Established 1973 Type Nautical museum Phone +30 2821 091875 | Location Chania, Crete, Greece Opened 1973 Function Museum | |
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Address Akti Kountourioti, Chania 731 31, Greece Hours Closed now Wednesday9AM–5PMThursday9AM–5PMFriday9AM–5PMSaturday(Greek Independence Day)9AM–5PMHours might differSunday10AM–6PMMonday9AM–5PMTuesday9AM–5PMSuggest an edit Similar Archaeological Museum of Chania, Old Venetian Harbour, Iguana Beach, Limnoupolis vandland, Eleftherios Venizelos Museum | ||
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The Nautical Museum of Crete is a museum in Chania, Crete, Greece. Its collection includes models of ships, nautical instruments, painting, historical photographs and war relics. The material is classified chronologically, starting from the Bronze Age up to our times.
Contents
The exhibits of the first floor include models of ancient ships, a model of the fortified town and port under Venetian rule, a model that shows shipbuilding and repair buildings, with a rowing ship inside.
The second floor exhibits include models of modern Hellenic Navy ships, destroyers, a missile boat, a landing ship with trucks and APVs on board. The exhibits include the full bridge of a destroyer and two torpedo propulsion units. A section of the museum is dedicated to the German invasion of Crete.