Historical Museum of Crete

The Historical Museum of Crete is located in Heraklion, Greece, and is dedicated to the history of the island.

Do you think there is a time machine? An adult would definitely say no. The child will think about the question. However, I assure you that you can in an instant be in the past, say in the Middle Ages or in the time of the well-known Byzantines Cyril and Methodius.

Moreover, the Historical Museum on the island of Crete in Greece better than any time machine will take you to the bright and fruitful past, where you can personally walk around the city of the XVII century.

It is difficult to study in detail all the exhibits, paintings, collections of this museum at once. After all, their collection took decades and, along with the increase in rare objects of the era, the facade of the museum itself increased, where a new wing had to be attached to the main building.

Thus, archaeological finds are collected on the common territory: coins, chronicles, icons, weapons, printing ethnographic objects of everyday life and culture from early Christian times to the present day. And your journey through time you will start with a visit to the most popular exhibit - a model of the city of Heraklion in the middle of the XVII century (scale 4x4 meters), when Venetianism prevailed.

You will also see the pride of the museum - two paintings by the famous artist El Greco "View of Mount Sinai and the Monastery of St. Catherine" (1570) and "The Baptism of Christ (1567). You can stand for hours and enjoy the works of the great master, however, it is worth visiting all the halls of the museum and see the collections from later times, for example, reflecting the life of Crete during the revolutionary events of the XIX century and the Second World War.

And don’t forget to leave a coin at the exit to return to this museum.