A few meters from the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (1867) is the Folklore Museum of Pella. The museum has been operating since September 2006 and admission is free. The two-storey building was constructed in 1937 with local limestone stone. From 1937 to 1991 it served as the Pella town-hall.
The period 1939-1944 it housed the first archaeological collection of the antiquarian and informal curator of antiquities, Pavlos Hartomazidis. During its retreat in 1944 the German occupation army stole part of the collection. The building housed periodically the Pella Primary School, the kindergarten, the office of local scouts and the local medical center. It was then granted by the Municipality of Pella to the Cultural Association of Pella, which restored it with the voluntary work of its members and turned it into a museum.
The exhibits are donations from the residents of Pella. In the three halls of the ground floor, are exhibited mainly agricultural tools and tools of trades, such as the shoemaker, the grocer, the carpenter and the potter. in the three halls of the floor are displayed traditional costumes (from Macedonia, Thrace and Eastern Romilia), a loom and handmade children’s toys. Documents and books complete the collection. In the next room, the traditional fireplace and dozens of objects of daily use represent the pre-war period and recall the family stories of Pella. The museum exhibits the collection of Elli Misirli Makarona, wife of the archaeologist and first excavator of Pella, Charalambos Makarona. The Macarona couple donated their movable and immovable property to the Municipality of Pella and are buried in the Pella cemetery.
For your visit to the Folklore Museum of Pella, please call: 6972741363
