In the folk art collection we present objects of traditional handicrafts, weaving, tools of weaving, embroidery, laces, pottery, baskets, agricultural tools. Also the production of silk, bee-keeping and the traditional breads of Rethymnon.
Handicraft
In Crete, the major categories of traditional handicrafts, such as basket-weaving, pottery (Room V), weaving (Rooms IΙ and IV), gold- and silver-smithing (Room ΙΙ), embroidery, threadwork (Room III), metal-working (Room IV and Room VI), wood-working, and so on, begin from prehistoric times.
Technical developments in the twentieth century brought changes to the way of life and the machine replaced the hands. Thus, the traditional, age-old handicrafts which accompanied humans from prehistoric to recent times, became collectibles and museum pieces. In Crete these are testimonies of a singular and exceptionally developed Folk Culture.
