Greek Folk Art

The Museum of Greek Folk Art is a museum in , . The museum was founded in 1918 as the Museum of Greek Handicrafts in the in , which later became the National Museum of Decorative Arts and in 1959 it obtained its current name.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: folk art museum in Athens, Greece
  • Also known as: “Museum of Greek Folk Art” and “The Museum of Greek Folk Art”
  • Address: Κυδαθηναίων 17, Αθήνα

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Parthenon and Frissiras Museum.

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The is a former temple on the , Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of classical Greek art, and the is considered an enduring symbol of ancient Greece, Western civilisation, and democracy. is situated 520 metres west of Greek Folk Art.

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is a contemporary painting in , . Its permanent collection consists of around 4000 paintings and sculptures by Greek and other European artists on the subject of the human form.

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The is a in , . It was established by Nicholas Stavroulakis in 1977 to preserve the material culture of the Greek Jews.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plaka and Anafiotika.

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Pláka is the old historical neighborhood of , clustered around the northern and eastern slopes of the , and incorporating labyrinthine streets and neoclassical architecture.

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is a scenic tiny neighborhood of the center of , part of the old historical neighborhood called . It lies on the northeast side of the .

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is the capital city of with a metropolitan population of 3.6 million inhabitants based on ELSTAT Census but with undocumented population it reaches 5.2 million.

Greek Folk Art

Latitude
37.97244° or 37° 58′ 21″ north
Longitude
23.7324° or 23° 43′ 57″ east
Operator
Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Τουρισμού
Open location code
8G95XPCJ+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 195209754
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q4306259
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Greek Folk Art” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف الفن الشعبي اليوناني”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yunan Milli Dekorativ Sənət Muzeyi”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف الفن الشعبى اليونانى”
  • French: “Musée de la culture grecque moderne”
  • French: “musée national d’art populaire”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο Ελληνικής Λαϊκής Τέχνης”
  • Russian: “Музей греческого народного творчества”
  • Russian: “Музей народного творчества (Греция)”
  • Russian: “Музей современной греческой культуры”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Arte Folclórico Griego”
  • Turkish: “Yunan Halk Sanatları Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей грецької народної творчості”
  • Urdu: “یونانی لوک فن کا عجائب گھر”

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