Museum · Süleymanpaşa, Tekirdağ
Tekirdağ Archaeology and Ethnography Museum
Thracian tumulus finds and pieces from Perinthos in a former governor's mansion.
- History
The museum occupies a two-storey building built in 1927 as the governor's mansion. Alongside statues, stelae and gravestones from ancient cities such as Perinthos, it shows the skeleton and belongings of a Thracian noble from the Harekattepe Tumulus and the reconstructed burial chamber of the Naip Tumulus with its silver vessels. The ethnography section has local objects, and the garden holds gravestones and column capitals from various periods.
