Tobacco Museum of Kavala
Μουσείο Καπνού
Tells the story of Kavala as a major export port for Oriental tobacco in the early 20th century, with tools, records, and displays on tobacco growing, processing, and trade.
In the first half of the 20th century, Kavala was the most important port for processing and exporting Oriental tobacco in the Balkans. Many grand tobacco warehouses still stand in the city, and the wealth of tobacco merchants shaped the streetscape of the new town. The Tobacco Museum is located in the old tobacco warehouse district. Through farming tools, processing equipment, photographs, packaging, and commercial archives, it tells the stories of tobacco farmers, workers, and merchants, as well as the history of the labor movement. The exhibition is small, a visit takes about 45 minutes, English captions are provided, and admission is inexpensive. It is about 10 minutes on foot from the city center, and you can see the surrounding old tobacco warehouses along the way.
Opening hours
Hours vary by season; check on site
Nearby sights
- Archaeological Museum of Kavala
- St. Nicholas Church, Kavala
- Imaret of Kavala
- Kamares Aqueduct
- Panagia Old Town
- Kavala Fortress
- Mohammed Ali House
- Kalamitsa Beach