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CHANIA - RETHYMNO - HERAKLIO - AGIOS-NIKOLAOS
CHANIA
Historical and Folk Art Museum of Gavalohori
The Museum was founded in 1967 and was inaugurated in September 1993. It is housed in a building which is a characteristic example of local traditional architecture and stands on two levels. There is a ground floor with a verandah, an inside courtyard, an arched house proper, with its utility areas and a first floor with an "odas" or large room. Part of the building was built during the venetian occupation, while the first floor was built during the Ottoman rule. The building served as a private home until the end of the 19th century and was donated to the community of Gavalohori.The objects in it are displayed according to modern miseological concepts, with explanatory texts, photographs, drawings and models, and new exhibits are added each year. Address: Gavalohori Apokoronou, Chania 730 08 Telephone +30-28250-23222, 22625
The Archaelogical museum of Hania
t is situated at 21 Halidon Streeet snd is housed in the temple of St.Franciscus. The exhibition area constists of two large unities. In the first half of the exhibition arera we see the finds of the post-neolithic era and those of the copper era. In the second half till the far end of the hall, antiquities of the historical era are displayed.
Address:Chalidon Streer Chania tel.:+30 28210 90334
Naval Museum
On the site of Firkas is the anval museum of Chania.You can see nautical maps and presentations of ships Address:Old harbor Chania tel.:+30821042504
Historical Archives of Crete
It was founded in 1932 and is situated at .You cansee the archives of the Cretan State, manuscripts, prints circulars of 1822-1841,newspapers, the archives of the 1821-1832 revolutionand the archives of the revolution of 1866. Address:20 Sfakianakis Street Chania tel.:+30 2821052606
War Museum
The war museum of Chania is to be found at Tzanakaki Street besides Municipal Garde. Admittance is free. It is open daily between 9.00 and 1300 hr.,except Sundays and Mondays. Taking photos and videos-shooting is allowed only upon permission. It is the second Department of Athen main War Museum. The building an area of 2386 square meters. It was build in 1870 designed by the Italian architect Makouzo. It has always been used for covering various military needs. Address: Stratigou Tzanakaki, 73100 Chania. Tel:28210 44156
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RETHYMNO
Historical and Folk Art Museum of Rethymnon
The aims of the Foundation are the research and the collection of historical and folklore material from all over Crete and especially the prefecture of Rethymnon, the operation of the Museum and the stimulation of interest in the study of Cretan tradition. The Museum, which was officially inaugurated in September 1998, is housed in a restored Venetian building. 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.
Address: 30 M. Vernardou Str., 741 00 Rethymnon tel +30-28310-23.398
Archaeological Museum of Rethymnon
Since 1991, the Archaeological Museum of Rethymnon has been housed in the pentagonal building opposite the main gate of the Fortetsa. The building was constructed by the Turks in an effort to strengthen the city's defence. Due to the different functions that it served over the centuries - until the 1960's it housed the civic prison - its original form has been significantly altered.
Address: Rethymnon 74100 Tel.: +30-831-54668
Collection of Franzeskaki
The collection of Eleni Franzeskaki is housed in the building opposite the Gallery "L. Kanakakis" in Chimaras Street and includes works of traditional handicraft such as woven textiles, embroidery, and lacework.
Address: Rethymnon 74100 Tel.:-
Museum of Sea-life
It is housed in the old abbey, which is situated in the old town and has been restored recently. The exhibition represents one of the most important collections in Rethymno including molluscs, sponges, fish and various fossils.
Address: Rethymnon 74100 Tel.:-
Church Museum
It was founded in 1994 and is situated in Mitropoleos Square. The museum includes ecclesiastical relics dating back from 1816 up until the present, such as church utensils, icons, bells as well as the clock of the belfry, which had been functioning from 1894 up until 1986.
Address: Rethymnon 74100 Tel.: -
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HERAKLIO
Archaeological Museum of Heraklio
It houses the most important and representative finds of the Minoan civilization. The foundation of the first museum (1904-1912) is owed to the efforts of two Cretan archaeologists, Joseph Chatzidakis and Stephanos Xanthoudides, Ephors of the Archaeological Service. It housed the valuable finds from Crete until 1937, when the construction of the modern, antiseismic building was begun. Thus the museum today has twenty rooms in all, containing artefacts from the palaces, houses, tombs and caves in Crete. The exhibiton of the museum is organized in chronological order, ranging from the Neolithic period to the Roman era (4th century A.D.)
Historical Museum of Crete
The Museum is housed in a neoclassical building which belongs to the Philanthropic Institutions A. and M. Kalokairinou. It was designed by L. Kantantzoglou and built in 1870, in the place of an older mansion. It was fired by the Turks during the events of August 25, 1898 and was reconstructed in 1903 on the plans of K.Tsantirakis (preserved today), based on the layout of the previous structure. It has been declared a Historical Building and a Work of Art and is protected by a preservation order. The two-storeyed building is a wonderful specimen of the Neoclassical architecture. Its entrance is formed by a marble porch and columns made of poros stone. The windows on the facade of the ground floor and in the south part of the east and west walls are crowned by arched lintels and framed by caryatids (Hermae) supporting a pediment. The rest of the windows have plain, rectangular frames. The north side of the building is modelled as a "scarpa" following the Venetian model. The courtyard on the south side of the building is enclosed by a Neoclassical fence. The interior is decorated with friezes depicting scenes from the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Address: Lyssimachou Kalokairinou str., 71202 Herakleion +30-810-288708, 283219
The Museum of Cretan Ethnology
Located at Vori near Phaestos, this is one of the most important ethnological museums in Greece and unique in Crete. In carefully arranged thematic units, this museum exhibits impressive material representing the highest artistic achievements of cretan popular art from the 10th century to the present.
Address: Vori
The Archaelogical Museum of Archanes
This is housed in an old but renovated house at archanes. The visitor strolls through show-cases filled with exhibits of the minoan period. These finds were unearthed from mount Youchtas overlooking the village of Archanes.
Address: Archanes
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AGIOS NIKOLAOS
Archaeological Museum of Aghios Nikolaos
The Museum of Aghios Nikolaos was founded in 1970 in order to house the numerous new archaeological finds from eastern Crete, which until then, were housed in the Museum of Herakleion. Address: Aghios Nikolaos Perfecture LasithiTelephone +30-8410-24943
Archaeological Museum of Hierapetra
The museum was founded at the end of the 19th century, during the Turkish occupation of Crete and was housed in several buildings in the past. Today it is housed in the building of the Commercial Ottoman School, which is protected by a preservation order, and has been ceded to the Ministry of Culture by the Municipality of Hierapetra. Address: Hierapetra 72200 Perfecture Lasithi Region Crete
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