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The Museum exhibits rich collections of items which represent the following fields of folklore art:
- Weaving (especially gossamer-thin silk and rep-weave cloth)
- Embroidery (mainly cocoon-formed and white embroidery)
- Local costume (men?s and women?s wedding, Sunday and everyday clothes)
- Metallurgy
- Pottery
- Wood carving
- Painting (works of G. D?Esposito, Sot. Chrysanthopoulos)
- Stone carving
The collections are exhibited throughout the Museum?s 450 sq. m. premises in this way:
- On the ground floor is the large room with the bridal costumes, the military uniforms of the Balkan Wars, the Bishop?s sacerdotal vestments, chalices, items of carved wood, jewels and the ?urban corner?. There is also a room with household items, the Museum office and Library and the Photography Darkroom.
- On the first floor are the rooms that represent a typical dining room and a sitting room, a room with a loom and hand woven items, three rooms with embroidery and knitting work and the room of photos and documents of Kymi which include those of the locally-born great doctor George Papanicolaou. The store house is on the attic above this floor.
- In the basement is the wax works, a room for the washing, and the traditional underground cellar with the farmer?s tools. The maintenance room and the cafe are also there.
In the Museum?s garden, an open-air circular theater with a seating capacity of 250 has been constructed, hosting numerous events during the summer months, including theatrical performances, lectures, concerts and film screenings. The Museum also features a multipurpose hall used for art exhibitions, lectures, seminars, and other activities that are essential and complementary to the Museum?s operation.
In the village of Pyrgos Kymi, a branch of the Museum is planned to be established in the privately owned ?Chrysanthopoulos Mansion.? The renovated ground-floor areas are intended to house the collection of the 19th-century folkore artist Sotiris Chrysanthopoulos, whose multifaceted talent encompassed both secular and religious works, including icons, murals, reliefs, as well as his library containing rare editions. The upper floor of the building is planned to be used for the presentation, development, and museological promotion of Kymi?s paleontological findings, in collaboration with the Department of Geology and Geoenvironment of the University of Athens.
The Museum collaborates on a permanent or occasional basis with universities, the International Council of Museums (ICOM), research centers, related museums, libraries, art galleries, and independent scholars in pursuit of its research objectives.
The Museum has documented its collection and provides visitors with a multilingual guidebook. It has participated in exhibitions and television programs in Greece and abroad and has developed significant publishing activity. The Museum is also visited by many students through organized school visits, thereby making an important contribution to the cultural tourism of the region.
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