The Folklore Museum, also known as ‘Gran Castello Historic House’ (Maltese: 'Dar Storika tal-Gran Kastell') is a historic house museum dedicated to the Gozitan folklore and is situated in Bernardo de Opuo Street at the popular Citadel in Victoria, Gozo. It is one of the most attractive museums in Gozo and it is surely worth a visit! The museum was probably built around the early 16th century and the interconnected museum buildings are medieval architectural gems in their own right. They are the only remaining examples in Gozo and similar fine period architecture may only be found in Mdina and Birgu in Malta. The museum is housed in a cluster of late interconnected medieval houses in one of the narrow and winding roads within the walls of the Citadel in Victoria, Gozo. The museum's collections relate to the domestic, rural and traditional ways of life people used to lead in Malta and Gozo in the past centuries and the many skills, crafts and traditions that have shaped everyday life on the islands over the centuries. These buildings are medieval architectural gems which used to belong to rich families and are actually the only ones still left in Gozo. The architectural features of the buildings housing the museum are in Sicilian style, and may owe something to the influence of the Chiaramonte family of Sicily and southern Italy when they were Counts of Malta in the late 14th century. Their fine quality reveals that these properties belonged to wealthy families. Delicate baroque façades countervail the relatively plainness of interiors. The Folklore Museum opened in 1983 and its wide ranging collection is spread over two floors. The ground floor and mezzanine levels of the southern house feature a reconstructed historic house set-up complete with work and habitation spaces for the serving personnel. The remaining ground floor spaces in the rest of the residential complex are devoted largely to rural trades and skills, mainly agriculture. A spectacular beast-driven mill occupies the centre of a large mill-room on the same floor. Grain and liquid measures as well as different types of scales and weights occupy respectively two adjacent spaces. Some items found on this floor are: sickles, spades, winnowing forks, shovels and ploughs, as well as a selection of grinding mills. On display there are also domestic Gozitan craft, such as the popular and beautiful lace. The first floor used to be the living area, and today it hosts an exhibition related to hobbies such as hunting and modelling of churches full of religious accessories, lace-making and weaving. These are complemented by items connected to the cotton industry, like the cotton gin and the spinning wheel. Another small part of the first floor collection is devoted to the traditional fishing industry. Highlights of the museum include a vegetable grading machine, a beast-driven mill, a cotton gin, miniature stone toys, steelyard with weights, a large lace-making bolster, a stone stove, a blacksmith's workshop and wells. The Gran Castello Historic House is now also offering an additional experience to the visitor through an audio-visual presentation about the late Mediaeval set-up of the same house within its contemporary urban context. This historical site was renamed from Folklore Museum to Gran Castello Historic House museum in 2016, during the restoration of the Cittadella.