Folklore Museum of Sifnos

The collection is housed in a building on the main square in Apollonia (Plateia Iroon). The museum is owned by the Sifnian Association and includes exhibits relating to the traditional daily life of the island, including agricultural tools, household items, and local costumes, among other things. The main exhibits are a collection of swords and rifles, and the collections of old traditional costumes, woodcarvings and trunks, embroidery and lace, household items (among them cutlery from Constantinople), agricultural tools, woven basketwork items (such as the famous Sifnian window blinds), beekeeping equipment and pottery, statues of famous Sifnian personages, and Sifnos newspaper archives.

The museum was inspired and organised by the Sifnian teacher, writer and ethnologist Antonis Troullos.

It is open to the public during the summer season.

Source: www.sifnos.gr