Hubby and I would love to visit some of the outstanding archaeological (and other) museums of Greece. Which ones would you recommend? Did you have favorite ones? We will be on Samos, Patmos, Kos, Santorini, Crete, and in the cities of Athens and Thessaloniki. Which museums should we absolutely not miss in those places? I have forgotten where the Museum of Cycladic Art is located? I have heard it is a not-to-be-missed one. Oh, I just remembered that the Cycladic one is in Athens, so it is a definite go.
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Athens: National Archeological Museum, Acropolis Museum, Cycladic Museum
Santorini: Akrotiri
Crete: Heraklion -Knossos
Kos: Ascleplion, Plane tree of Hippocrates, Archeological Museum
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Irving
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The world’s best archaeological museum may be in Athens. Do visit the Acropolis and its museum plus the Ancient Agora was worth a stop.
On Crete you want to visit the Palace of Knossos in Heraklion. On Santorini the Museum of Prehistoric Thira.
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In addition to my favorites recommended up thread, we also enjoyed the Benaki Museum in Athens. Lots to explore in Santorini as well. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi-s4LnwPX7AhXmFTQIHUDLDcMQFnoECCgQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsantorinidave.com%2Fsantorini-museums&usg=AOvVaw3D4BqtNA_R2u7lUKBW_eft
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On Crete, while the Knossos palace ruins a few miles south of the city Iraklio (a/k/a Heraklion) are interesting, the treasures from the site are actually on display at the Archaeological Museum in downtown Iraklio.
There’s also a small, but very worthwhile archaeological museum in the far northeastern Crete city of Sitia- we drove out of our way to see it, and am so glad we did.
It’s too bad you won’t be going to Archaea Olympia, home of the Olympic Games … the museum there may be the best I’ve seen in all of Greece.
In Athens, though, be sure to see the museum inside the Ancient Agora of Athens, the ancient market.
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Not a museum but a great archaeological site, Phaestos on the Island of Crete. I always enjoyed the small archaeological museum in Chania, used to be in an old church but recently moved elsewhere in the town. Also the Maritime museum, overlooking the harbour, with its displays of models of ancient ships and of the story of Crete in WWII and of Cretan resistance to the German occupation.