Those finds have been excavated from the region of Chania and of the western Crete.
The most important parts of the exhibition are a collection of vases and weapons from the Minoan necropolis, a collection of Early Geometric and Geometric pottery and Hellenistic statues, a collection of wonderful mosaics from Chania, Classical and Hellenistic figurines, glass vessels from Greco-Romans times, a collection of coins and various other items.
The museum is located on 21, Halidon Street.
Telephone: 28210 90 334.
Opening hours: Tuesday- Friday 8 am to 7 pm, Saturday- Sunday 8.30 am to 3 pm and closed on Mondays.
| The
Nautical Museum of Chania |
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This museum is located on the north-east end of the Venetian harbour, in the town of Chania, in a building of the Firkas Fortress. |
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| Byzantine
and post-Byzantine Collection |
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This collection is housed in a building located on Theotokopoulou Street (number 82), in the town of Chania.
Various mosaics, wall-paintings, sculptures, funerary inscriptions, icons, ceramics and objects of arts compose the collection.
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday from 8.30 am to 3 pm.
| The
Historical Archives and Museum of Crete |
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This museum is located on Sfakianaki Street (number 20), in the town of Chania, and is housed in a wonderful neoclassical building. |
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State.
A room in the museum has been dedicated to Eleftherios Venizelos where personal objects and mementos of the great statesman. A rich library and a folk art collection can also be visited.
Telephone: 28210 52 606/22 606
Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 9.30 am to 4 pm.
This museum is located in the town of Chania, in the Stratopedo (military camp) Tzompanaki, and contains rare pictures and historical various other historical items from the revolution of Crete against the Turks, from the Balkanian Wars, the Macedonian War (1903- 1908) and from the destruction of the Greek part of Asia as well as memorabilia from World War II and the Battle of Crete (1941- 1945). |
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