Historical and Folk Art Museum of Gavalohori.

The Museum was founded in 1967 and was inaugurated in September 1993. It is housed in a building that is a characteristic example of local traditional architecture and stands on two levels. There is a ground floor with a veranda, an inner courtyard, an arched house proper, with its utility areas and a first floor with an "odas" or large room. Part of the building was built during the Venetian occupation, while the first floor was built during the Ottoman rule. The building served as a private home until the end of the 19th century and was donated to the community of Gavalohori by George and Maria Stylianaki. The objects in it are displayed according to modern museological concepts, with explanatory texts; photographs, drawings and models, and new exhibits are added each year. The Museum is divided into seven rooms, according to the following units: The Arched House, Silk, Pottery, Lace-making, Masonry and Stone carving, Church and Woodcarving. In the historical section of the Museum are exhibited guns and swords from the lengthy struggles of the Cretans for their freedom; also a small part of the collection of paintings and historical lithographs in which are depicted same of the most significant events of the history of Greece and Crete, coins (Roman, Byzantine, Venetian, Turkish, coins of the Cretan State and Syracusian coins from the period (405-345 BC). Also medals won on the fields of battle by the citizens of Gavalohori. Click here for up-to-date information on admission and opening hours for the museum.

Address: village of Gavalohori Apokoronou, Chania
Tel.: +30-28250 22625