Αs early as the 1930s , there were thoughts of creating a Museum of the Macedonian Struggle . The Macedonian Educational Brotherhood ( 1940 ) and later the Society for Macedonian Studies took an active part in establishing this museum . After the 1978 Thessaloniki earthquake , the building was judged unsuitable to house a school . In 1979 , the society of “ Friends of the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle ” was established and a request made to use the building as a museum . The building was restored and became the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle in 1980 , and was inaugurated in 1982 by Konstantinos Karamanlis , the Macedonia-born President of the Hellenic Republic and descendant of a fighter of the Macedonian Struggle Since 1999 the museum has been run by the “ Foundation for the Museum for the Macedonian Struggle ” . With the new century the Foundation has initiated , in addition to its exhibition and publishing activity , new educational programmes and technologically innovative applications
1978 Thessaloniki earthquake
1978 Thessaloniki earthquake
Museum for the Macedonian Struggle (Thessaloniki)