Maritime Museum of Crete - Akti Kountourioti

Name: Maritime Museum of Crete - Akti Kountourioti
Address: Akti Kountourioti, Chania 731 36, Greece, 731, Greece

4.5/5 ★ based on 8 reviews

Contact Maritime Museum of Crete

Address :	Akti Kountourioti, Chania 731 36, Greece
Phone :	📞 +8987
Postal code :	731
Website :	http://www.mar-mus-crete.gr/
Categories :	History museum , Maritime museum ,
Description :	Museum on maritime history from the Bronze Age to present, including models of ships & war relics.

Akti Kountourioti, Chania 731 36, Greece

Best Maritime museum in Greece

P	Pavol Croft on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Great museum to learn about the naval history of the Mediterranean. I loved how it was organised, each model had detailed description. Also, there was amazing view from the fortress to the harbour.
s	shaleena ann thomas on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Nicely catagorized things and made models for all ships with explanation.. Loved the destroyer bridge model and message sending pattern and collection of shells and sponges..
J	Juliea Pierog on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This museum was much better than I had expected it to be for a 4 euro entry. It is very large and takes you room to room through time. It was fantastic and even has a kind of sea life/shell room! Loved it. Highly recommend if you are staying around the area.
J	James Gagen on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s a very interesting collection, but the English translations and layout of the rooms could be improved.
S	Steve Kleiman on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Pleasant surprise. Definitely recommend for those interested in WWII & maritime history. In the small WWII area, i.e., “Battle of Crete” section, some items have Greek & English captions, and the English is most welcome. However many artifacts and photos in which I was interested lacked captions or the captions are worn and illegible. Ship models are numerous and outstanding. They have a model-making facility onsite. These are the star of the show. Seems a waste that almost none of these excellent models offer information in any language. Why go to extraordinary lengths of craftsmanship if you don’t convey what the ship is, what year, what country, and hopefully what its purpose was? And yes, in English, too. This seems an easy fix that would add immense value to visitors’ understanding. Amazing vacuum tube collection! Unfortunately the value is lost if there are no attendant descriptions about what these artifacts are, what they were used for, and some context as to what came after. VISITED: 30 October 2021
S	Starfleet Command (Justin Rosentover) on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Excellent museum with models of a variety of time periods. Extensive information on the battle of Crete during ww2 as well as sailing developments during the Hellenistic and Byzantine periods.
T	Tatiana K on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The museum has the best collection of various seashells from beaches all over the world ? There you can find every type of shells ? , hard corals,diodontidae species … Also there is an adorable view from the windows on the both floors ?
Z	Zuzanna Wierzba on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Interesting museum and was surprisingly spacious, especially that the tickets were only €4. Nice selection of ship models and very cool shell collections. The only drawback is that it isn’t air conditioned!