Byzantine Museum of Ioannina, Art museum in Ioannina Castle, Greece.

The Byzantine Museum of Ioannina occupies a former military hospital building within the southeast acropolis of Ioannina Castle and displays medieval artifacts and religious objects. The building spans different periods and houses collections within its rooms that document the artistic production of the Byzantine Empire in this region.

The museum opened in 1995 in a building erected in 1958 on the site of Ali Pasha's seraglio, which burned in 1870; a hospital later stood there. Its collection spans the 4th to the 19th century, and the silver items are shown in a separate 19th-century building on the citadel.

Silverwork has long been a traditional craft in Epirus, and the museum keeps its silver collection in a separate 19th-century building on the citadel. The displays run from Early Christian times to the 19th century, with post-Byzantine icons, manuscripts and a 1499 Venice-printed edition of Simplicius's commentary on Aristotle.

A visit requires some time to explore the displayed collections in the various rooms of the building. It is helpful to locate the museum entrance on the south side of the castle and to wear comfortable shoes, as the ground can be uneven.

The museum's site once held the seraglio of Ali Pasha, destroyed by fire in 1870; a hospital was later built on the ruins and demolished, and the present building went up in 1958. Its central section, built in the 1960s, first served as a Royal Pavilion before the museum opened there in 1995.