title: Folklore Museum of Afytos
text: # Folklore Museum of Afytos
  
  The Folklore Museum of Afytos is located in the seaside village of Afytos on the Kassandra peninsula of Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece.
  
  ## History
  
  The museum was established in the 1980s by Nikos Paralis and the local Folklore Association using artifacts donated by the villagers. The museum was housed in a traditional listed building dating to 1889 in the centre of the village, which was donated by the Aletras family.
  
  ## Exhibits
  
  The folklore collection includes domestic utensils, agricultural implements (for ploughing, sowing, reaping, harvesting), and pottery, which is a craft with a long tradition here. The folklore collection is accompanied by a collection of Karagiozis shadow-theatre puppets owned by the puppet-master Evgenios Spatharis.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Spatharis Shadow Theatre Puppet Exhibition
  * Arvanitis Photographic Exhibition 1st
  * Arvanitis Photographic Exhibition 2nd
  