Maritime Museum of Crete, Chania Town

The Maritime Museum of Crete is located right at the port of Chania, and is only open on weekdays. On two floors it presents a rich exhibition of Cretan maritime history. Unfortunately, not everything is bilingual. My personal highlight is the conversation with a member of the (currently three-strong) modeling team, who build almost all of the models on display here from wood, cardboard and wire. The average construction time is two years. Conclusion: Versatile museum right at the harbour. Value for money: five stars Usability: Four stars Museum pedagogy: Three stars Recommended duration of visit: One to two hours Fun Factor: Five Stars

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!

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 🤍

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.

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