It has been described as the most important Museum of Natural History after the Goulandris Museum. The Natural History Museum in Axioupoli, housed in the impressive building of the old elementary school of this city.
In the halls of the Museum impressive specimens of the fauna and flora of the region are exhibited, along with rare rocks and impressive illustrations from the creation of the universe to that of the planet Earth.
The Museum of Rural & Cultural Heritage in Europos was founded in order to gather in its halls precious mementoes of a long tradition that was carved through dense cultural conversations. Ionians from Foulatzik and Kizdervent, Thracians from Tzelepkioi, the Judd and Almpasaniof the Eastern Thrace, native Macedonians, Vlachs and Pontiansfound in their storage, drawers and old chests these valuable objects, heirlooms from the memorable lands and from customs that go far back in the centuries, and they offered them to the museum.
This rich cultural and folklore heritage is hosted since 2009 in this museum that is housed in the old elementary school, which was built in 1928 and renovated in 2000.
At the entrance of the museum a small classroom has been set up, with reference to the 60s (old school desks, student aprons, indicative etc.). The "Hall of weaving" is also prominent, while in the remaining rooms one can see family photographs, holiday memories and recordings of agriculture and everyday life, located near the original exhibits to illuminate the same tradition constituting valuable testimonials.
The Museum houses objects from the rich folklore of Goumenissa and the general region ofPaeonia.
This is a rare private collection that wasgathered after many years of efforts of the benefactor of Goumenissa, the late Christos Alevras.
With the purpose of collecting all the archaeological findings of the prefecture, the Archaeological Museum of Kilkisoperates since the early 70s and includes findings from: A) the Prehistoric period. Among them, the Neolithic figurines from the village of Colchida and collection of prehistoric tools from the same village; B) the archaeological site of the cemetery of the Iron Age in PalaioGynaikokastro; C) thehistorical times such as sculptures, pottery, jewelry and other objects of everyday life.
Among the impressive sculptures there is also theKouros of Europos, dated at the end of the 6th century BC, the four statues from theHeroonof Palatiano of the 2nd century AC, the statue of the god Dionysus, also from Palatiano and the statues of the gods Apollo and Aphrodite from the region of Mikrodasos and Chorygi respectively.
This old high school was built in the late 19th century and operated as a Bulgarian primary school. During the battle of 1913 it got nearly destroyed.
The division of its face into three parts, the decorative columns that indicate the entrance and scale, the ornate lintels with decorative wedges that point to forms of late neoclassicism, which is the dominant trend in the architecture of that period. It is currently being renovated for use as a folklore museum.
In the permanent exhibition of Paleontology the rich paleontological treasure of animal fossils and other findings of the Cave in St. George’s hill inKilkisare hosted, as well as other interesting exhibits such as the model of the dotted hyena of the cave, the "caver", the representation of the wild mule, etc. which date back to the last Ice Age.
These bones belonged to animals that have now disappeared from Europe due to the climate change, such as: the spotted hyena cave, the giant weasel, giant deer, primitive ox, wild horse and the wild mule. The fossils tell us a great story about the last 30.000 years in the region of Kilkis, when the hill of St. George was a dangerous den of hyenas. The first findings were discovered in the 60s, when the excavation began in the cave of Kilkis, but the report was only created in 2012. The scientific study, in collaboration with the Department of Geology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, revealed significant results, such as a very high concentration of wild mule bone, Equushydruntinus, which is the largest in the world.
The exhibition of Paleontology is housed on the 2nd floor of the cafeteria on St. George's Hill, about 300 meters from the corresponding cave. It is a bilingual exhibition of modern design and graphics that represents the past with an attractive and understandable manner.
On the interactive table (design of NtikMol) a dummy of a dotted hyena and informational material for the different categories of large carnivores (wolf, hyena, lion, saber) can be found.
The uniqueness of the cave is the number of bones-almost 300- from the wild mule, which have been found inside; a number that is the most populous in the world.
The museum was built in 1966. It belongs to the Ministry of Defense, which is authorized for its operation. The visitor can see in the halls of the museum documents from 1912-1913, as well as personal belongings of the officers who participated in the battle of Kilkis: uniforms, weapons (mortars, grenades, guns, etc.) and regimental flags.
One of great interest is the relief map and the audio-visual presentation of the battle.There is also a miniature of the battleship Kilkis here.
In order to house the works of important Greek artists, the association M.K.E. "TECHNI" – Annex ofKilkisis building a gallery in the village Metalliko, on land donated by the Municipality of Kilkis and the Agricultural Cooperative.
These projects, which for many years enriched the collection of "TECHNI" are offered from artists whose exhibitions are occasionally hosted in the association.
