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Chania Museums: Information about the museums of Chania
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The Archaeological Museum : The museum is housed in the Venetian Church of San Francesco (in Chania) and exhibits important finds dating from the Neolithic and Minoan periods to the late Roman one.
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. |
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CHANIA MUSEUMS
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Nautical Museum:
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.It houses a collection of models of ships from antiquity to modern times and a collection of relics from the historic battles of the Greek Navy such as war guns, portraits of important Greek admirals and navigation equipment.
The museum also exhibits a collection of rare shells.
Telephone: 28210 91 875/26 437
Opening hours: Tuesday- Sunday 9 am to 3 pm. Closed on Mondays.
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The Historical Archives of Crete:
This museum is located on Sfakianaki Street 20, in the town of Chania, and is housed in a wonderful neoclassical building. It exhibits a rich collection of folklore and material related to the history of the island such as historic documents, maps, coins, religious vessels, pictures, etc.There are the second largest archives of Greece after the General Archives of the Greek 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. |
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Byzantine Collection
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.
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