From our Museum’s participation in the celebrations marking the 112th anniversary of the Union of Crete with the Motherland Greece! Following the Thanksgiving Service at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Chania, the Presentation of the Virgin Mary, and the raising of the Greek Flag at the “Firka” Fortress, a guided tour of the Nautical Museum of

With full formality and splendour, the 20th anniversary of the Agia Napa Municipal Museum “THALASSA” was celebrated, during which the inauguration of the Interactive Digital and the Educational Underwater Archaeology Station also took place. In a festive and moving atmosphere, the inauguration of the new Interactive Digital and Educational Underwater Archaeology Station was held yesterday,

With great joy and honor, the President and a Board Member of the Maritime Museum of Crete participated in the 30th Conference of the Association of Mediterranean Maritime Museums, held on 17–20 September 2025 in the cities of Sant Feliu de Guíxols and l’Escala in Catalonia, Spain. Eleven maritime museums from eleven (11) different Mediterranean

The Maritime Museum of Crete, within the framework of the excellent relations that have developed in recent years with Cretans of the diaspora around the world, once again participated this year in the activities of the World Council of Cretans in Crete. Initially, we took part in the Council’s annual conference on Saturday, 2 August

The Region of Crete, as part of the 5th Festival of Crete – 2025, in co-organization with the Municipality of Chania, with the support of the Maritime Museum of Crete, and under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Chania, presents the Piano & Voice Recital featuring Stefanos Korkolis

The Region of Crete – Regional Unit of Chania, in collaboration with the Municipality of Chania, the Ephorate of Antiquities of Chania, and the Maritime Museum of Crete, presents the distinguished Chania-born performer Erofili in a unique musical journey through lyrics and melodies of love, filled with tenderness and sensitivity, evoking the noblest of human

On Thursday, July 10, 2025, at 9:00 p.m., a music concert titled “Like Cinema… Mikis, Manos, and Mimis in Cinema” will be co-organized by the Region of Crete – Chania Regional Unit and the Municipality of Chania, with the support of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Chania and the Naval Museum of Crete. The concert

The Maritime Museum of Crete had the great pleasure and honour to participate in the events of Greek Maritime Week, 2025, a historic institution revived 17 years after the last Greek Maritime Week held in 2008. On Friday, 4 July 2025 at 10:30 a.m., a guided tour took place of the philatelic exhibitions titled “Lighthouses of