Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete The Museum of El Greco (El Greco Museum or Domenikos Theotokopoulos Museum) is located on the edge of the village of Fodele in Crete, west of the city of Heraklion. It celebrates the mannerist painter El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos,... View More
Archaeological Collection of Gortyna
Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete It is a small museum which is situated in the archaeological site of Gortys, one of the most important cities of the antiquity.It hosts some of the finds of the archaeological sites, maybe not the most important of them, as the... View More
Archaeological Collection of Gortyna
Archaeological Collection of Malevizi
Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete The Malevizi Archaeological collection consists of artefacts from all the periods of Cretan history which are exhibited in 40 display cases (in a large hall in the municipality building)The majority of the artefacts were donated... View More
Archaeological Collection of Malevizi
Archaeological Museum of Archanes
Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete In the Museum of Archanes are exhibited mainly stone and clay objects as well as exact copies of some of the most important archaeological finds of the area Archanes-Yuhtas, which is undoubtedly one of the most important archaeological... View More
Archaeological Museum of Archanes
Archaeological Museum of Heraklion
Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete The Herakleion Archaeological Museum is one of the largest and most important museums in Greece, and among the most important museums in Europe. It houses representative artefacts from all the periods of Cretan prehistory and... View More
Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete The museum is situated in Episkopi and has 25 display cases in total and an outdoor area where war objects are exhibited, like wirelesses, grenades, parachutes, photographs, maps, documents, a cannon etc.Source: www.incrediblecrete.gr View More
Argyrakeio Museum of War and Ethnology
Ecclesiastical and Folklore Museum of Kaliviani Monastery
Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete At a distance of about 60 km from Heraklion, near the town of Moires, is situated the Kaliviani Monastery which included, among else, folk art workshops.The ecclesiastical collection of the museum includes portable icons of the... View More
Ecclesiastical and Folklore Museum of Kaliviani Monastery
Historical and Folklore Museum of Viannos
Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete The museum has a folk collection, with a large number of objects from the agricultural and everyday life of the inhabitants of Crete, as well as a historical collection of documents, coins, photographs and other testimonies of... View More
Historical and Folklore Museum of Viannos
Historical Museum of Crete
Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete The Historical Museum of Crete was founded by the Society of Cretan Historical Studies in 1953 and is housed in a neoclassical building of significant architectural merit (the A. & M. Kalokairinos House, 1903) in the city... View More
Historical Museum of Crete
Lychnostatis Open Air Museum
Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete Lychnostatis Open Air Museum is a museum in Hersonissos, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. It is an autonomous private foundation, established in July 1992, based on private collection owned by ophthalmologist Yiorgos Markakis. The Markakis... View More
Lychnostatis Open Air Museum
Menelaos Parlamas Museum of Rural Life
Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete The Menelaos Parlamas Museum of Rural Life & Theano Metaxa-Kanakaki Weaving Collection, housed in a 19th-century stone-built olive mill and house (donated by the Parlamas family), was founded by the Society of Cretan Historical... View More
Menelaos Parlamas Museum of Rural Life
Museum of Cretan Ethnology
Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete The Museum of Cretan Ethnology is a museum in Vori, Heraklion regional unit, southern Crete.. Established as an institution in 1973 the museum was built under the French architect Georges Henri Rivière, the creator of the... View More
Museum of Cretan Ethnology
Museum of Rural History and Folk Art Arolithos
Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete The form and image of the Traditional Cretan Village - Arolithos is complete with the presence of the Museum of Local Art and Agricultural History.To achieve its main goal, which is to preserve and promote the Cretan civilization... View More
Museum of Rural History and Folk Art Arolithos
Museum of the Battle of Crete and the National Resistance
Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete The museum of the Battle of Crete and the National Resistance is housed in a spacious room in a building in the city centre.
Among the exhibits of the museum are one thousand authentic photographs of the Battle of Crete... View More
Museum of the Battle of Crete and the National Resistance
Museum of Visual Arts or Plastic Arts
Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete The Museum οf Visual Arts is a private art museum and it was founded in May 2000 by the architect K. Schizakis.
The museum hosts works of Cretan artists or artists who lived in Crete.
Fifty- four artists have exhibited their... View More
Museum of Visual Arts or Plastic Arts
Natural History Museum of Crete
Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete The Natural History Museum of Crete was founded in 1980 and operates under the auspices of the University of Crete.
With an area of 3,500 m2, it is the largest exhibition of its kind in the Mediterranean, showcasing the natural... View More
Natural History Museum of Crete
Nikos Kazantzakis Museum
Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete Nikos Kazantzakis, one of the most well known Modern Greek writer word wide, whose works have been translated in more than thirty languages, was born in Heraklion in 1883 and died in Fry berg in Germany in 1957. A little further... View More