Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments
Location | 1-3, Diogenous Str., Plaka, Athens, Greece |
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Type | Musical instrument museum |
Public transit access | Athens Metro stations: Monastiraki station |
Website | [1] |
The Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments (Greek: Μουσείο Ελληνικών Λαϊκών Μουσικών Οργάνων), is a museum and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology in the Lassanis Mansion, Plaka, Athens, Greece. It displays about 600 Greek musical instruments from the last 300 years and has as many more in store.
Collection[]
The collection includes:
- Lyres
- Flogheras
- Defia
- Gaides
- Koudounia
- Laghouta
- Bouzoukia
- Souravlia
- Zournades
- Lalitsas
- Toubelekia
- Cretan lyras
Gallery[]
Floghera (flute)
Cretan Lyras
Tamboutsa (Cyprus)
See also[]
External links[]
Coordinates: 37°58′27.8″N 23°43′38.8″E / 37.974389°N 23.727444°E
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