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House of Folklore

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House of Folklore

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House of Folklore (HoF) was a museum in central Sana'a, Yemen. It was located southwest of the Al-Tahrir Square and south of the Egyptian Embassy and north of the Chinese Embassy. Founded on 11 April 2004 under the permission of the Ministry of Culture, it was "a cultural, research, non-profit and non-governmental organization works on collecting and documenting the Yemeni Folklore". The museum closed in May 2010 due to financial difficulties.

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