Metsovo Folk Art Museum

The Metsovo Folk Art Museum, also known as the Tossizza Mansion, was one of the first major projects undertaken by the Baron Michael Tossizza Foundation in Metsovo. It opened in 1955 and is housed in the restored Tossizza Mansion – the ancestral home of the distinguished Tossizza family of benefactors, originally built in 1661.

A visit to the museum brings the atmosphere of past centuries vividly to life, offering insight into the organisation and daily life of a traditional manor house in Metsovo. Following the philosophy of the “open museum,” rich collections are displayed in their original setting, throughout the halls, stables, storerooms and reception rooms of the old mansion.

The exhibits include objects typical of a Metsovo manor house at the height of the town’s economic prosperity, as well as items of national historical significance. The collections include firearms and swords from the Greek War of Independence of 1821, copper and wooden kitchen utensils, jewellery, traditional costumes, decorative plates and silverware, gold-embroidered saddles, chests, agricultural tools, looms, and intricately woven textiles.

The museum also houses an important collection of 66 icons, dating from the 15th to the early 20th centuries, as well as a collection of Byzantine metalwork spanning the Early Christian period to the late Byzantine era. In 1991, the museum’s third floor was dedicated to Evangelos Averoff, displaying personal items and photographs from his life.

A virtual tour is available on the Museum’s website.