The stone threshing floor of the Ecomuseum in Ano Meria

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Folegandros's museums

Where the island keeps its treasures, from ancient sculpture to the objects of everyday village life.

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The farmstead of the Ecomuseum in Ano Meria

Ano Meria

Ecomuseum of Folegandros

An old farmstead of Ano Meria, restored stone by stone and opened in 1988 by the cultural association 'I Folegandros': a dry-stone house of the 18th century or earlier with its cellar and oven fired with thorn and thyme, an olive press worked by three men, a wine trough cut into the rock that still holds the colour of the wine, cisterns, a threshing floor, a lemon tree in its round wall, and the house of about 1900 with the island's weavings.

Must see: The wine trough in the living rock and the threshing floor

Churches on a square in Chora of Folegandros

Chora

Cultural Association 'I Folegandros'

The island's cultural association, at Pounta square in Chora, holds an exhibition every summer drawn from the history and culture of Folegandros, of painting, pottery, photography and weaving, some of it from the collection of the Ecomuseum.

Must see: The summer exhibition, such as the island's fine weavings

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Across the island

The Panagia and its ancient stones

Chora

Not a museum, but the nearest thing the island has to one of antiquity: the courtyard and walls of the Panagia are full of the stones of the ancient sanctuary, inscriptions, statue bases, a marble water basin and the torso of a statue, with a Byzantine relief of the Mother of God.

Must see: The inscribed ancient base by the door

Opening hours change seasonally. Check with each museum before visiting.

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