Museum of the History of the Greek Costume is a special interest

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. It was inaugurated by the former Minister of Culture,

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, in 1988 and is part of the Lyceum Club of Greek Women, 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.

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City of Athens

(in Greek)Ministry of Culture and Tourism

(in Greek)
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