Archaeological Museum of Rethymno
The Archaeological Museum of Rethymno presents, in the church of Saint Francis, finds from the prefecture from the Palaeolithic period to the Venetian rule.
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About the museum
The Archaeological Museum of Rethymno presents its finds in a temporary exhibition in the church of Saint Francis, the katholikon (main church) of an old Franciscan monastery of the 16th century. The church was restored in 2003–2005, and the exhibition opened in August 2016.
The exhibition was created because of long-standing structural problems in the old museum, and it will operate until the new Archaeological Museum of Rethymno is completed. The display is organised in three sections, the prehistoric, the historical, and the Byzantine and post-Byzantine, with themes from public and private life.
The exhibits come from excavations throughout the prefecture and cover human presence from the Palaeolithic period to the Venetian rule. Among them are finds from ancient Eleftherna and objects of the Byzantine and post-Byzantine periods, some of which were shown to the public for the first time.
Highlights
- Exhibition in the katholikon of the Saint Francis monastery, a 16th-century monument
- Finds from the Palaeolithic period to the Venetian rule
- Finds from ancient Eleftherna
- Byzantine and post-Byzantine objects
Permanent exhibition
- Προσωρινή έκθεση του Αρχαιολογικού Μουσείου Ρεθύμνου στον ναό του Αγίου Φραγκίσκου – The exhibition presents finds from the whole prefecture of Rethymno in three sections: prehistoric, historical, and Byzantine and post-Byzantine.
- Operated by
- Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού – Εφορεία Αρχαιοτήτων Ρεθύμνου
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €5 |
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| Reduced | €2.50Citizens over 65 years of age from Greece and from other EU states (1 October – 31 May); accompanying parents on educational visits of primary schools in the EU; accompanying teachers on school visits from countries outside the EU. |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 25 · Free admission for children and young people up to 25 years of age from EU states and for children up to 18 years of age from countries outside the EU, upon presentation of an identity card or passport. |
| Seniors | €2.50Reduced ticket for citizens over 65 years of age from Greece and the EU, from 1 October to 31 May. |
| Visitors with disabilities | freecompanion free · Free admission for people with disabilities and one companion (in case of a disability of 67%). |
Free admission: 6 March (Melina Mercouri Day), 18 April (International Monuments Day), 18 May (International Museum Day), the last weekend of September (European Heritage Days), 28 October and every first Sunday of the month from 1 November to 31 March.
Free admission is also available, among others, to guides, members of the friends associations of state museums, large families and parents of single-parent families, and holders of the three-year free-admission card.
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| Good to know | A printed guide to the museum is available, and tickets can also be purchased online. |
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