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. Since 1963 it has been functioning as the Archaeological
Museum of the city.
Apart
from the permanent exhibition, the museum houses temporary exhibitions
in the frame of certain local events (such as the exhibition of musical
instruments or on the birth of writing), as well as music concerts.
The
collections include:
Minoan
finds from the city of Chania
Prehistoric
finds from caves
Minoan
items from various sites in the prefecture
Finds
from graves of the Geometric period
Finds
from the city of Chania, dated to historic times
Finds
from other towns of the Chania prefecture
Coins
Jewellery
(prehistoric and historic times)
Sculpture,
inscriptions, stelae
Mosaics
Nautical
Museum of Crete (Chania)
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
abaci,
torpedo firing computer, magnetic boat compasses,meteorogical instruments,
sextants, a planisphere, torpedo-boat steering gear, etc. There are also
paintings, portaits, authentic historic photographs, such as the raising
of the flag of the Union of Crete with Greece in the Firka fortress at
Chania, on the 1st December 1913, etc. |
