The Municipal Museum of Folk Art has opened in 1985 and includes one of the most important collections of Cypriot folk art and craft from the late 19-th century until the beginning of the 20-th century.
The Museum of Folk Art hosts very rich and remarkable collections of garments, embroidery, wood carved creations, agricultural tools and utensils, jewellery, decoration artifacts and furniture.
The museum is housed in a restored building in the Old Town, which was donated by a Cypriot family. Some of the artifacts the Museum hosts are woodcut chests, chests of drawers, consoles, pictures made with silk cocoons, embroidery, draw loom, traditional Cypriot costumes, baskets, swords, bronze pots, spindle, spinning wheel, lamp, flute, chairs, small stools, bronze plates,clay vessels, reaping hooks, doilies, bowls, wooden mirrors, etc. T.
The Museum also hosts one of the most beautiful vest collections in the Greek domain.
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