Lychnostatis Open Air Museum, Crete, Greece

4.5 (1.397 reviews) Sunday: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Ranking #1 in Crete Speciality Museums

Wonderful trip 100% recommend

The Cretan open- air Museum "LYCHNOSTATIS" is located at Hersonissos, by the sea- side. It consists of four main collections: Nature & Flora Collection, with gardens of fruit- trees, aromatic herbs, cactus, shrubs and plants, stones and minerals of Crete. Ethnographic Collection, with a presentation of Cretan traditional life .Art collection with works of folk artists exhibited in the Folk Artist's Gallery, the Open- Air Theatre and the Exhibitions' Room.Collection of pre-Industrial Technology with equipment used in the past. The Museum organizes a range of educational programs and its Audiovisual Department produces films, CD- ROM's, DVD' s presented daily in the Multimedia & Conference room. It has also a Museum-shop and a cafe. The Museum was nominated for the European Museum of the Year Award in 2010 and honoured by the University of Crete in 1997 for its ecological activities. "LYCHNOSTATIS" is open for a daily visit with a guided- tour, from (Saturday closed).
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Address

, Greece, Postal Code: 700 14.

Mobile

+30 2897 023660

Website

http://www.lychnostatis.gr/

Email

[email protected]

Working hours

Monday : 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Tuesday : 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Wednesday : 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Thursday : 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Friday : 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday :
Sunday : 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Current local date and time now

Sunday, May 12, 2024, 17:38

User Ratings

4.5 based on (1.397 reviews)

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Reviews

5Laura T 5:00 PM May 3, 2022
Great place to visit
This is a really lovely day out, there's lots to see, great views from the balcony in the house and a lovely and cheap cafe. The lady on the reception desk was lovely and really kind. We took our 18 month old and she loved it but it would also be good for older kids too. There's lots to see and touch and we found it all very interesting. We used the baby change/disabled toilet and it had a nice clean baby change table and was a very clean bathroom to use. The cafe while limited menu was good, had a great cup of coffee and is very very cheap.
4MarieM871518 5:00 PM Jul 25, 2022
Lovely little place
What a lovely little place! Following reviews on Trip Advisor we decided to take a walk down to here from Nana Golden Beach (about 10 mins). The lady on the gate was extremely friendly and helpful, we paid €17 for 2 adults, 2 children & an audio guide. The museum is very insightful to Cretan life with lots to look at - our children loved exploring all the different areas, going in all the different rooms and it sparked a lot of questions from them. It took us about an hour to walk around but it was hot and little legs had had enough, the map recommends about 75 mins if you listen to the audio guide at every stop, which we didn’t do. There is a little cafe and souvenir shop at the end, where you can sit and have a drink under shady trees by the beach front. There is a little beach outside the back of the museum which we didn’t stop at but we walked back this way to our hotel.