Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments

Musical instrument museum in Athens, Greece

Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments

Location| 1-3, Diogenous Str., Plaka, Athens, Greece
Type| Musical instrument museum
Director| Vaso Polyzoi
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.[1] It displays about 600 Greek musical instruments from the last 300 years and has as many more in store.[2]

## Collection

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The collection includes:

* Lyres
* Flogheras
* Defia
* Gaides
* Koudounia
* Laghouta
* Bouzoukia
* Souravlia
* Zournades
* Lalitsas
* Toubelekia
* Cretan lyras

## Gallery

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* Askomandoura

* Floghera (flute)

* Tambourine

* Cretan Lyras

* Tsampouna

* Bouzouki

* Laouto

* Tamboutsa (Cyprus)

## See also

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* List of music museums

## References

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1. ^ Mosaidi, Nefeli (13 June 2023). "The Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments "Fivos Anoyanakis"". Greek News Agenda.
2. ^ "Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments". www.thisisathens.org.

## External links

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* Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism
* www.greece-museums.com

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