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Angelos Sikelianos Museum

type: object-centered

The Sikelianos house was purchased by the National Bank of Greece in 2009 to accommodate the museumof the same name. It was renovated and transformed into a pioneering museum that was donated to the Municipality of Lefkada and was inaugurated on 6 October 2017.It is a special museum that not only exhibits memorabilia of the poet but also makes the visitor travel into every aspect of his life and work. The items exhibited are items connected to Sikelianos’ life and work, donated by museums, collectors and institutions from all over Greece. The collection of the museum includes exhibits such as Anna’s wedding dress and woven fabrics, hand-made clothes that Eva weaved for herself and for the Delphic Festivals, her passport, her braid of deep red hair, rare editions and manuscripts, letters exchanged between Angelos and Eva, photographic material, films and recorded recitations in the voice of the poet himself.

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