Please note that opening times of museums change often so if you are travelling to one it is best to contact them to make sure that they are open
The Chania Archeaological museum is currently closed. It will re-open in the new museum probably in 2022
Everything nautical and a beautiful seashells collection as a bonus.
The museum is located at the north-east end of the Venetian harbour.
Opening times: Monday - Saturday 10-16h Sunday closed
This small museum covers the more recent history of Crete.
Sfakianakis St. 20
Opening times: Monday - Saturday 10 - 16h
A small museum showing mosaics, funerary inscriptions, wall-paintings,
icons, architectural sculptures, ceramics and items of minor arts,
and coins.
Theotokopoulou Str. 82 Chania
Monday: Closed Tuesday-Sunday: 08.30-15.00
Located in a Turkish building, this museum shows objects from the
Neolithic to Roman period found in the prefecture of Rethymnon. Many
Minoan objects were found on hilltops sacred sites, in caves and
necropolis.
Opposite the entrance of the fortezza. Opening times: Tuesday - Sunday 8.30
- 15h Monday closed
A new museum located in a Venetian-Turkish building on the main square of Kissamos.. The museum shows objects unearthed during archaeological digs in the area, including statues, jewellery, coins and a large mosaic floor from a Roman villa. There are exhibits from Falasarna and Polyrrinia and most of the collection spans the Hellenistic-Roman eras.
General Tzanaki Sq.,73400, Kissamos. Open Tuesday - Sunday: 08:30-15:00 Mon: closed
This museum is not in western Crete but if you come to Crete, it is
almost a sin not to go to Heraklion to visit it. It houses the most
important collection of Minoan objects and frescoes in the world and has been fully renovated.
The museum gets very crowded during the tourist season but is still
a must.
Plateia Eleftherias . Opening times in summer: Daily from 8.00 to 20.00