Municipal Museum Of The Battle Of Crete And The National Resistance

  Overview:

The Museum was created by the Municipality of Herakleion, following the organization of an exhibition of documents of the period 1941-1945, on the occasion of the celebration on the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Crete (1941).

It is housed in a large room in a building in the center of the town. Among the Museum’s exhibits are thousands of authentic photographs, paintings, and drawings of the Battle of Crete and the national resistance, about two hundred books, monographs, essays on the historic events from 1941 to 1945, hundreds of documents, and a great many newspaper cuttings. The Museum also includes a variety of objects related to the war (arms, accessories, uniforms, items of everyday use, etc.).

In addition, the museum also operates as a research center thanks to a team of researchers and scientists who have undertaken to collect archival material from ten countries, to translate war documents of the 1940-1945 period, as well as to write about the Battle of Crete.

  Address:

Doukos Beaufort and I. Chatzidaki

 Location:

Heraklion city

  Telephone:

(+30) 2810346554, (+30) 2810221227

  Fax:

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  E-mail:

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 Url:

www.culture.gr

  Operating Period:

JAN-DEC

  Operating Days & Hours:

MON-FRI: 08:30-15:00

  Admission Fee:

• Free entrance

  Notes:

• Not wheelchair accessible

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