Thessaloniki Science Center and Technology Museum

Thessaloniki Science Center and Technology Museum (NOESIS) (Greek:Κέντρο Διάδοσης Επιστημών και Μουσείο Τεχνολογίας ΝΟΗΣΙΣ) is a science and technology located in Thermi at the outskirts of Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. The museum is actively engaged in the protection of the Greek technological heritage. In addition to technological exhibits on its premises, it houses various types of facilities, such as a planetarium, an amphitheatre, a simulation room, and a wide-screen cinema for the projection of educational programs.

Thessaloniki Science Center and Technology Museum
Κέντρο Διάδοσης Επιστημών και Μουσείο Τεχνολογίας
Thessaloniki Science Center and Technology Museum is located in the Thessaloniki urban area
Thessaloniki Science Center and Technology Museum
Location within the Thessaloniki urban area
Established1978
LocationThessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
WebsiteOfficial website

In 2017, the museum was awarded a special mention at the Mariano Gago Ecsite Awards for welcoming refugee families and providing educational and social programming.[1]

History

It was founded in November 1978 as an association under the name Technical Museum of Thessaloniki.[2] An influential person was Manos Iatridis, a Greek National Power Company executive in Thessaloniki and creator of the Power Company television station at the Thessaloniki International Fair in 1960.[3] The museum was originally housed in a 500 m2 space at the Fix Plant in Western Thessaloniki, which was donated by Paraskevas Tsoukalas, one of the other founding members.

It was then moved to the east of the city to a new larger space of 1,500 m2. in Sindos,  offered by the Hellenic Bank for Industrial Development (ETVA) and as of 2001 a new institution was created as the KDEMT NOESIS Foundation and relocated to  the area of Thermi in a building complex of 14,000 m2. within a plot of land granted by the municipality of Thermi.[4] Manos Iatridis was the director of the foundation until his death in 2017.[3][5]

The original association of the Technical Museum of Thessaloniki continued its operation and evolved into the Hellenic Museum of Technology - Former Technical Museum of Thessaloniki, as a separate entity from the foundation KDEMT NOESIS, to which it transferred all its jurisdictions and equipment in 2002. Since then it has provided assistance to NOESIS.[6]

Description

The architecture of the building evokes Archimedes' wedge, where the elongated body of the main building is the lever that lifts the sphere of the Earth which is symbolized by the spherical building of the planetarium.[7]

The main building houses the technology museum in which there are various permanent and temporary expositions, such as the transport exhibition hall with a number of vintage cars, the exhibition of ancient Greek technology (modern reproductions), an exhibition of antique cameras, etc.[5][8]

In the premises of NOESIS you can still find: The Technopark, the Cosmotheatre (wide-screen cinema), a digital planetarium of capacity, the simulation auditorium, a conference centre, a library, etc.[5]

  • The exhibition hall
    The exhibition hall
  • The Cosmotheater
    The Cosmotheater
  • The Planetarium
    The Planetarium
  • The motion Simulator
    The motion Simulator
  • The Auditorium
    The Auditorium
  • Trojan automobile (1922-1930)
    Trojan automobile (1922-1930)
  • Automobile of 1924 (Montier vehicles)
    Automobile of 1924 (Montier vehicles)
  • MEBEA Robin model (1974-1978)
    MEBEA Robin model (1974-1978)
  • Neorion Chicago (1974)
    Neorion Chicago (1974)
  • ELBO Aletis 2001 model
    ELBO Aletis 2001 model

References
  1. "And the winners are..." Ecsite. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  2. "Ιστορία του Σωματείου". web.archive.org. 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  3. "Ο άνθρωπος που έφτιαξε τηλεόραση, για να διαφημίσει τη ΔΕΗ !". ΕΦΣΥΝ (in Greek). 2017-07-09. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  4. Κλίμακα, Εκπαιδευτική (2019-09-27). "ΠΛΑΝΗΤΑΡΙΟ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ - Μουσείο Τεχνολογίας "ΝΟΗΣΙΣ"". edu.klimaka.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  5. Paraschou Margarita, Η χρήση ψηφιακών εφαρμογών στις εκπαιδευτικές δραστηριότητες των πολιτιστικών οργανισμών ως μέσο για την προσέλκυση του μαθητικού κοινού. Η περίπτωση του Κέντρου Διάδοσης Επιστημών & Μουσείο Τεχνολογίας NOESIS [The use of digital applications in the educational activities of cultural organizations as a means of attracting the student audience. The Case of the Science Center & Technology Museum NOESIS], Hellenic Open University, 2018, 28-31.
  6. "Παρουσίαση Σωματείου". web.archive.org. 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  7. "Design & Application Engineers - Τεχνολογικό Μουσείο Θεσσαλονίκης-Noesis". www.dae.gr. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  8. "Κέντρο Διάδοσης Επιστημών & Μουσείο Τεχνολογίας / ΚΔΕΜΤ-ΝΟΗΣΙΣ". gsrt.gr (in Greek).

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