The Maritime Museum on the island of Crete is a real treasure trove of everything that is connected with Greece and its history, with the mighty Crete fleet and shipbuilding. Each exhibit is a small miracle that opens a new side of this amazing place. You can study Crete all your life through books or learn it once visiting the Maritime Museum.
Sunny Greece is one of the most beloved resorts for tourists from all over the world, and the friendly Crete, beloved by the gods, shrouded in legends and sung by the great Homer, with its mild climate and absence of anomalous heat, even in the heat of the hot season time it attracts tourists not only with the beauty of its nature, The Aegean, Crete and Libyan seas, which wash the coast of the island from all sides, but also by historical monuments, numerous sights, and, of course, the Maritime Museum.
History
The inauguration of the Maritime Museum in Crete took place in May 1973 and was connected with the 32nd anniversary of the Battle of Crete. The number of exhibits is about 3 thousand. All the exhibits relating to one historical period are in one place and are arranged in chronological order on the first and second floors of the main building of the Museum and at the Moro shipyard in a separate exhibition of antique and Greek shipbuilding.
Many of them were raised from the seabed and are of historical value. Due to the huge number of exhibits in the Museum you can study the history of Greece, Crete and Chania, the main historical events that influenced the formation of Greece, the history of the development of Greek navigation, the construction of ships.
What you can see for just two euros in a Maritime Museum in Crete:
• marine tools, equipment, items;
• historically valuable documents and photographs;
• artifacts, military uniform and weapons of Greek soldiers during the war of 1912-1913;
• paintings on the sea theme;
• navigational instruments and navigational equipment;
• the very first models of ships and modern ships, mock-ups of vessels from different historical eras;
• a rich marine world;
• a collection of stamps of all countries;
• beacons, optical devices, vintage rotary mechanisms;
• A copy of a Minoan ship;
• Detailed model of the city of Chania in the 17th century.
Helpful information
Location of the Museum: Greece, Fr. Crete, Chania, the fortress of Firka, a two-story building
Ticket price: from 2 to 4 euros. Children under 6 years and visitors in military uniforms are free of charge.
Working hours: on weekdays and at the weekends, except holidays from 10 to 17 hours.
Bonus for visitors: all the exhibits in the museum can be touched and photographed. Many of them are able to move and make sounds.
