Folklore Museum of Kymi - Paralias 14

Απ τα ωραιότερα Λαογραφικά Μουσεία. Η ακμή της Κύμης μέσα στους χώρους ενός πανέμορφου κτηρίου. Η κυρία που μας ξενάγησε καταπληκτική!

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Amazing

Lovely examples of local silk, items of clothing and cocoon embroidery

A quaint and charming museum of domestic arts

Fascinating. We enjoyed spending time learning about the history of Kymi and its people

18th of July 2021. Group of 2. First of all, I want to thank the ladies from the Educational & Cultural Association of Kimi who manages the museum and they allowed me to take pictures for my blog Travel advice from a Greek (you will see my article in a few days). They were all so polite and helpful. Certainly, it was a delightful walk to our historical roots at this well equipped 450sqm museum, which is hosting in a 3-storey neoclassical building. Overall it is a fine project. This exquisite collection includes many silk embroideries, costumes, loom, wood carvings, candle & wine making devices, pottery, metallurgy and representations of every day's life from 1800-1930. It also has costumes from the Balkan wars and the vestments of the Saint Nektarios. Of course, there is a portrait of the famous native doctor Papanikolaou who invented the gynecological examination test PAP. The museum itself exists from 1981 and has about 1800 objects on display. At the backyard there is a small theater ? and as they informed us, over there, they are becoming performances ?. I totally recommend to pay a visit at this fine well-organized folklore museum. It is worth it, especially if you have kids, because they will absorb this condensed knowledge of our past. Or they can watch a shadow Karagiozis performance at the theater ?.