Maritime Museum – Greek Maritime Week, 2025
Monday, 07 July 2025
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
- Published in Past Activities, Press Releases
No Comments
84th Anniversary of the Battle of Crete
Saturday, 31 May 2025
84 years have passed since the heroic Battle of Crete in 1941 — a battle that remains a symbol of resistance, courage, self-sacrifice, heroism, and determination in defense of the ideals of freedom and democracy. As part of the anniversary commemorations, a visit and guided tour took place at the Nautical Museum of Crete, where
- Published in Past Activities, Press Releases
Participation of the Maritime Museum of Crete in the Commemorative Events for the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Mauthausen Camp, May, 10-11
Saturday, 31 May 2025
With great honor and emotion, members of the Board of Directors of the Maritime Museum of Crete attended and participated in the official commemorative events held in Austria, marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp. Mauthausen was one of the most brutal and inhumane concentration camps of the Nazi regime.
- Published in Past Activities, Press Releases
Visit of the 43rd Training Series of the Interdisciplinary School for National Defense (SDIEPN) of the Hellenic Naval War College (HNWC)
Thursday, 22 May 2025
On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, the students of the 43rd Training Series of the Interdisciplinary School for National Defense (SDIEPN) of the Hellenic Naval War College (HNWC), led by the Commander of the School, Captain Georgios Trikollos, and accompanied by staff officers Captain Spyridon Giannopoulos and Lieutenant Commander Aristomenis Tsoukalas, carried out an educational visit
- Published in Past Activities, Press Releases
Opening hours of the Maritime Museum of Crete during the Easter Days
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Holy Friday, 18 April, 2025: 11:00 – 16:00. Holy Saturday, 19 April, 2025: 09:00 – 14:00. Easter Monday, 21 April, 2025: Closed
- Published in Past Activities, Press Releases
Inauguration of the Philatelic Exhibition on “Navigation” at the Post Office Building of Slovenia in Ljubljana
Friday, 28 February 2025
On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, the inauguration of the philatelic exhibition titled “Navigation” took place at the historic post office building in Ljubljana. The exhibition is a co-organization of the Maritime Museum of Crete, the Philatelic Association of Slovenia (Filatelistična Zveza Slovenije), Pošta Slovenije (Slovenian Post), and the Hellenic Foundation for Culture – Italy, Trieste
- Published in Past Activities
111th Anniversary of the Union of Crete with Greece, Sunday, December 1, 2024
Thursday, 05 December 2024
From our Museum’s participation in the celebration events for the 111th anniversary of the Union of Crete with Mother Greece! Following the conclusion of the Doxology at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Chania, and the raising of the Greek Flag at the “Firka” Fortress, a visit and guided tour were held at the premises of the
- Published in Past Activities, Press Releases
Public debate on the theme: “On the Capes of Homer: The Hospitality of the Sea in Culture and Development and the Challenges of Today”
Saturday, 02 November 2024
On Thursday, October 31, 2024, we had the pleasure of hosting at the Maritime Museum of Crete, Neorio MORO “Permanent Exhibition of Ancient and Traditional Shipbuilding” a very interesting public discussion on the topic “On the Capes of Homer: The Hospitality of the Sea in Culture and Development and the Challenges of Today” This interesting
- Published in Conference, Past Activities
The Maritime Museum of Crete in the “Association of Mediterranean Maritime Museums (AMMM)”
Monday, 14 October 2024
It was with great honor and pleasure that we participated in the 29th forum of the “Association of Mediterranean Maritime Museums”, held in Sesimbra, Portugal from 02 to 05 October 2024. The Maritime Museum of Crete participated in the forum, after all the necessary procedures had been carried out and the application for the Museum’s
- Published in Conference, Past Activities, Press Releases
Inauguration of a Philatelic Exhibition on “Navigation” at the Postal and Telegraph Museum of Central Europe in Trieste, Italy
Thursday, 12 September 2024
It is with great pleasure and honor for us that on Saturday, September 14, 2024 at 11:00 a.m., the opening of our philatelic exhibition on the subject of “NAVIGATION – NAVIGAZIONE” will be held at the Postal and Telegraphical Museum of Mitteleurope in Trieste, Italy. Co-organization: Hellenic Foundation for Culture in Trieste, Italy, (Fondazione Ellenica
- Published in Past Activities, Press Releases
