1994 the New Wing was added with new exhibition and service spaces; in 1995 the Children’s Workshop began; and in 1997 the Dimitrios Tsamis Hall was inaugurated, with prints and drawings by Greek artists of the period 1920–1960. With a donation from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, a lift platform, ramps, a lift and a toilet for people with disabilities were built.

The permanent exhibition comprises around 250 works of painting, sculpture and printmaking, including works by Gyzis, Lytras, Volanakis, Iakovidis, Parthenis, Maleas, Moralis and Hatzikyriakou-Gikas. In 2022 the museum received the title of Recognised Museum from the Ministry of Culture.

Highlights

• About 250 works by Greek artists of the 19th and 20th centuries
• Works by Gyzis, Lytras, Volanakis, Iakovidis, Parthenis and Moralis
• Dimitrios Tsamis Hall with prints and drawings from 1920–1960
• Regular guided tours every Friday and Saturday
• Children’s workshop and educational programmes

Permanent exhibition

• Μόνιμη έκθεση νεοελληνικής τέχνης – About 250 paintings, sculptures and prints by significant Greek artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, showing the course of modern Greek art.

Founded

1988

Operated by

Ίδρυμα Ευάγγελου Αβέρωφ-Τοσίτσα

Admission & discounts

Free admission for children under 10 years of age and holders of ICOM free-admission cards.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

With a donation from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, a lift platform, external and internal ramps, a lift and a toilet for people with disabilities were built, so that the museum welcomes visitors with disabilities.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

The Children’s Workshop of the museum has operated since 1995, and educational programmes for children are organised.

Getting there & parking

By car from Athens the route via Trikala is about 410 km, and via the Nea Ionia motorway and Ioannina about 470 km; from Thessaloniki via the Egnatia Motorway about 200 km.

Amenities & dining

The museum has an online shop (eShop) with publications and posters.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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