Type Folk art museum Founded 1918 Public transit access Syntagma metro station | Phone +30 21 0321 3018 Function Museum | |
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Established 1918 (present location 1973) Location 17 Kydathinaion Str.,
Plaka, Athens, Greece Address Kidathineon 17, Athina 105 58, Greece Similar Museum of Greek Folk Musical I, Jewish Museum of Greece, Tzistarakis Mosque, Byzantine and Christian, Numismatic Museum of Athens Profiles | ||
Museum of greek folk art external view
The Museum of Greek Folk Art is a museum in Athens, Greece. The museum was founded in 1918 as the Museum of Greek Handicrafts in the Tzistarakis Mosque in Monastiraki, which later became the National Museum of Decorative Arts and in 1959 it obtained its current name. In 1973 the greater part of the collection and the main functions of the museum were moved to 17 Kydathinaion Str. in Plaka and the mosque was annexed to it. Other annexes are the old "Public Baths" at Kyrristou 8 and one at Thespidos 8, both also in Plaka.
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The museum of greek folk art
Tzistarakis Mosque
The Tzistarakis Mosque in Monastiraki square is one of the annexes of the Museum of Greek Folk Art, housing the "V. Kyriazopoulos Collection of Folk Pottery".
Public Baths
The old Public Baths in 8 Kyrristou Str. is the only surviving and very well preserved Public Baths building in Athens and it is another annex of the Folk Art Museum.