Historical and Folkloric Museum in Limni

The Historic and Folklore Museum in Limni began operating in the summer of 1993, after the generous donation towards the municipality of Limni by the late Limnian Ekaterini Evaggelinou-Flokou (descendant of a large and powerful nautical family), of a neoclassical estate. This estate was built around 1880, and donated solely for the purpose of the founding of a museum in Limni.

Immediately after the acceptance of the donation, the county at the time included the institution of the museum to its Cultural Center and created a Committee of Functionality for the museum by cultural people, whose goals were to collect objects of historical and folkloric interest, equipping and functioning of the museum.
This well-kept, capable Limnian worked unmethodically and independently outside of the rules of strict museology, and provided her own experience and ideas as she knew from tradition in this sensitive area. It is rather a fact that in the majority of folkloric – especially smaller museums in rural and secluded areas, where the specialist presence is most usually absent, this role is taken on by volunteers who are driven by desire and care.

Living area and dolls  Bedroom        Small Sitting Room    Marble Room              Loom                  Kitchen

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