Historical Museum of Crete

History museum · Crete

Historical Museum of Crete

History museum · Crete
Leof. Sofokli Venizelou 27, Iraklio 712 02, Greece

Photos

Historical Museum of Crete by null
Historical Museum of Crete by null
Historical Museum of Crete by null
Historical Museum of Crete by null
Historical Museum of Crete by null
Historical Museum of Crete by null
Historical Museum of Crete by null
Historical Museum of Crete by null
Historical Museum of Crete by null
Historical Museum of Crete by null
Historical Museum of Crete by null
Historical Museum of Crete by null
Historical Museum of Crete by null
Historical Museum of Crete by null
Historical Museum of Crete by null
Historical Museum of Crete by null
Historical Museum of Crete by null
Historical Museum of Crete by null
Historical Museum of Crete by null
Historical Museum of Crete by null

Highlights

Art and history museum covering all eras of Crete with cafe  

Placeholder
Placeholder
Placeholder

Leof. Sofokli Venizelou 27, Iraklio 712 02, Greece Get directions

historical-museum.gr
@historical_museum_of_crete

Information

Static Map

Leof. Sofokli Venizelou 27, Iraklio 712 02, Greece Get directions

+30 281 028 3219
historical-museum.gr
@historical_museum_of_crete
𝕏
@Istoriko

Features

wifi

Last updated

Nov 3, 2025

Powered By

You might also like

Terms of Use • Privacy Policy • Cookie Policy
 © 2025 Postcard Technologies, Inc.

Emma Maciaszek

Google
This museum exceeded my expectations! Really well laid out with a lot of information on all eras of Crete - from the Byzantine empire through to WWI and WWII. I especially loved the recreated office of Nikos Kazantzakis and the Greek president (at the time of WWII) with their donated belongings. Highly recommend visiting to get a deep and thorough insight into Crete’s history and culture.

Gabriel Vollans-clark

Google
I had an awesome time walking around the historical museum of Crete with two of my friends, and it was an awesome place to spend part of our small trip to Heraklion! The building has 3 floors, excluding the ground floor, and every one is full of interesting information and relics from the past of Crete! There is also a nice restaurant on the first floor

RaGena DeAragon

Google
I'm fascinated by the Bronze Age civilizations so have long wished to visit this museum. It exceeded my expectations. Well-presented displays, good analysis and context. My only critique was the need for maps at the point of display of artifacts from specific but not well-known sites upstairs.

George Syros

Google
An excellent collection, wonderfully displayed, and coherently presented within a charming building. Truly, a hidden gem condemned to stay in the shadow of the magnificent archeological museum a few blocks away. If you can manage the time to pay it a visit, it will be well deserving of the time you commit to it.

Cameron Day

Google
Amazing museum with a deceiving amount of relics inside from multiple different eras! Wether you like ancient Greek relics, ww2 artifacts or old artifacts from bygone eras there is lutteraly everything! Also a nice little cafe to take a break.

Ioannis Choriatis

Google
Wonderful displays. There are a lot of items to see. Nice view of the sea from the coffee shop.

GRIZZLY REEVES

Google
It's a nice place to walk around but it isn't that big some very cool artifacts. Id say it's only going to entertain you for about 1-2 hours.

Anna Chang

Google
Learned so much about the history of Crete here- very well organized details on the occupation by the Romans, Byzantines, Venetians, Ottomans, to finally gaining their statehood after several centuries