The old Gendarmerie building that was granted by the “Panagia Aggeloktisti” Church Committee to the “Archangelos” cultural society has been converted -with a lot of love and artistry -to a lending library in the first floor and to a Museum of Folkloric Art in the ground floor.
All the tools that the people of the old days used are exhibited in the Museum. In this -unique in its kind -Museum the visitor can encounter from any type of item used in the households to the most simple tools that were useful in the farming operations of that time’s farmers.
In the first hall of the museum we can observe agricultural tools such as wooden and iron-made ploughs, yokes for the cattle that were used in the tilling of the fields, and reaping hooks for harvesting. In the first hall we can also observe traditional utensils that were used by housewives in their homes. Subterranean silos for cereals (“Goufa”, pl. “Goufes”), large copper pots (“lavezi”, pl. “lavezia”), and copper kettles (“Chartzi”, pl. “Chartzia”) are some of the items on display.
In the second hall there are several of the items that were used in the professions that the community’s inhabitants assumed so as to secure their livelihood. Here we can observe the items of the barber and the shoemaker as well as a sewing machine.
In the third hall, which is a traditional bedroom, we can observe an old bed along with its traditional sofa, its chest drawer, its carved trunk, the gramophone, the chiffonier, 2 mirrors with wooden carving, a traditional table with a wash-stand and a washbowl for washing, as well as an old radio.
In the fourth hall there is a permanent photo exhibition.
We would like to especially thank the inhabitants of the community that offered -and still do -whatever is possible for the enrichment of the Museum, making the hope that the museum is not just a simple display room for traditional items -but something beyond that -come to life; an inseparable part of our lives that must be constantly enriched so as to be offered for use by the future generations.
Source: Community Board Kiti