In the old town of Lefkada is located the Folklore Museum of the Music and Philological Club Orfeus "Pantazis Kontomichis". The Association was founded in 1937 by a group of young mandolinata players and maintains to this day intense cultural and artistic activity with a choir, a dance group, a cinema club, a radio station, etc. The Folklore Museum was founded in 1978. It has a rich collection with about 1000 exhibits related to the folk tradition and culture of Lefkada. Since 2005, it has been renamed the Folklore Museum of Orfea "Pantazis Kontomichis". The philologist Pantazis Kontomichis (1924-2005) was a researcher of the Historical Archive of Lefkada, an educator and the author of many books on the folklore and history of the island. Through the exhibits of the Museum (interior of the house, furniture, utensils, jewelry, costumes, folk instruments, photographs, etc.) the daily life and occupations of the inhabitants of Lefkada are revived.
Editor: Niki Kalopaidis
