The Museum - Research and Study Center of the Asia Minor Culture in Chania was inaugurated in 2019 by the Association of Asia Minor of Chania "Agios Polykarpos" in memory of Anna Nikolidaki, in a building granted by the monastery of Agia Triada Tzagarolon.
- Location: Chania Prefecture
- Type: Museum
- Accessibility: Paved road
- Opening Hours: Monday 17:00 - 19:00, other days uplon arrangement
- Entrance Fee (€): Free
- Phone: +30 28210 90848
The History of Burial is a very special venue in Heraklion city. It is housed in the two-storey ossuary of the old cemetery of Saints Constantine and Helen in Heraklion, which was built in 1890.
- Location: Heraklion Prefecture
- Type: Museum
- Accessibility: Bus services, Paved road
- Opening Hours: 10:00-12:00
- Entrance Fee (€): Free
- Website: burialmuseum.gr
- e-mail: [email protected]
- Phone: +30 6975544660
- Peak Period: Minoan Era (3000 BC-1200 BC), Dark Age (1200 BC - 800 BC), Classical & Hellenistic Age (800 BC - 69 BC), Roman Era (69 BC - 395 AD), Byzantine Era (395 AD-820AD), Arab Era (820 AD - 961 AD), Second Byzantine Era (961 AD - 1204 AD), Venetian Era (1204 AD - 1669 AD), Ottoman Era (1669 - 1898), Cretan State - Autonomous Era (1898-1913), Modern Greek (1913-Today)
The Historical Archive of Crete was established in 1920 in Chania and operated informally until 1928, when it was recognized as a public entity. Since 1943, it is a Public Service and operates as an annex to the General State Archives.
- Location: Chania Prefecture
- Type: Museum
- Accessibility: Bus services
- Opening Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30-14:30
- Entrance Fee (€): Free
- Website: gak.chan.sch.gr
- e-mail: [email protected]
- Phone: +30 28210 52606
- Fax: +30 28210 52606
The Historical and Folklore Museum of Rethymnon was founded in 1974 and is housed in a Venetian building (17th century) that is a wonderful example of urban residence of the last phase of the Venetian occupation of Crete, in Renaissance.
- Location: Rethymnon Prefecture
- Type: Museum
- Accessibility: Paved road
- Opening Hours: April-October, Monday – Saturday 9:30-14:30, November-May, Wednesdays 9:30-14:30
- Entrance Fee (€): Ticket €4, Reduced 2€
- e-mail: [email protected]
- Phone: +30 28310 233988
- Fax: +30 28310 23667
The museum was founded in 1968 and was officially opened in September 1993. It is housed in a building that is a typical sample of the local architecture and is housed on two floors: the ground floor with a balcony, internal yard, an arched house with auxiliary rooms and a mezzanine.
- Location: Chania Prefecture
- Type: Museum
- Accessibility: Paved road
- Opening Hours: April-October: Daily 10:00-20:00, November-May: Daily 11:00-18:00
- Entrance Fee (€): Ticket €2
- Phone: +30 28250 23222
- Fax: +30 28250 22625
The historic village of Therisso was a seat of the Cretan rebels in 1905, under Eleftherios Venizelos, the most important Politician of Modern Greece. The headquarters of the Movement of 1905 house a relevant museum.
- Location: Chania Prefecture
- Type: Museum
- Accessibility: Paved road
- Opening Hours: July - August: Monday - Friday 12:00-13:30 and 19:00-20:30, Saturday - Sunday 11:30 - 13:30, September - June: Daily except Saturday and Tuesday 10:30-13:30
- Entrance Fee (€): Free
- Website: www.venizelos-foundation.gr
- e-mail: [email protected]
- Phone: +30 2821051555, +30 2821051556, +30 2821056008
The Historical Museum of Crete was founded in 1953 by the Society of Cretan Historical Studies. It is housed in a beautiful neoclassical building that was the home of Minos Kalokerinos and a courtesy of the Kalokerinos family Institute.
- Location: Heraklion Prefecture
- Type: Museum
- Accessibility: Bus services
- Opening Hours: April-October: Monday - Saturday 9:00-17:00, November- March: Monday - Saturday 9:00-15:30
- Entrance Fee (€): Ticket 5€, Reduced 3€
- Website: www.historical-museum.gr
- e-mail: [email protected]
- Phone: +30 2810 283219, +30 2810 288708
- Fax: +30 2810 283754
The Historical Museum of Vorizia "Spilios" is located at the village Vorizia of Heraklion prefecture and hosted in a cave (spilios) above the village. The cave, until the foundation of the museum, was used for cheese production. The museum was inaugurated on August 16, 2014.
- Location: Heraklion Prefecture
- Type: Museum
- Accessibility: Paved road
- Entrance Fee (€): Free
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