Walk into an Ancient Past

With an array of summer activities and beaches to visit in Chania this summer, one visiting the island cannot miss the opportunity for a more cultural experience by taking a day out from the sun to visit some of the most historic and interesting museums in Chania.

Get a taste of true Ancient Greece by visiting the below museum's easily located in the center of town.

Archaeological Museum Chania

Housed in the former Venetian church of San Francesco, this small museum is well-worth visiting as it houses objects from the Neolithic and Minoan to late Roman periods found in the prefecture of Chania.

Nautical Museum Chania

For the avid sea goers who love anything nautical, the nautical museum of Chania located at the north-east end of the Venetian harbor offers viewers an array of nautical memorabilia and artifacts through the Greek shipping ages. 

Opening times: Monday - Saturday 10.00am -16.00pm (Sunday closed)

Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Collection

Finally a trip to the small byzantine museum showing mosaics, funerary inscriptions, wall-paintings, icons, architectural sculptures, ceramics and items of minor arts, and coins cannot go a miss for a true journey into the past of the ancient Greeks.