Museums worth visiting in Heraklion Crete

The Pastry History Museum:
Currently contains 400 very rare exhibits, 32 of which are unique in the world!
Its creator, Kostas Koumakis, in addition to his well-known confectioneries in Heraklion, had a vision to create a space that would gather machinery, tools, books and other objects related to confectionery. Thus, the mezzanine of the Confectionery was transformed into a unique museum with remarkable exhibits. It offers educational experiential programs for children of various ages by appointment, while it is also a beautiful proposal for school visits (kindergartens, elementary schools, high schools and high schools).

The Natural History Museum of the University of Crete:
It is a unique destination for families, as visitors can actively participate and discover knowledge through 3d, original and interactive exhibits. The Megadioramas in the museum’s central exhibition area are representations of Mediterranean ecosystems with an emphasis on Greece and Crete. In addition, the robotic dinosaur models located both inside and outside the museum are impressive. In the “Living Museum” visitors can observe live vipers, echinoderms, newts, frogs and many other small animals, through a journey from the desert to the wet ecosystems of the Mediterranean. A unique exhibit of the museum is the “Enceladus”, a Seismic Simulator that allows visitors to experience earthquakes of different intensities in a schoolroom. The “Research Site” is a unique experience for children as it allows them to become archaeologists and dig for fossils, explore the interior of a cave, camp in the forest and experience many other original and interactive games, through which they will learn about nature and its organisms.

Archaeological Museum of Heraklion:
It is one of the oldest and most remarkable museums in Greece and one of the most important in Europe. It holds a collection of Minoan antiquities, which is the most important in the world, and the museum is rightly considered a museum of the Minoan civilisation. The collection of Minoan antiquities in the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion is the most important for the Minoan civilisation in the world. It is one of the largest and most remarkable museums in Greece and one of the most important archaeological museums in Europe.

It is housed in a spacious building with 27 rooms, at the site where the church of St. Francis was located. Visitors discover exhibits of the Museum’s Prehistoric Collection, young visitors browse the exhibition of the Prehistoric Collection and discover well-known and beloved animals and plants through the exhibits of the Museum.