Aggelike Chatzimichali house, Folk art museum in Plaka, Greece.
The Aggelike Chatzimichali house is a folk art museum in Athens' Plaka neighborhood housed in a townhouse built in the 1920s. The building displays handcrafted wooden and metal details throughout its rooms, with collections of textiles, pottery, tools, and household items arranged to show how Greek families lived.
The house was designed in 1924 by architect Aristotelis Zachos, the only one of his works still standing in Athens. Folklorist Aggeliki Chatzimichali (1895–1965) lived, worked and died here. Since 1980 the building has housed the Municipal Museum of Folk Culture, run by the Cultural Organization of the Municipality of Athens.
The house bears the name of Angeliki Chatzimichali (1895–1965), the folklorist who lived, worked and died here; a plaque on the facade states exactly that. Her monumental study Sarakatsani (1959) made her known beyond Greece. Inside, the centre keeps her folklore collection alongside objects lent by the Greek Folklore Society.
The house stands at Hatzimichali 6, on the street renamed in her honour in Plaka. The three-storey building has exhibition rooms on more than one level, reached by stairs. The marble bust of Chatzimichali, unveiled on 3 June 1971, is in the inner courtyard, and a plaque on the facade marks where she lived and died.
The marble bust of Angeliki Chatzimichali in the inner courtyard was placed there by the Athens Rotary Club; it is the work of sculptor Nikolaos, and it was unveiled on 3 June 1971. A plaque on the facade records that the folklorist lived, worked and died in this house.
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