Folk Art Museum

The Basil Papantoniou Foundation or BPF is a nonprofit cultural institution and museum based in Nafplion, Greece. It was founded in 1974 by the stage and costume designer Ioanna Papantoniou in memory of her father Vasilis Papantoniou.

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Type: Museum
Description: Greek folklore museum in Nafplio, Greece
Also known as: “Folklore Museum of Nafplio”, “Peloponnesiako Laografiko Idryma V. Papantoniou”, “Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation”, and “Peloppenesian Folklore Foundation Vasileios Papantoniou”
Address: Βασιλέως Αλεξάνδρου 1, Ναύπλιο, 21100

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Archaelogical Museum and Trianon Mosque.

Archaelogical Museum

Museum

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The Archaeological Museum of Nafplio is a museum in the town of Nafplio of the Argolis region in Greece. It has exhibits of the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Helladic, Mycenaean, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods from all over southern Argolis. Archaelogical Museum is situated 240 metres west of Folk Art Museum.

Trianon Mosque

Theater building

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The Trianon Mosque, also known as the Old Mosque is a former mosque in the town of Nafplio, in the Peloponnese region of Greece. Completed in the 16th century, during the Ottoman era, it is the oldest surviving example of Ottoman architecture in Nafplion. Trianon Mosque is situated 160 metres southwest of Folk Art Museum.

Komboloi Museum

Museum

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Komboloi Museum is situated 130 metres southwest of Folk Art Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nafplio and Aria.

Tiryns is a village, which is situated 3½ km north of Folk Art Museum.

Folk Art Museum

Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Nafplio, Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

37.56655° or 37° 33′ 60″ north

Longitude

22.79891° or 22° 47′ 56″ east

Operator

Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation

Open location code

8G94HQ8X+JH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3815964800

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q12883346

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Folk Art Museum” goes by many names.

Armenian: “Պելոպոնեսյան բանահյուսական հիմնադրամ”
Dutch: “Volkskundig museum van de Peloponnesos”
Estonian: “Peloponnesose rahvakunstimuuseum”
Greek: “Ίδρυμα Βασίλη Παπαντωνίου”
Greek: “Λαογραφικό Μουσείο Ναυπλίου”
Greek: “Λαογραφικό Μουσείο”
Greek: “Πελοποννησιακό Λαογραφικό Ίδρυμα Βασίλειος Παπαντωνίου”
Greek: “Πελοποννησιακό Λαογραφικό Ίδρυμα”
Italian: “Museo di arte popolare di Nauplia”
Macedonian: “Фондација за пелопонески фолклор”
Macedonian: “Фондација на фолклор во Пелопонес”
Russian: “Пелопоннесский фольклорный фонд”
Swedish: “Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation”
Swedish: “Peloppenesian Folklore Foundation”
Tatar: “Нафплио халык сәнгате музее”
Tatar: “Пелопоннес фольклор фонды”
Tatar: “Халык сәнгате музее”
Turkish: “Folk Sanatları Müzesi”
Ukrainian: “Музей народного мистецтва”

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