MUSEUMS IN CRETE

Museums in Chania
Chania Archaeological Museum Tel.: (28210) 90.334	Housed in the Venetian church of San Francesco. Its exhibits from western Crete and other areas date from the Neolithic to the Roman era, and include idols, statues, inscriptions, weapons, pottery, seal stones, coins, jewellery, etc.
Historical Archives of Crete Tel.: (28210) 52.606	(open daily 8-13.00 except Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays). A rich collection of folklore and material related to the history of the island. The archives are among the largest in the country, second only to General Archives of the Greek State.
Naval Museum of Crete Tel.: (28210) 91.875	On the mole of the Venetian harbor. Exhibits linked with the island’s history
Museums in Rethymnon
Archaeological Museum Tel.: (28310) 54.668	The Venetian loggia is a museum containing interesting archaeological finds from the region as well as a fine coin collection.
Historical and Folk Art Museum Tel: (28310) 23.398	The Museum's collections include over 5.000 items that come from donations, purchases and loans. They are displayed in units; Folk Art collections include weaving, basket weaving, embroidery-laces, costumes, ceramics, metal work, traditional cultivations, traditional occupations, while the historical ones include documents, photographs, maps, weapons, banners and coins.
Museums in Heraklion
Heraklion Archaeological Museum Tel.: (2810) 22.60.92, (2810) 22.64.70.	One of the most important museums in Greece. Here are assembled almost all the finds from the Minoan era. Pottery, stone carvings, seal stones, statuettes, gold, metalwork, the marvelous frescoes from the Royal and Little Palaces and villas of the wealthy, and finally, the unique painted limestone sarcophagus from Aghia Trias.
Heraklion Historical Museum Tel.: (2810) 28.32.19	Exhibits from the Byzantine, Venetian and Turkish periods and historical documents of more recent Cretan history. Also a rich collection of folk art consisting of local costumes, textiles, woodcarvings and embroidery as well as a representation of a typical Cretan house
St Catherine of Sinai Monday - Friday: 10.00-13.00	The preserved katholikon of the Monastery and the chapel of Agioi Deka today house a collection of representative works of the Cretan Byzantine and post-Byzantine art.
Archanes	Archaeological Collection. Contains finds from the Malia palace, the Fourni cemetery, and the sanctuary at Anemospilia dating from the Minoan era
Lychnostatis Museum in Hersonissos From 1 April until 31 October daily: 09:00-14:00 Saturday: closed	The museum has its origins in a private collection formed over a period of thirty years by Giorgos Markakis, professor of ophthalmology, lecturer and writer. The buildings themselves are some of the main exhibits. Built thoroughly with the prevalent raw materials (stone-wood-clay), under the creative architectural improvising of the founder, they possess an aesthetic quality unique in the area. The collections are broad in scope, from agricultural implements to embroideries and from herbs to rhymes.
Museums in Lassithi
Aghios Nikolaos Archaeological Museum (28410) 22.462	Archaeological Museum. it contains finds from excavations in eastern Crete.
Ierapetra	Archaeological Collection. Contains marble statues and inscriptions from the Greek-Roman era
Sitia	Archaeological Museum. Contains finds from Sitia, Zakros, Petra, and Palekastro from the Minoan era

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