The Faltaits Historical and Folklore Museum, Sporades, Greece
4.5 (145 reviews) Monday: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Spent < 1 hour Ranking #1 in Skyros Speciality Museums • History Museums
rare artifacts, great hosts
The 'Manos & Anastasia Faltaits Folk Art & Ethnographic Museum' is based on Skyros island in Greece and more than fifty years protects and promotes not only the local culture and history but generally matters of the Greek identity, through the vast variety of its collections, various exhibitions, educational programs, theatre and music performances. It is a complex of buildings and temporary exhibition areas extended in 1.100m2 surrounded by a grove of 5.400 m2 that includes an open air theatre of 500 seats. The collections include wooden, metal and ceramic artefacts, traditional costumes, embroideries, hand woven fabrics, tools & utensils, weapons, local documentation & archives, books, from 16th century and on, till recent years.
Address
Brooke Square Palaiopyrgos, Skyros Town 340 07 Greece
Mobile
Website
http://www.faltaits.gr
Working hours
Monday : 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Tuesday : 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Wednesday : 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Thursday : 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Friday : 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Sunday : 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Monday, May 13, 2024, 20:24
User Ratings
4.5 based on (145 reviews)
Reviews
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5Ricky A 5:00 PM Sep 9, 2019
Take the guided tour, so much information
The musuem is overstocked with items. It is really best to take a guided tour (costs a few euros more) so you get an underastnding of the infinite line of exhibits. Allow time afterwards to return on your own to study particulars that intersets you. In my opinion is a must visit, showing so many traditional items.
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5Hayrick 5:00 PM Sep 20, 2018
Very Greek
Don’t expect glass cases and dull scholarly labels. Instead look forward to an eclectic array of objects collected by 1 man and added to by a few others. Make sure you go round with one of the guides who add even more colours to the kaleidoscope of things on display.
