Open Air Water Museum of Edessa - Exhibitions

exhibition area is a traditional watermills park, in a place nearby Edessa Waterfalls area promoting the water values using from hi-tech presentations to eco-guides and local products degustation.

Visitors can, among other things, try their hand at assembling a plumbing system, operate pumps and learn about the workings of the dam and water as energy of life element workshops which operates the water mills and water-driven factories.

Here you can see everything to do with the use of water energy in the city of Edessa, from its founding to the present day, including industrial monuments, the ancient paths, the byzantine churches and the water channel systems.

The Open Air Water Museum of Edessa and opened partially from Sep 1999 during European Days of Water, and the exhibition it self was designed by the help of DRM, AuTH and famous greek architects.

In the main area of Mills today there are in operation the Aquarium-Reptile House, the Mill of Flavours, the Mill of Water & the 5 human sences, the Environmental Center, the Open Air Summer Cinema, the Ceramics & the Paintings workshops.

The museum has also an observation platform with excellent views over the Edessa valley, and a pretty garden, both of which have already become extremely popular with the city's inhabitants and visitors. The buildings also houses temporary exhibitions, conferences and seminars