The Folklore Museum is located in the center of the Old Town, directly close to the Catholic Church of Chania. It is held in a modest – but pleasant – house and features a large, well-organized collection of traditional antiques that depict life in Crete during the 18th and 19th centuries. The home is separated into several rooms depending on the theme, whether it’s the kitchen, the bridal suite, or the traditional living room where the engagement used to take place.
Aspasia Bikaki and Irini Koumandraki established the Museum at Chalidon Street in 1990. These two ladies traveled to Cretan villages to collect various folklore exhibits for the Museum, including needlework, textiles, lace, handicrafts, and agricultural instruments.
Visitors may see how people used to accomplish their everyday agricultural duties, such as plowing, planting, harvesting, and threshing, thanks to the displays. There are also several large wax dolls dressed in traditional clothing, as well as historic kitchen items and furnishings, as well as devices for the processing of raw materials like as silk or wool. There are also depictions of everyday life in some of the embroideries.
Another noteworthy element of the Folklore Museum is a chamber that mimics a cellar, complete with raki-making pots and, of course, depictions of grape treading before to the wine-making process.
