6 Specialty Museums in Evros Region That You Shouldn't Miss

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.

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.

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.

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.