Greece
The Historical and Folklore Museum of Rethymno is housed in a 17th century Venetian mansion.
The History and Folklore Museum Rethymno was founded in 1974 for the purpose of research and gathering historical and folk material of Crete and especially of Rethymno prefecture.
The collections of the Museum are derived from donations and purchases and include more than 5,000 objects.
The Museum still has room for educational programs, lectures, cultural events, equipped with modern audiovisual media.
The permanent exhibition of the museum contains woven, costumes, embroidery, lace – thread compositions, ceramics, baskets, traditional agricultural tools, machining, tools traditional professions – knife maker, grommet, reseller, shoemaker.
Heraklion is not just a city in the next visitor’s destination. Expresses something more, something deeper, a history of thousands of years. With this thought must learn the traveler to "read" the area beyond the mundane habits that require a visit to museums or at Knossos.
The Museum, Pellas is located in the southeast of the foothills of the hill palace, in the northeastern part of archeological site
The museum was founded in 1967 and opened in September 1993. Housed in a building that exemplifies local traditional architecture and developed at two levels.
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