Location information

The Historical - Folk Museum of Corinth

  The legal status of this museum is Legal Persona of Private Law. It was founded in 1976 and opened to the public in 1988. The purposes of this museum are to collect and promote folk art items for the benefit of public education. It is housed in own premises, a three-storeyed building designed by S. Kydoniatis. Its collections include various silver handicraft, woodwork, farm implements and utilities resourced from the area of Corinth. Other items include: costumes and their paraphernalia from all regions of the country, embroidered fabrics and rare publications. This museum participates in and organizes training programmes and temporary exhibitions.

This text is cited May 2003 from the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs URL below.

• http://www.mfa.gr/english/greece/through_time/arch...