Museum of the History of the Greek Costume is a special interest
museum
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in
Athens
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,
Greece
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. It was inaugurated by the former Minister of Culture,
Melina Mercouri
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, in 1988 and is part of the
Lyceum Club of Greek Women
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, a non profit society founded in 1911.
The museum's collections include Greek traditional costumes, jewellery, reproductions of minoan, classic and Byzantine clothes, as well as porcelain dolls with Greek costumes.
References
External links
City of Athens(in Greek)Ministry of Culture and Tourism(in Greek)
Museums in Athens
Greek clothing
Fashion museums
Museums established in 1988
1988 establishments in Greece
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