{"id":6781,"date":"2015-05-27T11:34:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T11:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metsovomuseum.gr\/?page_id=6781"},"modified":"2017-10-16T10:11:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T10:11:04","slug":"the-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metsovomuseum.gr\/en\/the-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"The Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]THE METSOVO FOLK ART MUSEUM is one of Baron Michael Tossizza Foundation&#8217;s very first projects and has been in operation since 1955. It is housed in the renovated manor house of the Tossizza family\u2014famous benefactors of Metsovo\u2014 which was originally built in 1661.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Walking through the museum, the visitors can relive the atmosphere of centuries gone by and learn how a Metsovo manor house was organised and functioned. Based on the idea of an &#8220;open museum&#8221;, the museum&#8217;s valuable items and rich collections are exhibited in their natural space, inside the rooms, stables, warehouses and large parlours of the old mansion.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The exhibits include items that could have been present in a manor house during Metsovo&#8217;s economic boom, as well as items that uniquely represent the nation&#8217;s historical memory: Collections of firearms and swords from the struggle of 1821 against the Ottoman occupation, copper and wooden kitchen utensils, jewellery, traditional dresses, decorative plates and silverware, saddles embroidered with gold, chests, agricultural tools, looms and woven fabrics. The museum also features a major collection of 66 icons, dating from the 15th to the early 20th century, as well as a collection of Byzantine metal items, covering a long period from the early Christian times up to the late Byzantine period.\u00a0In 1991, the museum&#8217;s third floor was dedicated to Evangelos Averoff, featuring personal items and photographs from his life.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<h5>Opening hours:<\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]Daily 10.00 &#8211; 16.00 except Thursdays<br \/>\nThe visit to the museum is guided and tours start every half hour.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<h4>Ticket:<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]3 euro \/ 2 euro (students)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<h4>Information:<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]Tel.: +30 26560 41084[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]THE METSOVO FOLK ART MUSEUM is one of Baron Michael Tossizza Foundation&#8217;s very first projects and has been in operation since 1955. It is housed in the renovated manor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metsovomuseum.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6781"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metsovomuseum.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metsovomuseum.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metsovomuseum.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metsovomuseum.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/metsovomuseum.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9808,"href":"https:\/\/metsovomuseum.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6781\/revisions\/9808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metsovomuseum.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}