Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments

Museum of Greek Popular Musical Instruments

Location	1-3, Diogenous Str., Plaka, Athens, Greece
Type	Musical instrument museum
Public transit access	Athens Metro stations: Monastiraki station
Website	instruments-museum.gr

The Museum of Popular Music 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:

External links

Gallery

Coordinates: 37°58′27.8″N 23°43′38.8″E / 37.974389°N 23.727444°E / 37.974389; 23.727444

Museums in Athens

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Ethnological/historical	Athens War Museum Drossinis Museum Eleftherios Venizelos Historical Museum Goulandris Natural History Museum Jewish Museum of Greece Museum of the City of Athens National Historical Museum

Folklore	Museum of Greek Folk Art Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments Centre for the Study of Traditional Pottery Museum of the History of the Greek Costume

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Industry/technology	Evgenidio Foundation Hellenic Air Force Museum Hellenic Motor Museum Railway Museum of Athens Electric Railways Museum Technopolis (Gazi)

Education/sports/Special Interests	Athens University Museum Hellenic Children's Museum Hellenic Cosmos Numismatic Museum of Athens Theatrical Museum of Greece Postal & Philatelic Museum of Greece

Museum ships	Georgios Averof VELOS D16 SS Hellas Liberty Olympias

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