Tour of the museums of Kavala

How to spend a constructive weekend in the city of Kavala, with or without children? Kavala has 7 museums that you can visit and each of them will take you on a journey through the history and culture of different eras.

These museums are:

Archaeological Museum of Kavala
The Archaeological Museum of Kavala was founded in 1934, although it has been operating since 1964.
It houses prehistoric findings from all over the prefecture of Kavala as well as findings from the excavations of Neapolis, Amphipolis as well as from other areas of eastern Macedonia. An important place in the museum is the reference to the goddess Partheno, the patron goddess of Neapolis, and her sanctuary.

Muhammed Ali Museum
In the square of Muhammed Ali, located in the old city of Kavala, on the peninsula of Panagia, there is the small town of Muhammed Ali and his statue. The statue is the work of the famous sculptor Konstantinos Dimitriadis. The “konaki” of Mohamed Ali, built around 1780 to 1790, is considered one of the most characteristic surviving examples of Ottoman architecture of the 18th century in Greece.

Archaeological Museum of Philippi
The Archaeological Museum of Philippi was built in the 1960s, on the outskirts of the archaeological site of Philippi. The museum has two sections of exhibition spaces for the permanent presentation of the finds from the excavations of the ancient city.

Tobacco Museum
The Tobacco Museum is a modern industrial and experiential museum with a wealth of exhibits. The purpose of the museum’s operation is the rescue and promotion of the local social and industrial history and the history of the refugees.

Maritime Museum
It was created with the aim of highlighting the maritime history and tradition of Kavala. There are nautical and maritime instruments, replicas of traditional boats, books of nautical content, sea paintings by Cavaliote painters, dozens of photos of the port and the movement of the so-called.

Museum of Refugee Hellenism
The refugees, under tragic circumstances, brought with them images and sacred relics that they hid in their chests, their daughters’ dowries, documents, certificates and whatever they considered valuable. Many of them can be seen in the “Museum of Refugee Hellenism” created by the Kavala Asia Minor Association.

Historical and Ethnological Museum of Nea Karvali
The Historical and Ethnological Museum of the Greeks of Cappadocia Nea Karvali was founded in 1995. It exhibits women’s and men’s costumes of Cappadocia, the Cappadocian kemeni lyre, tools and objects from men’s occupations, Cappadocian vases, church relics and shrines utensils of the churches of Cappadocia, old newspapers, magazines and school books.

Whichever you choose, you’re sure to get great images and insights.