Archaeological Museum of Alexandroupolis

The Archaeological Museum of Alexandroupolis opened its doors to the public on March 27, 2018, hosting the periodic exhibition of the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki “Raidestos? Thessaloniki. Antiquities in a refugee journey”. The exhibition was presented at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki with great success from January 29, 2016 to May 1, 2017.

The center of the exhibition narrative is the marble antiquities collected from 1871 onwards by the Thracian Educational Association in Raidestos, which were brought to Thessaloniki by the refugees after the evacuation of Eastern Thrace in 1922 and have since been part of the “Raidestos Collection” of the Archaeological Museum Thessaloniki.

Through the presentation of 37 stone objects, dating from the 6th c. B.C. until the 4th c. A.D. and come from the region of the northern Propontis, unfold the history and memories of the Greeks who lived in Eastern Thrace. A son and a daughter, tombstones, votive offerings; reliefs, tablecloths, architecture; members and inscriptions, outline various manifestations of life in the northern Propontis from the archaic to the early Byzantine times and, at the same time, invite us to reflect on the timeless and topical issue of the refugee.