Top Things to do in East Macedonia and Thrace
Top 10 Specialty Museums in East Macedonia and Thrace, East Macedonia and Thrace
Discover the best top things to do in East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece including Art of Silk Museum, Ecclesiastical Museum of the Holy Bishopry of Maroneia and Komotini, Gnafala folk art museum, Wax Museum Theodoros Kokkinidis, The Silk Museum, Ethnological Museum of Thrace, Tobacco Museum, Mohammed Ali's House, Municipal Tobacco Warehouse, Museum Bread and Wheat.
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1. Art of Silk Museum
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5.0 based on 53 reviews
In the Art of Silk Museum you will be guided through the exhibits in the carefully restored neoclassical building. The exhibits are in working order and the visitor will be able to get a taste of what it meant to work in the silk industry from silk reeling and processing machines to weaving with both hand and power looms. Alongside the exhibits there are videos demonstrating the various stages in the manufacture of silk from sericulture (the rearing of silkworms) to the finished product. The aim of the Art of Silk Museum is to highlight and preserve the rich tradition of silk weaving and production in the area. Original exhibits combined with the latest technology take the visitor, step by step, on a journey as unique as silk itself.
2. Ecclesiastical Museum of the Holy Bishopry of Maroneia and Komotini
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
3. Gnafala folk art museum
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5.0 based on 11 reviews
The private selection of the Bouroulitis family, with many exhibits from the folk tradition and the daily life in Soufli of the past centuries created the “Gnafala” Folk art Museum. The word “gnafala” in sericulture means the silkworm’s first yarn, with which builds its cocoon. “Gnafala” is the first folklore museum of the area. It was created in 1998 by the Bouroulitis family and it houses its private folk collection, started by George Bouroulitis in 1970. The exhibits in the “Gnafala” Folk art Museum are divided into ten sections: The home, The woman, The child, The man, The couple, The silk, Agricultural objects, Ecclesiastical objects, Music and Festivals, Military and Political objects. The collection with the brooches and the jewelry, the local costumes and vintage clothing. You can choose nice silk gift on our silk shop of the museum.
4. Wax Museum Theodoros Kokkinidis
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5.0 based on 7 reviews
5. The Silk Museum
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4.5 based on 52 reviews
The Silk Museum presents the different phases of sericulture and silk manufacturing in detail and focuses on how the town of Soufli became a major silk-producing centre in the late 19th through to the mid-20th century.
6. Ethnological Museum of Thrace
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4.5 based on 68 reviews
Reviewed By Mokuren33
The museum collection is very well selected and is a good representation of lifestyle in Thrace in the past 3 centuries. We had a warm welcome and excellent presentation and truly enjoyed it altogether with the kids. The building is worth seeing on as well - lovely architecture.
7. Tobacco Museum
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4.5 based on 59 reviews
Reviewed By visitkavala - Kavala, Greece
This is a thematic museum that contains artefacts and archive material on the cultivation and production of tobacco, it's agricultural and commercial processing, industrial tobacco products, and exhibits of sample tobaccos. The uniqueness of the Museum lies in the fact that not only does it contain an exhibition on the processing of Oriental tobaccos (which are not found in any other museum in the world), but also in the fact that it is a museum that showcases economic and social history as well as the history of technology in Kavala and Eastern Macedonia and Thrace more broadly. The collection of the Kavala Tobacco Museum is exceptionally rich.
8. Mohammed Ali's House
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4.5 based on 89 reviews
Reviewed By visitkavala - Kavala, Greece
Mohammed Ali’s Residence is considered one of the most characteristic surviving examples of 18th-century Ottoman architecture in Greece. In its south section is the selamlik, containing the men’s quarters, where the men spent their days and worked, the pasha’s private room, and the reception areas for guests. In the north section is the harem, where the women’s quarters are located, the bath (hamam) and the “sofa”. The fitted wooden cupboards and fireplaces are particularly interesting decorative features. In the Square named for Mohammed Ali (1769-1849), which is located in the Panagia peninsula, in the Old Town of Kavala, his residence and statue can be found.
9. Municipal Tobacco Warehouse
10. Museum Bread and Wheat
The collection of objects exhibited in the Museum area concerns wheat and bread. They are agricultural tools used for the cultivation and ware for the bread making (the bread). The village was called Kavatziki (Turkish name) until 1924, it was renamed Lefkimi by decree on 30-07-1924. The main crop is cereals (a two-wheat wheat, known since antiquity), and this is evidenced by the large number of watermills.
