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Delinanios Folklore Museum

Coordinates: 40°31′00″N 21°16′19″E / 40.51668016969946°N 21.271845794382607°E / 40.51668016969946; 21.271845794382607
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Delinanios Folklore Museum
Δεληνάνειο Λαογραφικό Μουσείο
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EstablishedNovember 1997
LocationGreece Kastoria, Greece
Coordinates40°31′00″N 21°16′19″E / 40.51668016969946°N 21.271845794382607°E / 40.51668016969946; 21.271845794382607
TypeArt museum
OwnerMunicipality of Kastoria

The Delinanios Folklore Museum (Greek: Δεληνάνειο Λαογραφικό Μουσείο) is a museum in Kastoria, West Macedonia, Greece.

History

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The museum opened in November 1997. It was set up by the Progressive Ladies' Association and is housed in a three-storey 19th-century traditional town-house in the Doltso district, which belongs to the municipality of Kastoria[1] and located at 12 Riga Fereou Street.

The purpose of the museum is to highlight cultural heritage, to perpetuate folk culture, and to illustrate Kastorian hospitality.[1]

Exhibits

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On the first floor are the everyday room and the summer bedroom and on the second floor the main sitting room and the winter bedroom. They display a rich collection of women's and men's clothing (mainly formal local costumes), underwear, needlework and embroidery, handwoven textiles, and a rich collection of family photographs and women's portraits from Kastorian communities abroad. All the exhibits date to the 19th and early 20th centuries. On the ground floor there is quite a rich collection of domestic utensils.[1]

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b c Museums of Macedonia

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