I asked a Police about the direction and he directed me towards the Natural museum. But I found my way. They show the history from the 2:nd until the 20:th century and including a special room about the 2:nd world war and about how Crete become to be an part of Greece. They also have some periodically exhibitions. If I... More

A definite stop off! very informative with a interactive model of the city in the past and a optional audio tour for 3 euros.great artifacts and information on more modern history like world war two. great if you like history and art! Free EU student entry also!

I like very much the room with the themes of Battle of Crete and El Greco and Byzantine paintings. Also the Museum has a room dedicated to Kazantzakis, very interesting.

There are the usual items relating to local history, including a very nice table display of how the city looked in the 1600s with relevant photos showing how the ancient buildings looked later and some, now. A large room explains the atrocious behavior of German troops during the WWII occupation of the island, an event that is strong in the... More

Lots of great historical information and amazing up front and not-even-plexiglassed or roped off artifacts from a thousand years ago. Only thing that knocked this down a star was the overzealous docent who quite literally followed us wherever we went. It was ... unnerving.

We took the "hop on, hop off" bus around the island, and this was one of the stops. It does not look like much of a museum from the outside, but looks can be deceiving! It looks like just a store front or gift shop from the street, but there is a lot to see when you are inside. There... More

During our cruise on board the Queen Mary 2, we were scheduled to visit Athens but bad weather forced the ship to divert to Crete where we spent a day in Heraklion. For a port city, it was quaint and busy (probably caused by the influx of 1,000 cruise passengers for the day!). The museum was interesting and sited in... More

If you have a couple of hours to spare then you must visit this lovely museum, right on the waterfront and adjacent to a small square with some excellent fish restaurants. The highlight for me was the history of the Island; you can fill in knowledge gained from the Archeological Museum and Knossos and trace the story of Crete from... More

This museum is sort of shadowed by the more famous Archeological one, which is understandable. A visit is anyway a must do. On three storeys, the visitor travels from the age of the venetians, until the liberation war against the turks and it culminates, on the upper floor, with a very good section dedicated to the german occupation during WWII,... More