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A jug in the stylized shape of a female figure, found at the Bronze Age site at Korifi and known as the Goddess of Mirtos, is this museum’s proudest exhibit. Elsewhere are clay Minoan coffins decorated with paintings, good examples of Vasiliki pottery and some finely worked gold jewellery.
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Overlooking Agios Nikolaos’s lagoon-like inner harbour, the museum houses colourful textiles and costumes, farming and fishing equipment, and household goods.
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The Cretan pallikar (warriorhero) loved highly decorated weapons. Authentic antique weapons are highly valued.
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Finds from the Minoan cemetery discovered at Fourni, just north of Archanes village, are displayed in the village’s small but rather good archaeological museum along with relics from other nearby sites.
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This museum is linked with a holiday village which tries to give its guests a taste of traditional Cretan life, with craft workers who use traditional methods, a restaurant and bakery with wood-burning ovens, and live music and dancing in the evening.
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Deep in the mountains of the Selinos region of Crete’s far west, this tiny one-room museum in an old village house is crammed with mementoes of Crete under Turkish rule, from hookah-style tobacco pipes to daggers and costumes. Be warned: opening hours can be eccentric.
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The fine collection of beautiful Cretan icons is the best reason to visit this small museum next to Chania’s harbour fortress. The collection spans 1,000 years of Byzantine history and sheds light on an often ignored chapter in Crete’s complex history.
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Housed in a historic building which was first a Venetian church then a Turkish mosque, the museum is packed with Minoan finds, Hellenistic and Roman marble sculpture, pottery and jewellery found at archaeological sites in western Crete.
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Crete’s Orthodox monks and nuns embellish sumptuous church vestments with gold, silver and silk stitching.
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Traditional looms and spinning wheels, richly coloured rugs, wall hangings and embroidery can be found at this delightful place.
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