The collection of the Museum of Byzantine Culture numbers more than 46,000 ancient (until 1830) movable monuments and works of modern and contemporary art, which date from the 2nd up to the 20th century.

Mostly composed of the ancient collection initially of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Macedonia and later of the former 9th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities, part of which the Museum formed until 1997. They originate mainly from excavations (systematic or rescue) from collections, confiscations, bequests, donations (from 1958), or were purchased by state funds or private sponsorships. Strictly in numbers, the larger part of the collection consists of coins, stamps and miniature artifacts, followed by sculptures and icons. The artifacts mainly come from Thessaloniki and Macedonia, from churches or other public and private buildings, as well as from the cemeteries. Particularly important are the collections that come from the bequests of Dimitrios Oikonomopoulos and Dori Papastratou, the Museum’s two major donors.

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