Why Another Greek Museums Lens?
When I started my first lens about the Greek Museums I hadn't taken under consideration the amount of museums you can find around Greece! By the moment I finished with the two major cities of Greece, Athens and Thessaloniki, I figured out that my lens was too big and difficult to manage. So I decided to create a second lens which I hope will cover the island of Crete. Nevertheless, don't think that this lens is going to have less museums than the first one; if one thing, Greeks have a thing about museums and wherever there is an archaeological place you'll find attached a museum! So relax and enjoy the fly... We are soaring over the beautiful island of Crete!
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CRETE
The beautiful island of Crete in southern Greece is mostly famous for its Minoan Period findings but not only...
Crete is one of the richest cultural places in Greece. Not only it has been the center of the Minoan Civilization, which has been one of the biggest civilizations of the Mediterranean area, but also has a unique literary tradition. Archaeological Museums in Crete
- Archaeological Museum of Herakleion
- It houses the most important and representative finds of the Minoan civilization.
- Archaeological Museum of Chania
- The museum is housed in the katholikon of the Venetian monastery of St. Francis. During the period of the Turkish occupation it was the Muslim mosque of Yussuf Pasha, while in modern times it was used as a cinema or a storehouse for military equipment.
- Archaeological Museum of Aghios Nikolaos
- The Museum of Aghios Nikolaos was founded in 1970 in order to house the numerous new archaeological finds from eastern Crete, which until then, were housed in the Museum of Herakleion.
- Archaeological Museum of Rethymnon
- Since 1991, the Archaeological Museum of Rethymnon has been housed in the pentagonal building opposite the main gate of the Fortetsa. The building was constructed by the Turks in an effort to strengthen the city's defence.
- Archaeological Museum of Seteia
- The Archaeological Museum of Seteia contains the most important finds from eastern Crete. Apart from the exhibition halls, the museum has storerooms and workshops, as well as offices for scholars and the staff.
- Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Collection of Chania
- The wealth of archaeological material yielded by excavations conducted over many years by the 13th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities in the county of Chania, and also by retrieval of material and donations, forms a Collection that records, with great clarity, the history of the westernmost county in Crete from Early Christian times to the period of Turkish rule.
Special Archaeological Interest Books for Crete
A Chryselephantine statuette of the Cretan snake-goddess (American journal of archaeology. [Offprint])
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The Palaikastro Kouros: A Minoan Chryselephantine Statuette and Its Aegean Bronze Age Context (Bsa Studies, 6)
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The Cretan Collection in the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania: Minoan Objects Excavated from Vasilike, Pseria (University Museum Monograph)
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The Cretan Collection in the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania: Pottery from Gournia (University Museum Monograph)
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The Cretan collection in the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania (University Museum monograph)
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...and some more...
The Temple at Ayia Irini, Part 1: The Statues (Keos, Results of Excavations Conducted By the University of Cincinnati, Vol 2)
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Ayia Irini: The balance weights : an analysis of weight measurement in prehistoric Crete and the Cycladic Islands (Keos)
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The Dictaean Cave
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Tholos Tomb Gamma: A Prepalatial Tholos Tomb at Phourni, Archanes (Approaches to Anthropological Archaeology) (Prehistory Monographs)
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Crete Archanes
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Historical and Folk Museums in Crete
- Municipal Museum of the Battle of Crete and the National Resistance
- The Museum was created by the Municipality of Herakleion, following the
organization of an exhibition of documents of the period 1941-1945, on the
occasion of the celebration on the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Crete(1941). - Historical Museum of Crete
- The Museum is housed in a neoclassical building which belongs to the Philanthropic Institutions A. and M. Kalokairinou.
It was designed by L. Kantantzoglou and built in 1870, in the place of an older mansion.
- Museum of Cretan Ethnology
- The Museum of Cretan Ethnology is situated 2 km from
the Minoan palace of Phaestos, in the traditional settlement of Voroi.The exhibition was inaugurated in 1988 and was awarded a prize in 1992
by the Council of Europe.
- Maritime Museum of Crete
- The Museum was inaugurated on the 27th May 1973, date of the 32nd anniversaryof the Battle of Crete.
It includes models of ships, various nautical instruments and objects such as
range finders, barometers, wind-gauges, course and speed abachi...
- Historical Archives of Crete
- The Historical Archive of Crete was established in 1920 based in Chania and constitutes a Public Interprefectorial Service, a decentralised department of the General Record Office of the State, which comes directly under the Ministry of Education. It is housed in a public, neoclassical, scheduled building at 20 I. Sfakianaki Str. and it also includes a second, ancillary building with filing-rooms.
- Historical and Folk Art Museum of Gavalohori
- The Museum was founded in 1967 and was inaugurated in September 1993. It is
housed in a building which is a characteristic example of local traditional
architecture and stands on two levels.
- Historical and Folk Art Museum of Rethymnon
- The Rethymnon Historical and Folk Art Museum is a private institution founded in 1973 by Mrs. Faly G. Voyatzakis and the late Christophoros I. Stavroulakis.
Books about the Cretan History
Crete: The Battle and the Resistance (History and Warfare)
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The Fall of Crete
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Battle of Crete
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The Battle of Crete - May 1941
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Cretan Cults and Festivals.
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Special Interest Museums in Crete
- Lychnostatis - The Open-Air Museum Of Crete in Hersonissos
- The Open - Air Museum Of Crete in Hersonissos. Cretan Folk Tradition and Ethnology [ life-style in the pre-industrial Crete ( 19th - 20th century ), traditional occupations and customs , living legends , ethnological information e.t.c. ] Cretan Nature and Environment.
- Kazantzakis Museum
- The Kazantzakis Museum is situated in Varvaroi, approximately 20 km. to the south of Herakleion. It was founded to preserve the work and to record the life of the Cretan writer.
Museums of Crete on Amazon
Crete Knossos-phaistos-aghia Triada- Gortyn-malia-zakros-gournia and the Herakleion Museum
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Crete: All the museums and archaeological sites
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Crete's pioneer museum: The Maples
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Herakleion Museum: Illustrated guide to the Museum
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Hagios Nikolaos Museum
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Minoan Art Books
A land called Crete: Photographs of Minoan and Mycenaean sites and works of art
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In the days of King Minos
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Minoan art, (British academy. Annual lecture on aspects of art. Henriette Hertz trust)
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About the Minoan Linear A
Linear B and Related Scripts (Reading the Past, Vol. 1)
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Minoan Linear Scripts: The Niger Congo Context
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Minoan Linear A.
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Inscriptions in Minoan Linear Script of Class A
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Scripta Minoa,: The written documents of Minoan Crete, with special reference to the archives of Knossos,
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Books About the Phaistos Disc
The Phaistos Disc: The Enigma Of An Aegean Script
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The Phaistos Disc Alias the Minoan Calendar
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The Phaistos disc: An interpretation of astronomical symbols (Studies in Mediterranean archaeology : Pocket-book)
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Wonderful World of Greece, Disk from Phaistos
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Books About Kommos
Kommos: A Minoan Harbor Town and Greek Sanctuary in Southern Crete
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Kommos
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KOMMOS III: THE LATE BRONZE AGE POTTERY
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Kommos IV
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Kommos V: The Monumental Minoan Buildings at Kommos (Kommos: An Excavation of the South Coast of Crete)
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Excavations at Pseira
Pseira IV: Minoan Buildings in Areas B, C, D, and F (University Museum Monograph)
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Pseira V: The Architecture of Pseira (University Museum Monograph, 109)
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Pseira VIII: The Archaeological Survey of Pseira Island (Prehistory Monographs)
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Pseira IX: The Archaeological Survey Of Pseira Island: The Intensive Surface Survey (Prehistory Monographs)
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Excavations on the Island of Pseira, Crete (Museum Anthropological Publications)
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Important Links About Greece
- HELLENIC CULTURE
- The official site of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture. Here you can find information about all the museums and sites, visiting houres, and addresses.
- Greece Museums Guide - A travel guide for Greek museums and Greek culture in Greece
- Greece Museums Guide is a travel and museum guide for Greek museums that helps travelers to Greece. Offers information about Greek culture and history, Ancient Greece, organized and private sightseeing Greece tours, Greek mythology and travel guides to Greece.
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Greece presents articles about Greek history and culture alongside maps and pictures of art, archaeological sites, and museums.
- Study abroad Greece, university study abroad programs
- STUDY ABROAD GREECE is dedicated to providing a student-friendly, easily-navigated directory for all those who wish to explore the rich historical and artistic heritage of the world's oldest democracy. Whether your time of study is concentrated in art study abroad on the mainland or study abroad programs in Greece on one of the many wonderful Greek islands, the Greek people, always open and friendly, will do the most they can to make your educational and cultural stay a meaningful one.
- Macedonian Heritage: An online Review of the Affairs, History and Culture of Macedonia
- Macedonian Heritage: An on-line review of Macedonia related affairs
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