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The museum – gallery of Ev. Averof – Tositsas is located at Metsovo of Ioannina. It is a creation of the Foundation of Ev. Averof – Tositsas and operates like a museum of modern greek history with 250 exhibits, the majority of them from the personal collection of Ev. Averof.

It is housed next to the Garden of Averof at the central square of Metsovo, and is a donation of the founder of the gallery Ev. Averof, in a three – floor buliding of a great architecture of the five exhibtion halls. The auguration of the building and its exhibits was on 27th August in 1988.

In the gallery are exhibited mostly paintings of famous painters of the 19th and 20th century (Gyzis, Lytras, Maleas, Chatzikiriakos – Gkikas, Tsarouchis, Fasianos, Parthenis, Moralis and many other modern creators). This collection is considered as one of the most complete of this age. Its paintings show the history of the Modern greek painting.

In the Hall of Painting and Engraving are exhibited works of Greek painters and engravers of the same period, a Dimitrios Tsamis’ donation. In the Hall of Modern Artists there are works of modern Greek artists.

One of the most important exhibits is the “Explosion of the turkish navy by Kanaris” by Nikiforos Lytras. In the gallery also take place many exhibitions, other events, conferences, etc.

Tel.: +30 26560 41210

The Municipal Library as well as the Municipal Gallery of Igoumenitsa, were founded by the Cultural Centre of Igoumenitsa. The library has a significant book collection while in the hall of Gallery are exhibited important works of art and are always organised exhibitions. At the Cultural Centre of Igoumenitsa there is also a hall for exhibitions of works of art, a folk art museum and a cinema association.

Cultural Centre of Igoumenitsa:
Tel. +30 26650.23616 & +30 26650.24427

The Municipal Library of Preveza was founded in 1966, but started its operation in 1985. Nowadays the library has an on-line connection to other libraries and uses the new technology and the Internet. There are available about 20.000 books, 600 rare books, about 150 collections of CD-ROMs, etc. The library of Preveza publishes also books with subjects related to the history of Preveza.

Tel.: +30 26820 29899
Fax: +30 26820 29917

In the building of Association for Researches in Epirus at Paraskevopolou st. (a byway of Averof st.), is housed the gallery. There paintings of modern greek painters are exhibited.

The Association for Researches in Epirus was founded in 1955. It is an association with cultural and social purpose, seated in Ioannina. It has a council of 11 members who are elected every 3 years.

Thourgout the years of its action, has many kinds of activities, especially cultural and is one of the most significant and beneficial cultural foundations of our country.

The library of Skoufas Association is housed in the building of the historical museum of Skoufas, at the homonymous square of the city of Arta. It has a large number of rare books.

At the central square of Delvinaki, in the building of the Town hall, there is the Municipal Gallery of Delvinaki. In the gallery are exhibited 20 paintings of the painter George Dourdouris, but also photographs of the benefactors and personalities of Pogoni. In the same buliding there is also the Municipal Library of Delvinaki.

Telephone number: +30 26570.22204