Ethnographic Museum in Polygyros
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In the Greek city of Polygyros (capital of Chalkidiki) worth visiting entertaining Ethnographic Museum. It is located in the city center in a renovated two-story mansion. The building previously belonged to the former lord mayor of Polygyros Karaganisu donated it especially for the base of the Ethnographic Museum.

The museum was founded at the initiative of the Women's Voluntary Association of Community Development (local community involved in the organization of various folklore events over the past 20 years). In May 1998, the Ethnographic Museum opened its doors to visitors. The museum's collection has been collected through donations and residents of Polygyros perfectly illustrates the life and experiences of people in the region in the 19th - early 20th centuries.

On the ground floor of the Ethnographic Museum visitors can get acquainted with agricultural implements, which were previously used for plowing, sowing, harvesting, threshing and harvesting olives. The second floor of the museum is equipped so as to recreate the typical for these places interior town house of the 19th - early 20th centuries. Here you will see beautifully furnished living room with sofas and low tables and a dining room typical of the Macedonian houses of those times, as well as a classic bedroom with metal beds, wardrobes and even the linens and kitchen with various household utensils and a fireplace. In a separate room with a traditional loom. Of particular interest in the museum are the traditional costumes Polygyros and the surrounding area.

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