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 V.
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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
mary C.
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This museum is close to the Venetian Harbor so it makes a good day outing combined with an early morning walk We loved the two original El Greco paintings!
Cameron D.
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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.
George S.
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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.
J S.
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Really enjoyed going here. Very informative, value for money and easy to walk to from the port , 5 minutes
W M
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Wonderful museum - does a good job of explaining Cretes complex and turbulent history with a variety of different displays - historical, political, artistic and religious. I left much better informed - recommend for day one in Crete so you can make sense of everything else you see!
Anna C.
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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
