Museums of Crete

Agricultural and Folklore Museum of Piskopiano
This museum is housed in a recently renovated olive press in Piskopiano village, and it features representations of various old-time professional s
Hersonissos
Type: Museum
Theme: Folk
Archaeological Museum of Agios Nikolaos
The Archaeological Museum of Agios Nikolaos was founded in 1970 in order to display the archaeological finds from Eastern Crete, which until then h
Agios Nikolaos
Type: Museum
Theme: Archaeological
Archaeological Museum of Archanes
In the Archaeological Museum of Archanes one can mainly see stone and ceramic artefacts,as well as exact copies of famous finds from Archanes and Y
Arhanes-Asterousia
Type: Museum
Theme: Archaeological
Archaeological Museum of Heraklion
The Archaeological Museum is located much in the center of Heraklion: it is one of the most important Archaeological Museums of the world, thanks t
Heraklio
Type: Museum
Theme: Archaeological
Archaeological Museum of Rethymnon
The collecting of the museum exhibits began in 1888, on the initiative of the Greek Educational Association of Rethymnon.
Rethimno
Type: Museum
Theme: Archaeological
Archaeological Museum of Sitia
The Archaeological Museum of Sitia opened in 1984 and houses a significant collection, divided into four sections.
Sitia
Type: Museum
Theme: Archaeological
Arkadi Monastery Museum
The Museum of the Arkadi Monastery accommodates a significant collection of Post-Byzantine icons, prelatic vestments, weapons, handwritten codices,
Rethimno
Type: Museum
Theme: Ecclesiastical
Arolithos Museum of Local Art & Agricultural History
The whole complex of Arolithos is essentially an open-air museum.
Malevizi
Type: Museum
Theme: Folk
Cretan Historical and Folklore Museum
It is located approximately 6 km from the archaeological site of Knossos and 3 km from Archanes.
Arhanes-Asterousia
Type: Museum
Theme: Folk, Historical
Cretan Open-Air Museum Lychnostatis
In Lychnostatis one has the opportunity to wander in the rooms indoors, where various objects and whole living spaces of rural everyday life in the
Hersonissos
Type: Museum
Theme: Folk
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